• Matthijssens F, Back P, Braeckman BP, Vanfleteren JR. (2008) Prooxidant activity of the superoxide dismutase (SOD)-mimetic EUK-8 in proliferating and growth-arrested Escherichia coli cells. Free Radic Biol Med, 45, 708-715. [Abstract]
  • Lenaerts I , Walker GA , Van Hoorebeke L , Gems D , Vanfleteren JR (2008) Dietary restriction of Caenorhabditis elegans by axenic culture reflects nutritional requirement for constituents provided by metabolically active microbes. J Gerontol.A, 63, 242-252. [Abstract]
  • Castelein N, Hoogewijs D, De Vreese A, Braeckman B and Vanfleteren JR (2008) Dietary restriction by growth in axenic medium induces discrete changes in the transcriptional output of genes involved in energy metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biotechnol J 3, 803-812.[Abstract]
  • Hoogewijs D, Houthoofd K, Matthijssens F, Vandesompele J and Vanfleteren JR (2008) Selection and validation of a reliable set of candidate reference genes for quantitative sod gene expression analysis in C. elegans. BMC Mol. Biol. 9:9.[Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2007) Public and private mechanisms of life extension in C. elegans. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 277, 601-617. [Abstract]
  • Lenaerts I., Van Eygen S. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2007) Adult-limited dietray restriction slows Gompertzian aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. In press.
  • Brys K., Vanfleteren J.R. & Braeckman B.P. (2007) Testing the rate-of-living/oxidative damage theory of aging by using longevity mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans. Experimental Gerontology, 42, 845-851.[Abstract]
  • Matthijssens F., Braeckman B.P. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2007) Evaluation of different methods for assaying protein carbonylation. Current Analytical Chemistry, 3,93-102. [Abstract]

  • Houthoofd K., Gems D., Johnson T.E. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2007) Dietary restriction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.  Interdiscip. Top. Gerontol. 35:98-114. [Abstract]

  • Braeckman B.P. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2006) Genetic control of longevity in C. elegans. Experimental Gerontology, 42:90-98.[Abstract]

  • Houthoofd K. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2006) The longevity effect of dietary restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans. Experimental Gerontology 41:1026-1031. [Abstract]

  • Braeckman B.P., Demetrius L. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2006) The dietary restriction effect in C. elegans and humans: is the worm a one-millimeter human? Biogerontology, 7:127-133. [Abstract]

  • Houthoofd K., Johnson T.E., Vanfleteren J.R. (2005) Review: Dietary restriction in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. J Gerontol. Biol Sci, 60:1125-1131. [Abstract]
  • Burnell A.M., Houthoofd K., O'Hanlon K., Vanfleteren J.R. (2005) Alternate metabolism during the dauer stage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Exp Gerontol. 40: 850-856.[Abstract]
  • Walker G., Houthoofd K., Vanfleteren J.R., Gems D. (2005) Dietary restriction in C. elegans: From rate-of-living effects to nutrient sensing pathways. Mech Ageing Dev 126: 929-937.[Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Fidalgo M.A., Hoogewijs D., Braeckman B.P., Lenaerts I., Brys K., Matthijssens F., De Vreese A., Van Eygen S., Munoz M.J., Vanfleteren J.R. (2005) Metabolism, physiology and stress defense in three aging Ins/IGF-1 mutants of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging Cell., 4:87-95. [Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P., Lenaerts I., Brys K., Matthijssens F., De Vreese A., Van Eygen S., Vanfleteren J.R. (2005) DAF-2 pathway mutations and food restriction in aging Caenorhabditis elegans differentially affect metabolism. Neurobiol Aging.,26:689-696. [Abstract]

  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P., Johnson T.E., Vanfleteren J.R. (2004) Extending life-span in C. elegans. Science, 305:1238-1239. [Abstract]
  • Keany M., Matthijssens F., Sharpe M., Vanfleteren J. & Gems D. (2004) Superoxide dismutase mimetics elevate superoxide dismutase activity in vivo but do not retard aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.  Free Rad. Biol. Med., 37: 239-250. [Abstract]

