Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 15, 1958
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ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MESOSOME LOSS AND THE STABLE L STATE (OR PROTOPLAST STATE) IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS. J Bacteriol (1964) 4.06
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Changes in cell diameter during the division cycle of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (1980) 3.91
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Molecular cloning of genetically active fragments of Bacillus DNA in Bacillus subtilis and properties of the vector plasmid pUB110. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1978) 3.54
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Evidence for natural gene transfer from gram-positive cocci to Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (1988) 3.43
Cloning of the neutral protease gene of Bacillus subtilis and the use of the cloned gene to create an in vitro-derived deletion mutation. J Bacteriol (1984) 3.41
Mechanism of action of DuP 721: inhibition of an early event during initiation of protein synthesis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1988) 3.36
Turnover and spreading of old wall during surface growth of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1976) 3.34
Mapping of a temperate bacteriophage active on Bacillus subtilis. J Virol (1969) 3.34
Characterization of heat shock in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1986) 3.30
Isolation and characterization of kinC, a gene that encodes a sensor kinase homologous to the sporulation sensor kinases KinA and KinB in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1995) 3.29
Role of autolysins in the killing of bacteria by some bactericidal antibiotics. J Bacteriol (1971) 3.24
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Plasmid-mediated and temperature-regulated surface properties of Yersinia enterocolitica. Infect Immun (1983) 3.13
Cloning, sequencing, and disruption of the Bacillus subtilis sigma 28 gene. J Bacteriol (1988) 3.10
Transduction in Bacillus subtilis by bacteriophage SPP1. J Virol (1974) 3.08
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6-(p-hydroxyphenylazo)-uracil: a selective inhibitor of host DNA replication in phage-infected Bacillus subtilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1970) 3.03
The Bacillus subtilis flagellin gene (hag) is transcribed by the sigma 28 form of RNA polymerase. J Bacteriol (1989) 3.00
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Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPbeta: localization of the prophage attachment site, and specialized transduction. J Bacteriol (1977) 2.82
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Modulation of Bacillus subtilis levansucrase gene expression by sucrose and regulation of the steady-state mRNA level by sacU and sacQ genes. J Bacteriol (1986) 2.70
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The sigma B-dependent promoter of the Bacillus subtilis sigB operon is induced by heat shock. J Bacteriol (1993) 2.62
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Genetic analysis of pleiotropic negative sporulation mutants in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1971) 2.61
Transformation of Neisseria meningitidis by deoxyribonucleates from cells and from culture slime. J Bacteriol (1960) 2.59
Isolation and characterization of four plasmids from Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1977) 2.59
Physical heterogeneity among Bacillus subtilis deoxyribonucleic acid molecules carrying particular genetic markers. J Bacteriol (1969) 2.59
Studies of sigma D-dependent functions in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1990) 2.53
Plasmid in Bacillus pumilus and the enhanced sporulation of plasmid-negative variants. J Bacteriol (1973) 2.52
Alteration of the Bacillus subtilis glutamine synthetase results in overproduction of the enzyme. J Bacteriol (1977) 2.49
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Comparative control of a branch-point enzyme in microorganisms. J Bacteriol (1967) 2.39
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Identification of conserved genetic functions in Bacillus by use of temperature-sensitive mutants. Bacteriol Rev (1968) 2.36
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cis-acting sites in the transcript of the Bacillus subtilis trp operon regulate expression of the operon. J Bacteriol (1988) 2.21
Organization of teichoic acid in the cell wall of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1975) 2.20
Sequence of enzyme synthesis and gene replication during the cell cycle of Bacillus subtilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1965) 2.18
Intracellular serine protease of Bacillus subtilis: sequence homology with extracellular subtilisins. J Bacteriol (1978) 2.17
Isolation and preliminary characterization of bacteriophages for Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1961) 2.17
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mrp, a multigene, multifunctional locus in Bacillus subtilis with roles in resistance to cholate and to Na+ and in pH homeostasis. J Bacteriol (1999) 2.12
Genetic characterization of the inducible SOS-like system of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1984) 2.12
Plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus pumilus. J Bacteriol (1975) 2.12
Organization of enzymes in the polyaromatic synthetic pathway: separability in bacteria. J Bacteriol (1969) 2.08
Protein measurement with the Folin phenol reagent. J Biol Chem (1951) 1743.91
A study of the conditions and mechanism of the diphenylamine reaction for the colorimetric estimation of deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochem J (1956) 124.75
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THE INFECTION OF SUB-CELLULAR ESCHERICHIA COLI, STRAIN B, WITH A DNA PREPARATION FROM T2 BACTERIOPHAGE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1957) 6.36
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