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UMBC Biological Sciences
Ivan Erill
Contact Information
Office: BS 117
Phone: 410-455-2470
Ivan Erill
Assistant Professor
PhD Computer Sciences, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2002; BS Computer Sciences, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 1996
Selected publications

Sanchez-Alberola, N; Campoy, S; Barbé, J; Erill, I. “Analysis of the SOS response of Vibrio and other bacteria with multiple chromosomes”, BMC Genomics, 13:58, (2012).
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Cambray, N. Sanchez-Alberola, S. Campoy, E. Guerin, S. Da Re, B. Gonzales-Zorn, M.C. Ploy, J. Barbé, D. Mazel, I. Erill- "Prevalence of SOS-mediated control of integron integrase expression as an adaptive trait of chromosomal and mobile integrons", Mobile DNA. 2011; 2(6-1)
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Bhargava, N; Erill, I. "xFITOM: a generic GUI tool to search for transcription factor binding sites", Bioinformation. 01/2010; 5(2):49-51.
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Fox, J. M; Erill, I. "Relative Codon Adaptation: A Generic Codon Bias Index for Prediction of Gene Expression", DNA Research, doi:10.1093/dnares/dsq012
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Hessheimer, A. J; Parramon, D; Guimera, A; Erill, I; Rimola, A; Garcia-Valdecasas, J. C; Villa, R; Fondevila, C. “A rapid and reliable means of assessing hepatic steatosis in vivo via electrical bioimpedance”, Transplantation, 88(5), 716-722, (2009).
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Guerin, E.; Cambray, G.; Sanchez-Alberola, N.; Campoy, S.; Erill, I.; Da Re, S.; Gonzalez-Zorn, B.; Barbe, J.; Ploy, M.-C.; Mazel, D. The SOS Response Controls Integron Recombination (2009) Science, 324, 1034.
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Erill, I; O'Neill, M.C. A reexamination of information theory-based methods for DNA-binding site identification. BMC Bioinformatics. 2009 Feb 11;10(1):57.
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Abella, M; Campoy, S; Erill, I; Rojo, F; Barbé, J. “Cohabitation of two different lexA regulons in Pseudomonas putida”, Journal of Bacteriology, 189, 8855-8862, (2007).

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Erill, I; Campoy, S; Barbé, J. “Aeons of distress: an evolutionary perspective on the bacterial SOS response”, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 31, 637-656, (2007).

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Parramon, D; Erill, I; Guimerà, A; Ivorra, A; Muñoz, A; Sola, A; Fondevila, C; Garcia-Valdecasas, J. C; Villa, R. “In vivo detection of liver steatosis in rats based on impedance spectroscopy”, Physiological Measurement, 28, 813-828, (2007).

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Campoy, S; Hervàs, A; Busquets, N; Erill, I; Teixidó, L; Barbé, J. “Induction of the SOS response by bacteriophage lytic development in Salmonella enterica”, Virology, 351, 360-367, 2006.

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Mazon, G; Campoy, S; Erill, I; Barbe, J; Identification of the Acidobacterium capsulatum LexA box reveals a lateral acquisition of the Alphaproteobacteria lexA gene. Microbiology, 152, 1109-1118, (2006).

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Gomez, R; Ivorra, A; Villa, R; Godignon, P; Millan, J; Erill, I; Sola, A; Hotter, G; Palacios, L; “A SiC microdevice for the minimally invasive monitoring of ischemia in living tissues”, Biomedical Microdevices, 8, 43-49, (2006).

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Villa, R; Fondevila, C; Erill, I; Guimera, A; Bombuy, E; Gomez-Suarez, C; Sacristan, J. C; Garcia-Valdecasas, J. C; “Real-time direct measurement of human liver allograft temperature from recovery to transplantation”, Transplantation, 81, 483-486, (2006).

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Erill, I; Campoy, S; Mazon, G; Barbe, J; “Dispersal and regulation of an adaptive mutagenesis cassette in the bacteria domain”, Nucleic Acids Research, 10, 66-77, (2006).

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Campoy, S; Salvador, N; Cortés, P; Erill, I; Barbé, J; “Expression of canonical SOS genes is not under LexA repression in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus”, Journal of Bacteriology, 187, 5367-5375, (2005).

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Erill, I; Jara, M; Salvador, N; Escribano, M; Campoy, S; Barbe, J; “Differences in LexA regulon structure among Proteobacteria through in-vivo assisted comparative genomics”, Nucleic Acids Research, 32, 6617-6626, (2004).

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Mazon, G; Erill, I; Campoy, S; Cortes, P; Forano, E; Barbe, J. “Reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the LexA-binding sequence”, Microbiology, 150, 3783-3795, (2004).

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Abella, M; Erill, I; Jara, M; Mazón, G; Campoy, S; Barbé, J. “Widespread distribution of a lexA-regulated DNA damage-inducible multiple gene cassette in the Proteobacteria phylum”, Molecular Microbiology, 54, 212-222, (2004).

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Erill, I; Escribano, M; Campoy, S; Barbé, J; "In silico analysis reveals substantial variability in the gene contents of the gamma proteobacteria LexA-regulon", Bioinformatics, 19, 2225- 2236, (2003).

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Fernández de Henestrosa, A. R; Cuñé, J; Erill, I; Magnuson, J. K; Barbé, J; “A Green Non-sulfur Bacterium, Dehalococcoides ethenogenes, with the LexA Binding Sequence Found in Gram-Positive Organisms”, Journal of Bacteriology, 184, 6073–6080, (2002).

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Erill, I; Campoy, S; Rus, J; Fonseca, L; Ivorra, A; Navarro, Z; Plaza, J. A; Aguiló, J; Barbé, J. “Development of a CMOS-compatible PCR chip: comparison of design and system strategies”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 14, 1558-1568, (2004).

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Erill, I; Campoy, S; Erill, N; Barbé, J; Aguiló, J; "Biochemical analysis and optimization of inhibition and adsorption phenomena in glass–silicon PCR-chips", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 96, 685-692, (2003).

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Erill, I.; Villa, R.; Goudignon, P.; Fonseca, L.; Plaza, J. A.; “Silicon Microsystem Passivation for High Voltage Applications in DNA Chips”, Microelectronics and Reliability, 40, 787-789, (2000).

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