  • Hulbert A.J., Clancy D.J., Mair W., Braeckman B.P., Gems D. & Partridge L. (2004) Lack of association between metabolic rate and lifespan in adult Drosophila melanogaster.  Exp. Gerontol., 39: 1137-1143. [Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2004) The hunt for the record life span in C. elegans. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci., 59: B408-B410.[Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P., De Vreese A., Van Eygen S., Lenaerts I., Brys K., Matthijssens F. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2004) Caloric restriction, Ins/IGF-1 signalling and longevity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Belg. J. Zool., 134:  85-90.
  • Chen C., Dewaele S., Braeckman B., Desmyter L., Verstraelen J., Borgonie G., Vanfleteren J., & Contreras R. (2003) A high-throughput screening system for genes extending life-span. Exp. Gerontol., 38: 1051-1063.[Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P. & Vanfleteren J.R. (2003) ‘Chapter 8.  Metabolism and life span determination in C. elegans.’ in the series ‘Advances in Cell Aging and Gerontology’, Vol. 14.  Mattson M.P. (Ed). ‘Energy metabolism and life span determination’, Elsevier, Amsterdam. pp 143-175.[Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P., Johnson T.E. and Vanfleteren J.R. (2003). Life extension via dietary restriction is independent of the Ins/IGF-1 signalling pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans. Exp. Gerontol., 38: 947-954.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Houthoofd K. and Vanfleteren J.R. (2003). Energy metabolism, anti-oxidant defense and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Topics in Current Genetics, Vol. 3 chpt 5. pp 99-144.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Houthoofd K., Brys K., Lenaerts I., De Vreese A., Van Eygen S., Raes H., Vanfleteren J.R. (2002). No reduction of energy metabolism in Clk mutants. Mech. Ageing Develop., 123: 1447-1456.[Abstract]
  • Lenaerts I., Braeckman B.P., Matthijssens F., and Vanfleteren J.R. (2002). A high-troughput microtiter plate assay for superoxide dismutase based on lucigenin chemiluminescence. Anal. Biochem.,311: 90-92.[Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P., Lenaerts I., Brys K., De Vreese A., Van Eygen S., Vanfleteren J.R. (2002). No reduction of metabolic rate in food restricted Caenorhabditis elegans. Exp. Gerontol., 37: 1359-1369.[Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P., Lenaerts I., Brys K., De Vreese A., Van Eygen S., Vanfleteren J.R. (2002). Axenic growth up-regulates mass-specific metabolic rate, stress resistance, and extends life span in Caenorhabditis elegans. Exp. Gerontol., 37: 1371-1378.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Houthoofd K.and Vanfleteren J.R. (2002). Assessing metabolic activity in aging Caenorhabditis elegans: concepts and controversies. Aging Cell, 1: 82-88.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Houthoofd K. and Vanfleteren J.R. (2002). Rebuttal to van Voorhies: ‘The influence of metabolic rate on longevity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans’. Aging Cell,1: 89-90.[Abstract]
  • Houthoofd K., Braeckman B.P., Lenaerts I., Brys K., De Vreese A., Van Eygen S., Vanfleteren J.R. (2002). Ageing is reversed, and metabolism is reset to young levels in recovering dauer larvae of C. elegans. Exp. Gerontol., 37: 1015-1021.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Houthoofd K., De Vreese A., Vanfleteren J.R. (2002). Assaying metabolic activity in ageing Caenorhabditis elegans. Mech; Ageing Develop., 123: 105-119.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Vanfleteren J.R. (2001). Commentary. Mech. Ageing Develop., 123: 75-76.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Houthoofd  K., Vanfleteren J.R. (2001) Insulin-like signaling, metabolism, stress resistance and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mech. Ageing Develop., 122: 673-693.[Abstract]
