Gilles van Wezel, Prof. Dr.
- Position:
- Head of Department
- Telephone number
- +31 (0)71 527 4310
- E-mail address
- g.wezel@chem.leidenuniv.nl
- Faculty/Unit
- Faculty of Science, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Molecular Biotechnology
- Office address
- Gorlaeus Laboratories
Einsteinweg 55
2333 CC Leiden
roomnumber HB 231
- 2011
Positive control of cell division: FtsZ is recruited by SsgB during sporulation of Streptomyces,
Genes & Development, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 89-99.
The tmRNA-tagging mechanism and the control of gene expression: a review,
Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA , vol. 2, pp. 233-246.
The regulation of the secondary metabolism of Streptomyces: new links and experimental advances,
Natural Product Reports, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 1311-1333.
- 2010
The permease gene nagE2 is the key to N-acetylglucosamine sensing and utilization in Streptomyces coelicolor and is subject to multi-level control,
Molecular Microbiology, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 1133-1144.
Transfer-messenger RNA controls the translation of cell-cycle and stress proteins in Streptomyces,
Embo Reports, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 119-125.
- 2009
Chemical, structural and biological studies of cis-[Pt(3-Acpy)(2)Cl-2],
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, vol. 103, no. 9, pp. 1221-1227.
Platinum(II) compounds with chelating ligands based on pyridine and pyrimidine: DNA and protein binding studies,
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, vol. 103, no. 9, pp. 1288-1297.
Lack of A-factor Production Induces the Expression of Nutrient Scavenging and Stress-related Proteins in Streptomyces griseus,
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 2396-2403.
Imaging of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) with Reduced Autofluorescence Reveals a Novel Stage of FtsZ Localization,
Plos One, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. -.
Applying the Genetics of Secondary Metabolism in Model Actinomycetes to the Discovery of New Antibiotics,
Complex Enzymes in Microbial Natural Product Biosynthesis, Part A: Overview Articles and Peptides, vol. 458, pp. 117-+.
- 2008
Phenanthroline derivatives with improved selectivity as DNA-targeting anticancer or antimicrobial drugs,
Chemmedchem, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 1427-1434.
Structure, cytotoxicity, and DNA-cleavage properties of the complex [Cu-II(pbt)Br-2],
Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 3719-3727.
The SsgA-like proteins in actinomycetes: small proteins up to a big task,
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 85-97.
Feast or famine: the global regulator DasR links nutrient stress to antibiotic production by Streptomyces,
Embo Reports, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 670-675.
The chitoblose-binding protein, DasA, acts as a link between chitin utilization and morphogenesis in Streptomyces coelicolor,
Microbiology-Sgm, vol. 154, pp. 373-382.
- 2007
Elongation factor TO (EF-Tu3) from the kirromycin producer Streptomyces ramocissimus is resistant to three classes of EF-Tu-specific inhibitors,
Journal of Bacteriology, vol. 189, no. 9, pp. 3581-3590.
PREDetector: A new tool to identify regulatory elements in bacterial genomes,
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 357, no. 4, pp. 861-864.
Loss of the controlled localization of growth stage-specific cell-wall synthesis pleiotropically affects developmental gene expression in an ssgA mutant of Streptomyces coelicolor,
Molecular Microbiology, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 1244-1259.
The secreted signaling protein factor C triggers the A-factor response regulon in streptomyces griseus - Overlapping signaling routes,
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 1248-1256.
Characterization of the sporulation control protein SsgA by use of an efficient method to create and screen random mutant libraries in streptomycetes,
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 2085-2092.
A new piece of an old jigsaw: Glucose kinase is activated posttranslationally in a glucose transport-dependent manner in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2),
Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 12, no. 1-2, pp. 67-74.
Conserved cis-acting elements upstream of genes composing the chitinolytic system of streptomycetes are DasR-responsive elements,
Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 12, no. 1-2, pp. 60-66.
Structure and DNA cleavage properties of two copper(II) complexes of the pyridine-pyrazole-containing ligands mbpzbpy and Hmpzbpya,
Dalton Transactions, no. 33, pp. 3676-3683.
Gilles van Wezel teaches or supervises the following courses:
Gilles currently supervises the following students:


