Simon Litvak (1942–2022)

Litvak S, Agosin M. Protein synthesis in polysomes from houseflies and the effect of DDT. Biochemistry. 1968;7:1560–7.

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Litvak S, Boeckx R, Dakshinamurti K. Identification of biocytin in biotin proteins using high voltage electrophoresis. Anal Biochem. 1969;30:470–547.

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Litvak S, Carré DS, Chapeville F. TYMV-RNA as a substrate of the tRNA nucleotidyl transferase. FEBS Lett. 1970;11:316–9.

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Litvak S, Tarrago-Litvak L, Chapeville F. TYMV-RNA as a substrate of the tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. II. Incorporation of CMP and determination of a short nucleotide sequence at the 3′ end of the RNA. J Viral. 1973;11:238–42.

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Litvak S, Tarrago A, Tarrago-Litvak L, Allende JE. Elongation factor-viral genome interaction dependent on the aminoacylation of TYMV and TMV RNAs. Nature. 1973;241:88–90.

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Christophe L, Tarrago-Litvak L, Castroviejo M, Litvak S. Mitochondrial DNA polymerase from wheat embryos. Plant Sci Lett. 1981;21:181–92.

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Castroviejo M, Tarrago-Litvak L, Litvak S. Partial purification and characterization of two cytoplasmic DNA polymerases from ungerminated wheat. Nucleic Acids Res. 1975;2:2077–90.

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Tarrago-Litvak L, Castroviejo M, Litvak S. Studies on a DNA polymerase gamma-like from wheat embryos. FEBS Lett. 1975;59:125.

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Array A, Litvak S. Studies on the interaction of tRNA and avian myeloblastosis DNA polymerase. Cold Spring Harbor Symp Q B. 1979;43:631–7.

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Araya A, Sarih L, Litvak S. Reverse transcriptase mediated binding of primer tRNA to the viral genome. Nucleic Acids Res. 1979;6:3831–4384.

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Litvak S, Araya A. Primer tRNA in retroviruses. Trends Biochem Sci. 1982;7:361–4.

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Garret M, Romby P, Giégé R, Litvak S. Interactions between AMV reverse transcriptase and tRNATrp. Mapping of complexed tRNA with chemicals and nucleases. Nucleic Acids Res. 1984;12:2259–71.

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Sallafranque-Andreola M, Robert D, Barr PJ, Fournier M, Litvak S, Sarih-Cottin L, Tarrago-Litvak L. HIV reverse transcriptase expressed in transformed yeast cells. Biochemical properties and interactions with bovine tRNALys. Eur J Biochem. 1989;184:367–74.

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Robert D, Sallafranque-Andreola ML, Bordier B, Sarih-Cottin L, Tarrago-Litvak L, Graves PV, Barr PJ, Fournier M, Litvak S. Interactions with tRNALys induce important structural changes in HIV reverse transcriptase. FEBS Lett. 1990;277:239–42.

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Litvak S, Sarih-Cottin L, Fournier M, Andreola ML, Tarrago-Litvak L. Priming of HIV replication by tRNALys: role of reverse transcriptase. Trends Biochem Sci. 1994;19:114–8.

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Dufour E, Reinbolt J, Castroviejo M, Ehresmann B, Litvak S, Tarrago-Litvak L, Andreola ML. Cross-linking localization of a HIV-1 reverse transcriptase peptide involved in the binding of primer tRNALys3. J Mol Biol. 1999;285:1339–46.

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Laquel P, Sallafranque-Andreola ML, Tarrago-Litak L, Castroviejo M, Litvak S. Wheat embryo DNA polymerase A reverse transcribes natural and synthetic RNA templates. Biochemical characterization and comparison with animal DNA polymerase gamma and retroviral reverse transcriptase. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1990;1048:139–48.

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Sarih-Cottin L, Bordier B, Musier-Forsyth K, Andreola ML, Barr PJ, Litvak S. Preferential interaction of HIV RT with two regions of primer tRNALys as evidenced by footprinting studies and inhibition with synthetic oligoribonucleotides. J Mol Biol. 1992;226:1–6.

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Begu D, Graves PV, Domec C, Arselin G, Litvak S, Array A. RNA editing of wheat mitochondrial ATP synthase subunit 9: direct protein and cDNA sequencing. Plant Cell. 1990;2:1283–90.

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Araya A, Domec C, Begu D, Litvak S. An in vitro system for the editing of ATP synthase subunit 9 mRNA using wheat mitochondrial extracts. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1992;89:1040–4.

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Hernould M, Mouras A, Litvak S, Araya A. RNA editing of the mitochondrial atp9 transcrit from tobacco. Nucleic Acids Res. 1992;20:1809.

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Araya A, Begu D, Litvak S. RNA editing in plants. Physiol Plant. 1994;91:543–50.

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Blanc V, Litvak S, Araya A. RNA editing in wheat mitochondria proceeds by a deamination mechanism. FEBS Lett. 1995;373:56–60.

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Kurek I, Ezra D, Begu D, Erel N, Litvak S, Breiman A. Studies on the effects of nuclear background and tissue specificity on RNA editing of the mitochondrial ATP synthase subunits a, 6 and 9 in fertile and cytoplasmic male-sterile (CMS) wheat. Theor Appl Genet. 1997;95:1305–11.

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Bourara K, Litvak S, Araya A. Generation of G to A and C to U changes in HIV-1 transcripts by RNA editing. Science. 2000;289:1564–6.

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Freund F, Boulmé F, Litvak S, Tarrago-Litvak L. Initiation of HIV-2 reverse transcription: a secondary structure model of the RNA/tRNALys3 duplex. Nucl Acids Res. 2001;29:85–93.

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Parissi V, Calmels C, Richard de Soultrait V, Caumont A, Fournier M, Chaignepain S, Litvak S. Functional interactions of HIV-1 integrase with human and yeast HSP60. J Virol. 2001;75:11344–53.

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Tarrago-Litvak L, Andreola ML, Fournier M, Nevinsky G, Parissi V, Richard de Soultrait V, Litvak S. Inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and integrase: classical and emerging therapeutical approaches. (An invited review). Curr Pharm Des. 2002;8:595–614.

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Richard de Soultrait V, Caumont A, Parissi V, Morellet N, Ventura M, Lenoir C, Litvak S, Fournier M, Roques B. A novel short peptide is a specific inhibitor of the HIV-1 integrase. J Mol Biol. 2002;318:45–58.

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Bugreev DM, Baranova S, Zakharova OD, Parissi V, Desjobert C, Sottofattori E, Balbi A, Litvak S, Tarrago-Litvak L, Nevinsky GA. Dynamic, thermodynamic and kinetic basis for recognition and transformation of DNA by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase. Biochemistry. 2003;42:9235–47.

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Desjobert C, de Soultrait VR, Faure A, Parissi V, Litvak S, Tarrago-Litvak L, Fournier M. Identification by phage display selection of a short peptide able to inhibit only the strand transfer reaction catalyzed by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase. Biochemistry. 2004;43:13097–105.

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