  • Toussaint O., Baret P.V., Brion J.-P., Cras P., Collette F., De Deyn P.P., Geenen V., Kienlen-Campard P., Labeur C., Legros J.-J., Nève J., Octave J.-N., Piérard G.E., Salmon E., van den Bosch de Aguilar P., Van der Linden M., Leuven F.V., Vanfleteren J. (2000) Experimental gerontology in Belgium: from model organisms to age-related pathologies. Exp.Geront,. 35: 901-916.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Houthoofd K., and Vanfleteren J.R. (2000)  Patterns of metabolic activity during aging of the wild type and longevity mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans.  Age, 23: 51-69. [Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and Braeckman B.P. (1999) Mechanisms of life span determination in Caenorhabditis elegans. Neurobiol. Aging, 20: 487-502.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P. and Vanfleteren J.R. (1999) Stress-inducible mechanism of life-span extension in yeast, eubacteria and metazoans. Trends Microbiol., 7: 270-271.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., Houthoofd K., De Vreese A., and Vanfleteren J.R. (1999) Apparent uncoupling of energy production and consumption in long-lived Clk mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr. Biol., 9: 493-496.[Abstract]
  • Braeckman B.P., De Vreese A., and  Vanfleteren J.R. (1998) Author's response to commentaries on 'Two-parameter logistic and Weibull equations provide better fits to survival data from isogenic populations of Caenorhabditis elegans in axenic culture than does the Gompertz model' J. Gerontol. Biol. Sci., 53A: 407-408.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., De Vreese, A., and Braeckman, B.P (1998) Two-parameter logistic and Weibull equations provide better fits to survival data from isogenic populations of Caenorhabditis elegans in axenic culture than does the Gompertz model. J. Gerontol. Biol. Sci., 53A: B393-B403.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Braeckman B.P., Roelens I, and De Vreese A. (1998) Age-specific modulation of light production potential, and alkaline phosphatase and protein tyrosine kinase activities in various age mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Gerontol. Biol. Sci., 53A: B380-B390.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and De Vreese A. (1997) Modulation of Kinase activites in dauers and in long-lived mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Gerontol. Biol. Sci., 52A: B212-B216.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and De Vreese A. (1996) Rate of aerobic metabolism and superoxide production rate potential in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Exp. Zool., 274: 93-100.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and De Vreese A. (1995) The gerontogenes age-1 and daf-2 determine metabolic rate potential in aging Caenorhabditis elegans. FASEB J., 9: 1355-1361.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and De Vreese A. (1994) Analysis of the proteins of aging Caenorhabditis elegans by high resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis. Electrophoresis, 15: 289-296.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. (1993) Oxidative stress and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochem. J., 292: 605-608.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. (1992) Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase from Caenorhabditis elegans: purification, properties and isoforms. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 102B: 219-229.[Abstract]
  • Meheus L., Van Beeumen J., and Vanfleteren J. (1988) Age-related changes in the 2-D gel pattern of the nuclear proteins of Caenorhabditis elegans. Arch. int. Physiol. Bioch., 96: B47.[Abstract]
  • Meheus L.A., Van Beeumen J.J., Coomans A.V., and Vanfleteren J.R. (1987) Age-specific nuclear proteins in the nematode worm Caenorhabidtis elegans. Biochem. J., 245: 257-261.[Abstract]
  • Meheus L. and Vanfleteren J.R. (1986) Nuclease digestion of DNA and RNA in nuclei from young adult and senescent Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda). Mech. Ageing Dev., 34: 23-34.[Abstract]
  • De Cuyper C and Vanfleteren J.R. (1982) Nutritional alteration of life span in Caenorhabditis elegans. Age, 5: 42-45.
  • De Cuyper C. and Vanfleteren J.R. (1982) Oxygen consumption during development and aging of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 73A: 283-289.


