Published in Microbiology on October 01, 2006
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Bistability, epigenetics, and bet-hedging in bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol (2008) 4.74
Phenotypic variation in bacteria: the role of feedback regulation. Nat Rev Microbiol (2006) 3.73
Complete genome sequence of the prototype lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363. J Bacteriol (2007) 3.43
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Projector 2: contig mapping for efficient gap-closure of prokaryotic genome sequence assemblies. Nucleic Acids Res (2005) 3.22
An alternative bactericidal mechanism of action for lantibiotic peptides that target lipid II. Science (2006) 3.05
LysM, a widely distributed protein motif for binding to (peptido)glycans. Mol Microbiol (2008) 2.98
Bet-hedging and epigenetic inheritance in bacterial cell development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 2.88
Proteomics of protein secretion by Bacillus subtilis: separating the "secrets" of the secretome. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2004) 2.67
Subcellular sites for bacterial protein export. Mol Microbiol (2004) 2.50
Stripping Bacillus: ComK auto-stimulation is responsible for the bistable response in competence development. Mol Microbiol (2005) 2.35
Controlling competence in Bacillus subtilis: shared use of regulators. Microbiology (2003) 2.30
Phosphatases modulate the bistable sporulation gene expression pattern in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol (2005) 2.29
Cell wall attachment of a widely distributed peptidoglycan binding domain is hindered by cell wall constituents. J Biol Chem (2003) 2.28
The Lactococcus lactis CodY regulon: identification of a conserved cis-regulatory element. J Biol Chem (2005) 2.11
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A generally applicable validation scheme for the assessment of factors involved in reproducibility and quality of DNA-microarray data. BMC Genomics (2005) 1.96
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Improving the predictive value of the competence transcription factor (ComK) binding site in Bacillus subtilis using a genomic approach. Nucleic Acids Res (2002) 1.84
Lantibiotic structures as guidelines for the design of peptides that can be modified by lantibiotic enzymes. Biochemistry (2005) 1.84
The relative value of operon predictions. Brief Bioinform (2008) 1.81
Time-resolved determination of the CcpA regulon of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.69
Post-translational modification of therapeutic peptides by NisB, the dehydratase of the lantibiotic nisin. Biochemistry (2005) 1.68
FIVA: Functional Information Viewer and Analyzer extracting biological knowledge from transcriptome data of prokaryotes. Bioinformatics (2007) 1.65
CodY of Streptococcus pneumoniae: link between nutritional gene regulation and colonization. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.64
BAGEL: a web-based bacteriocin genome mining tool. Nucleic Acids Res (2006) 1.64
The iturin and fengycin families of lipopeptides are key factors in antagonism of Bacillus subtilis toward Podosphaera fusca. Mol Plant Microbe Interact (2007) 1.61
Transient heterogeneity in extracellular protease production by Bacillus subtilis. Mol Syst Biol (2008) 1.60
Effects of phosphorelay perturbations on architecture, sporulation, and spore resistance in biofilms of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.56
Genome engineering reveals large dispensable regions in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Biol Evol (2003) 1.55
UniFrag and GenomePrimer: selection of primers for genome-wide production of unique amplicons. Bioinformatics (2003) 1.55
Novel surface display system for proteins on non-genetically modified gram-positive bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.53
SpxB regulates O-acetylation-dependent resistance of Lactococcus lactis peptidoglycan to hydrolysis. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.51
Regulation of glutamine and glutamate metabolism by GlnR and GlnA in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Biol Chem (2006) 1.50
Autolysis of Lactococcus lactis is increased upon D-alanine depletion of peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acids. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.49
The novel transcriptional regulator SczA mediates protection against Zn2+ stress by activation of the Zn2+-resistance gene czcD in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.49
The Rok protein of Bacillus subtilis represses genes for cell surface and extracellular functions. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.49
A novel class of heat and secretion stress-responsive genes is controlled by the autoregulated CssRS two-component system of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.48
PePPER: a webserver for prediction of prokaryote promoter elements and regulons. BMC Genomics (2012) 1.47
NisT, the transporter of the lantibiotic nisin, can transport fully modified, dehydrated, and unmodified prenisin and fusions of the leader peptide with non-lantibiotic peptides. J Biol Chem (2004) 1.47
Dissection and modulation of the four distinct activities of nisin by mutagenesis of rings A and B and by C-terminal truncation. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.46
The cop operon is required for copper homeostasis and contributes to virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2011) 1.46
AcmA of Lactococcus lactis is an N-acetylglucosaminidase with an optimal number of LysM domains for proper functioning. FEBS J (2005) 1.45
To have neighbour's fare: extending the molecular toolbox for Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microbiology (2006) 1.45
Temporal separation of distinct differentiation pathways by a dual specificity Rap-Phr system in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.44
Overview on sugar metabolism and its control in Lactococcus lactis - the input from in vivo NMR. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2005) 1.44
Live Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy. J Vis Exp (2011) 1.43
Copper stress affects iron homeostasis by destabilizing iron-sulfur cluster formation in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2010) 1.40
Molecular Genetics Information System (MOLGENIS): alternatives in developing local experimental genomics databases. Bioinformatics (2004) 1.38
Projector: automatic contig mapping for gap closure purposes. Nucleic Acids Res (2003) 1.38
Production of dehydroamino acid-containing peptides by Lactococcus lactis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.36
LmrCD is a major multidrug resistance transporter in Lactococcus lactis. Mol Microbiol (2006) 1.34
Probing direct interactions between CodY and the oppD promoter of Lactococcus lactis. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.29
Cell envelope stress induced by the bacteriocin Lcn972 is sensed by the Lactococcal two-component system CesSR. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.28
ArgR and AhrC are both required for regulation of arginine metabolism in Lactococcus lactis. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.27
Bet hedging or not? A guide to proper classification of microbial survival strategies. Bioessays (2011) 1.26
Development of genomic array footprinting for identification of conditionally essential genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.26
Mechanisms and evolution of control logic in prokaryotic transcriptional regulation. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2009) 1.25
Transcriptome analysis of temporal regulation of carbon metabolism by CcpA in Bacillus subtilis reveals additional target genes. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol (2007) 1.25
Transcriptome analysis and related databases of Lactococcus lactis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek (2002) 1.25
Identification and characterization of two novel clostridial bacteriocins, circularin A and closticin 574. Appl Environ Microbiol (2003) 1.25
Heterochronic phosphorelay gene expression as a source of heterogeneity in Bacillus subtilis spore formation. J Bacteriol (2010) 1.23
Visualization of differential gene expression by improved cyan fluorescent protein and yellow fluorescent protein production in Bacillus subtilis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2004) 1.21
NisC, the cyclase of the lantibiotic nisin, can catalyze cyclization of designed nonlantibiotic peptides. Biochemistry (2007) 1.21
Directionality and coordination of dehydration and ring formation during biosynthesis of the lantibiotic nisin. J Biol Chem (2009) 1.21
Regulation of the metC-cysK operon, involved in sulfur metabolism in Lactococcus lactis. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.21