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Eric J. Fournier

Washington University in St. Louis
Verified email at wustl.edu
Cited by 522

Biocompatibility of implantable synthetic polymeric drug carriers: focus on brain biocompatibility

E Fournier, C Passirani, CN Montero-Menei, JP Benoit - Biomaterials, 2003 - Elsevier
Numerous polymeric biomaterials are implanted each year in human bodies. Among them,
drug delivery devices are potent novel powerful therapeutics for diseases which lack …

Botrytis cinerea virulence factors: new insights into a necrotrophic and polyphageous pathogen

M Choquer, E Fournier, C Kunz, C Levis… - FEMS microbiology …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Botrytis cinerea is responsible for the gray mold disease on more than 200 host plants. This
necrotrophic ascomycete displays the capacity to kill host cells through the production of …

Microplastics in the human digestive environment: a focus on the potential and challenges facing in vitro gut model development

E Fournier, L Etienne-Mesmin, C Grootaert… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution is a major issue worldwide, generating massive amounts of smaller plastic
particles, including microplastics (MPs). Their ubiquitous nature in the environment but also …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic Analysis of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

…, RP de Vries, PS Dyer, S Fillinger, E Fournier… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea are closely related necrotrophic plant
pathogenic fungi notable for their wide host ranges and environmental persistence. These …

Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak associated with Zika virus infection in French Polynesia: a case-control study

…, L Musset, JC Manuguerra, P Despres, E Fournier… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Between October, 2013, and April, 2014, French Polynesia
experienced the largest Zika virus outbreak ever described at that time. During the same …

Genome-wide association study of obsessive-compulsive disorder

…, C Lochner, A Azzam, DA Chavira, E Fournier… - Molecular …, 2013 - nature.com
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common, debilitating neuropsychiatric illness
with complex genetic etiology. The International OCD Foundation Genetics Collaborative …

The Rice Resistance Protein Pair RGA4/RGA5 Recognizes the Magnaporthe oryzae Effectors AVR-Pia and AVR1-CO39 by Direct Binding

…, H Kanzaki, Y Okuyama, JB Morel, E Fournier… - The Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Resistance (R) proteins recognize pathogen avirulence (Avr) proteins by direct or indirect
binding and are multidomain proteins generally carrying a nucleotide binding (NB) and a …

[PDF][PDF] Structural basis for discrimination of 3-phosphoinositides by pleckstrin homology domains

KM Ferguson, JM Kavran, VG Sankaran, E Fournier… - Molecular cell, 2000 - cell.com
Pleckstrin homology (PH) domains are protein modules of around 120 amino acids found in
many proteins involved in cellular signaling. Certain PH domains drive signal-dependent …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae

…, PC Ceresini, S Ravel, R Kellner, E Fournier… - BMC biology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background In February 2016, a new fungal disease was spotted in wheat fields
across eight districts in Bangladesh. The epidemic spread to an estimated 15,000 hectares …

Problem-based learning in geography: Towards a critical assessment of its purposes, benefits and risks

E Pawson, E Fournier, M Haigh, O Muniz… - Active Learning and …, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
This paper makes a critical assessment of problem-based learning (PBL) in geography. It
assesses what PBL is, in terms of the range of definitions in use and in light of its origins in …