  • Meldal B.H., Debenham N.J., De Ley P., De Ley I.T., Vanfleteren J.R., Vierstraete A.R., Bert W., Borgonie G., Moens T., Tyler P.A., Austen M.C., Blaxter M.L., Rogers A.D. & Lambshead P.J. (2006) An improved molecular phylogeny of the Nematoda with special emphasis on marine taxa. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. In press.
  • Derycke S., Backeljau T., Vlaeminck C., Vierstraete A., Vanfleteren J., Vincx M & Moens T. (2006) Seasonal dynamics of population genetic  structure in cryptic taxa of Pellioditis marina complex (Nematoda: Rhabditida). Genetica, 128: 307-321.

  • Tenente G.C.M.V., De Ley P., De Ley I.T., Karssen G., Vanfleteren J.R. (2004) Sequence analysis of the D2/D3 region of the large subunit RDNA from different Meloidogyne isolates. Nematropica, 34: 1-12.
  • De Ley Tandingan I., De Ley P., Vierstraete A., Karssen G., Moens M. and Vanfleteren J. (2002). Phylogenetic Analyses of Meloidogyne Small Subunit rDNA. J. Nematol.,34: 319-327.
  • Elbadri G.A.A., De Ley P., Waeyenberge L., Vierstraete A., Moens M., Vanfleteren J. (2002). Intraspecific variation in Radopholus similes isolates assessed with restriction fragment length polymorphism and DNA sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region of the ribosomal RNA cistron. Int.J. Parasitol., 32: 199-205.[Abstract]
  • Felix M.-A., Vierstraete A., and Vanfleteren J. (2001). Three Biological Species Closely Related to Rhabditis (Oscheius) pseudodolichura Körner in Osche, 1952. J. Nematol., 33: 104-109.
  • Subbotin S.A., Vierstraete A., De Ley P., Rowe J., Waeyenberge L., Moens M., and Vanfleteren J.R. (2001). Phylogenetic Relationships within the Cyst-Forming Nematodes (Nematoda, Heteroderidae) Based on Analysis of Sequences from the ITS Regions of Ribosomal DNA. Mol. Phyl. Evol., 21: 1-16.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and Vierstraete A.R. (1999) Insertional RNA editing in metazoan mitochondria: The cytochrome b gene in the nematode Teratocephalus lirellus. RNA, 5:622-624.[Abstract]
  • Blaxter M.L., De Ley P., Garey J.R., Liu L.X., Scheldeman P., Vierstraete A., Vanfleteren J.R., Mackey L.Y., Dorris M., Frisse L.M., Vida J.T., and Thomas K. (1998) A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda. Nature, 392: 71-75.[Abstract]


  • Hoogewijs D, De Henau S, Dewilde S, Moens L, Couvreur M, Borgonie G, Vinogradov SN, Roy SW and Vanfleteren JR (2008) The Caenorhabditis globin gene family reveals extensive nematode-specific radiation and diversification. BMC Evol. Biol.  8:279.[Abstract]
  • Hoogewijs D, Geuens E, Tilleman L, Vanfleteren JR, Moens L and Dewilde S (2008) Ever surprising nematode globins. In: Dioxygen binding and sensing proteins, a tribute to Beatrice and Jonathan Wittenberg. Springer-Verlag, 17p [Abstract]
  • Thijs L, Vinck E, Wan X, Bolli A, Trandafir F, Hoogewijs D, Coletta M, Fago A, Weber R, Van Doorslaer S, Ascenzi P, Alam M, Moens L and Dewilde S (2007) Characterization of a globin coupled oxygen sensor with a gene regulating function. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 37325-37340. [Abstract]
  • Hoogewijs D, Geuens E, Dewilde S, Vierstraete A, Moens L, Vinogradov S and Vanfleteren JR (2007) Wide diversity in structure and expression profiles among members of the Caenorhabditis elegans globin protein family. BMC Genomics 8:356. [Abstract]
  • Hoogewijs D, Terwilliger NB, Webster KA, Powell-Coffman JA, Tokishita S, Yamagata H, Hankeln T, Burmester T, Rytkönen KT, Nikinmaa M, Abele D, Heise K,  Lucassen M, Fandrey J, Maxwell PH, Pahlman S and Gorr TA (2007) From critters to cancers: bridging trajectories between comparative and clinical research of oxygen sensing, HIF signaling and adaptations towards hypoxia. Integr. Comp. Biol. 47, 552-577. [Abstract]
  • Vinogradov S, Hoogewijs D, Bailly X, Mizuguchi K, Dewilde S, Moens L and Vanfleteren JR (2007) A model of globin evolution. Gene 398, 132-142.[Abstract]
  • Trandafir F, Hoogewijs D, Altieri F, Rivetti di Val Cervo P, Ramser K, Van Doorslaer S, Turano C, Vanfleteren JR,  Moens L and Dewilde S (2007) Neuro- and cytoglobin as potential enzymes or substrates. Gene 398, 103-113. [Abstract]
  • Vinogradov S.N., Hoogewijs D., Bailly X., Arredondo-Peter R., Gough J., Dewilde S., Moens L. and Vanfleteren J.R. (2006) A Phylogenomic profile of globins BMC Evol. Biol., 6: 31 [Abstract]

  • Dewilde S., Ebner B., Vinck E., Gilany K., Hankeln T., Burmester T., Kreiling J., Reinisch C., Vanfleteren J.R., Kiger L., Marden M.C., Hundahl C., Fago A., Van Doorslaer S., Moens L. (2006) The nerve hemoglobin of the bivalve mollusc Spisula solidissima: molecular cloning, ligand binding studies, and phylogenetic analysis. J Biol Chem.281:5364-5372. [Abstract]

  • Pesce A., Nardini M., Dewilde S., Hoogewijs D., Ascenzi P., Moens L. and Bolognesi M. (2005) Modulation of oxygen binding to insect hemoglobins: the structure of hemoglobin from the botfly Gasterophilus intestinalis. Protein Sci., 14:3057-63. [Abstract]

  • Vinogradov S.N., Hoogewijs D., Bailly X., Arredondo-Peter R., Guertin M.,  Gough J., Dewilde S., Moens L. and Vanfleteren J.R. (2005) Three globin lineages belonging to two structural classes in genomes from the three kingdoms of life. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 102(32):11385-11389. [Abstract]
  • Hoogewijs D., Geuens E., Dewilde S., Moens L., Vierstraete A., Vinogradov S., Vanfleteren J.(2004) Genome-wide analysis of the globin gene family of C. elegans. IUBMB Life, 56:697-702. [Abstract]
  • Geuens E., Dewilde S., Hoogewijs D., Pesce A., Nienhaus K., Nienhaus G., Olson J., Vanfleteren J., Bolognesi M. Moens L. (2004) Nerve globins in invertebrates. IUBMB Life, 56:653-656. [Abstract]

  • Pesce A., Dewilde S., Kiger L., Ascenzi M.M.P., Marden M.C., Van Hauwaert M.-L., Vanfleteren J., Moens L. and Bolognesi M. (2001) Very High Resolution Structure of a Trematode Hemoglobin Displaying a TyrB10-TyrE7 Heme Distal Residue Pair and High Oxygen Affinity. J. Mol. Biol., 309: 1153-1164.[Abstract]
  • Dewilde S., Van Hauwaert M.-L., Vinogradov S., Vierstraete A., Vanfleteren J. and Moens L. (2001) Protein and Gene Structure of a Chlorocruorin Chain of Eudistylia vancouverii. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm., 281: 18-24.[Abstract]
  • Burr A.H.J., Hunt P., Wagar D.R., Dewilde S., Blaxter M.L., Vanfleteren J.R., and Moens L. (2000) A Hemoglobin with an Optical Function. J. Biol. Chem., 275:4810-4815.[Abstract]
  • Dewilde S., Van Hauwaert M.-L., Peeters K, Vanfleteren J., and Moens L.(1999) Daphnia pulex Didomain Hemoglobin: Structure and Evolution of Polymeric Hemoglobins and Their Coding Genes. Mol. Biol. Evol., 16(9): 1208-1218 [Abstract]
  • Dewilde, S., Blaxter, M., Van Hauwaert, M.-L., Van Houte, K., Pesce, A., Griffon, N., Kiger, L., Marden, M.C., Vermeire, S., Vanfleteren, J., Esmans, E. & Moens, L. (1998) Structural, functional and genetic characterizaion of Gastrophilus hemoglobin. J. Biol. Chem., 273: 32467-32474.[Abstract]
  • Dewilde S., Blaxter M., Van Hauwaert M.-L., Vanfleteren J., Esmans E.L., Marden M., Griffon N., and  Moens L. (1996) Globin and globin gene structure of the nerve myoglobin of Aphrodite aculeata. J. Biol. Chem., 271: 19865-19870.[Abstract]
  • Moens L., Vanfleteren J., Van de Peer Y., Peeters K., Kapp O., Czeluzniak J., Goodman M., Blaxter M., and Vinogradov S. (1996) Globins in nonvertebrate species: dispersal by horizontal gene transfer and evolution of the structure-function relationships. Molec. Biol. Evol., 13: 324-333.[Abstract]
  • Moens L., Vanfleteren J., and Blaxter M. (1995) Nematode globins: the structural, functional and evolutionary study. Physiol. Zool., 68: 79-80.
  • Kapp O.H., Moens L., Vanfleteren J., Trotman C.N.A., Suzuki T., and  Vinogradov S. (1995) Alignment of 700 globin sequences: extent of amino acid substitution and its correlation with variation in volume. Prot. Sci., 4: 2179-2190.[Abstract]
  • Blaxter M.L., Vanfleteren J.R., Xia, J., and Moens L. (1994) Structural characterization of an Ascaris myoglobin. J. Biol. Chem., 269: 30181-30186.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Van de Peer Y., Blaxter M.L., Tweedie S.A.R., Trotman C., Lu L., Van Hauwaert M.-L., and Moens L. (1994) Molecular genealogy of some nematode taxa as based on cytochrome c and globin amino acid sequences. Mol. Phylogen. Evol., 3: 92-101.[Abstract]
  • Moens L., Vanfleteren J., De Baere I., Jellie A.M., Tate W., and Trotman C.N.A. (1993) Commentary response. FEBS Lett., 320: 284-287.
  • Moens L., Vanfleteren J., De Baere I., Jellie A.M., Tate W., and Trotman, C.N.A. (1992). Unexpected intron location in non-vertebrate globin genes. FEBS Lett., 312: 105-109.[Abstract]


  • Vanfleteren J.R., Raymackers J.G., Van Bun S.M., and Meheus L.A. (1992) Peptide mapping and microsequencing of proteins separated by SDS-PAGE after in situ limited acid hydrolysis. BioTechniques, 12: 550-557.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Evers E.A.I.M., Van de Werken G., and Van Beeumen J.J. (1990) The primary structure of cytochrome c from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochem. J., 271: 613-620.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and Peeters K. (1990) Chromatographic recovery of polypeptides from copper-stained sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels. J. Biochem. Biophys. Meth., 20: 227-235.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Van Bun S.M., De Baere I., and Van Beeumen J.J. (1990) The primary structure of a minor isoform (H1.2) of histone H1 from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochem. J., 265: 739-746.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Van Bun S.M., and Van Beeumen J.J. (1989) The histones of Caenorhabditis elegans: no evidence of stage-specific isoforms. An overview. FEBS lett., 257: 233-237.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. (1989) Sequential sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and reversed-phase chromatography of unfolded proteins. Anal. Biochem., 178: 385-390.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. (1989) Sequential two-dimensional and acetic acid/urea/Triton X- 100 gel electrophoresis of proteins. Anal. Biochem., 177: 388-391.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Van Bun S.M., and Van Beeumen J.J. (1988) The primary structure of the major isoform (H1.1) of histone H1 from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochem. J., 255: 647-652.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and Meheus L.A. (1988) Analysis of the chromosomal proteins of Caenorhabidtis elegans by two-dimensional electrophoresis, silverstaining and immunodetection. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 91B: 103-110.
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Van Bun S.M., and Van Beeumen J.J. (1987) The primary structure of histone H2A from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochem. J., 243: 297-300.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Van Bun S.M., and Van Beeumen J.J. (1987) The primary structure of histone H4 from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Comp. Biochem. Physiology., 87B: 847-849.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Van Bun S.M., and Van Beeumen J.J. (1987) The primary structure of histone H3 from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.FEBS Lett., 211: 59-63.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Van Bun S.M., Delcambe L.L., and Van Beeumen J.J. (1986) Multiple forms of histone H2B from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochem. J., 235: 769-773.[Abstract]
  • Meheus L. and Vanfleteren J.R. (1985) Nematode chromosomal proteins. IV. The nonhistones of Caenorhabditis elegans. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 81B: 377-383.
  • Vanfleteren J.R and Van Beeumen J.J. (1983) Nematode chromosomal proteins. III. Some structural properties of the histones of Caenorhabditis elegans. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 76B: 179-184.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. (1982) Nematode chromosomal proteins. II. Fractionation and identification of the histones of Caenorhabditis elegans. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 73B: 709-718.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R., Neirynck K., and Huylebroeck D. (1979) Nematode chromosomal proteins. I. Isolation of chromatin and preliminary characterization of the chromosomal proteins of Caenorhabditis elegans. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 62B: 349-354.[Abstract]


  • Vanfleteren J.R. (1980) Nematodes as nutritional models. In Nematodes as Biological Models. Vol.2. Aging and Other Model Systems (B.M. Zuckerman, ed.), pp. 47-79. Academic press, New York.
  • Vanfleteren J.R. (1978) Axenic culture of free-living, parasitic and insect-parasitic nematodes. Ann. Rev. Phytopathol., 16: 131-157.
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and Avau H. (1977) Selective inhibition of reproduction in aminopterin-treated nematodes. Experientia, 33: 902-904.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. (1976) Large scale cultivation of a free-living nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans). Experientia, 32: 1087-1088.[Abstract]
  • Vanfleteren J.R. and Coomans A. (1976) Photoreceptor evolution and phylogeny. Z. zool. Syst. Evolut.-forsch., 14: 157-169.
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  • Alekseev V., Dumont H.J., Pensaert J., Baribwegure D. & Vanfleteren J.R. A re-description of Eucclops serrulatus (Fisher, 1851) (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida) and some related taxa, with a phylogeny of the E. serrulatus group. Zoologica Scripta. 35, 123-147. 
  • Remerie T., Bourgois T., Peelaers D., Vierstraete A., Vanfleteren J., & Vanreusel A. Phylogeographic patterns of the mysid Mesopodopsis slabberi (Crustacea, Mysida): evidence for high molecular diversity and cryptic speciation. Mar. Biol. 149, 465-481.

  • Remerie T., Gysels E., Vierstraete A., Vanfleteren J. and Vanreusel A. (2006) Evidence of genetic differentiation of the brackish water mysid Neomysis integer (Crustacea, Mysida) concordant with Pleistocene glaciations. Vie et Milieu, 56, 12-22.
  • Derycke S., Remerie T., Vierstraete A., Backeljau T., Vanfleteren J., Vincx M. & Moens T. (2005) Mitochondrial DNA variation and cryptic speciation within the free-living marine nematode Pellioditis marina. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 300, 91-103.
  • Dumont H.J., Vanfleteren J.R., De Jonckheere J.F., H Weekers P.H.(2005) Phylogenetic relationships, divergence time estimation, and global biogeographic patterns of calopterygoid damselflies (odonata, zygoptera) inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences, Syst Biol. 54(3):347-62. [Abstract]
  • Remerie T., Bulckaen B., Calderon J., Deprez T., Mees J., Vanfleteren J., Vanreusel A., Vierstraete A., Vincx M., Wittmann K.J., Wooldridge T. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships within the Mysidae (Crustacea, Peracarida, Mysida) based on nuclear 18S ribosomal RNA sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol., 32:770-777. [Abstract]
  • Weekers P.H. H., Murugan G., Vanfleteren J.R., Belk D., and Dumont H.J. (2002) Phylogenetic analysis of anostracans (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) inferred from nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) sequences. Mol. Phylogen. and Evol., 25: 535-544.[Abstract]
  • Raes H., Braeckman B.P., Criel G.R.J., Rzeznik U., and Vanfleteren J.R. (2000) Copper Induces Apoptosis in Aedes C6/36Cells. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 286:1-12.[Abstract]
  • Félix M.-A., De Ley P., Sommer R.J., Frisse L., Nadler S.A., Thomas W.K., Vanfleteren J., and Sternberg P.W. (2000)  Evolution of Vulva Development in the Cephalobina (Nematoda). Developmental Biology, 221: 68-86.[Abstract]
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