Published in Mol Microbiol on May 15, 2008
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The pneumococcal cell envelope stress-sensing system LiaFSR is activated by murein hydrolases and lipid II-interacting antibiotics. J Bacteriol (2010) 1.12
Highly penicillin-resistant multidrug-resistant pneumococcus-like strains colonizing children in Oeiras, Portugal: genomic characteristics and implications for surveillance. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.09
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Insights into pneumococcal fratricide from the crystal structures of the modular killing factor LytC. Nat Struct Mol Biol (2010) 1.01
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Effects of low PBP2b levels on cell morphology and peptidoglycan composition in Streptococcus pneumoniae R6. J Bacteriol (2013) 0.99
Discovery of novel peptides regulating competence development in Streptococcus mutans. J Bacteriol (2014) 0.97
LytF, a novel competence-regulated murein hydrolase in the genus Streptococcus. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.97
The impact of horizontal gene transfer on the adaptive ability of the human oral microbiome. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2014) 0.95
Pneumococcal LytR, a protein from the LytR-CpsA-Psr family, is essential for normal septum formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol (2009) 0.95
Properties and biological role of streptococcal fratricins. Appl Environ Microbiol (2012) 0.90
Signal diffusion and the mitigation of social exploitation in pneumococcal competence signalling. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 0.89
Oscillations in continuous culture populations of Streptococcus pneumoniae: population dynamics and the evolution of clonal suicide. Proc Biol Sci (2009) 0.88
Hydrogen peroxide-dependent DNA release and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in Streptococcus gordonii. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.88
Pherotypes are driving genetic differentiation within Streptococcus pneumoniae. BMC Microbiol (2009) 0.87
The human milk protein-lipid complex HAMLET sensitizes bacterial pathogens to traditional antimicrobial agents. PLoS One (2012) 0.83
Peptide-regulated gene depletion system developed for use in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.81
Choline Binding Proteins from Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Dual Role as Enzybiotics and Targets for the Design of New Antimicrobials. Antibiotics (Basel) (2016) 0.79
Comprehensive Transcriptome Profiles of Streptococcus mutans UA159 Map Core Streptococcal Competence Genes. mSystems (2016) 0.79
Pherotype influences biofilm growth and recombination in Streptococcus pneumoniae. PLoS One (2014) 0.77
Pneumococcal Competence Coordination Relies on a Cell-Contact Sensing Mechanism. PLoS Genet (2016) 0.76
Cloning, expression, and characterization of a peculiar choline-binding beta-galactosidase from Streptococcus mitis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2009) 0.75
The Leaderless Bacteriocin Enterocin K1 Is Highly Potent against Enterococcus faecium: A Study on Structure, Target Spectrum and Receptor. Front Microbiol (2017) 0.75
Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria. Nat Rev Microbiol (2017) 0.75
Pherotype Polymorphism in Streptococcus pneumoniae Has No Obvious Effects on Population Structure and Recombination. Genome Biol Evol (2017) 0.75
Impact of immigration on the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low-incidence country. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 2.72
Natural genetic transformation: prevalence, mechanisms and function. Res Microbiol (2007) 2.34
Induction of natural competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae triggers lysis and DNA release from a subfraction of the cell population. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 2.29
Competence-induced fratricide in streptococci. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.60
Regulation of natural genetic transformation and acquisition of transforming DNA in Streptococcus pneumoniae. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2009) 1.51
Competence-induced cells of Streptococcus pneumoniae lyse competence-deficient cells of the same strain during cocultivation. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.38
Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae: contributions and role of the cell wall hydrolases CbpD, LytA and LytC. Microbiology (2009) 1.36
Choline-binding protein D (CbpD) in Streptococcus pneumoniae is essential for competence-induced cell lysis. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.32
Evolution of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a susceptible ancestor in a single patient. Genome Biol (2014) 1.17
Natural genetic transformation: A novel tool for efficient genetic engineering of the dairy bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.15
The pneumococcal cell envelope stress-sensing system LiaFSR is activated by murein hydrolases and lipid II-interacting antibiotics. J Bacteriol (2010) 1.12
A hydrophobic patch in the competence-stimulating Peptide, a pneumococcal competence pheromone, is essential for specificity and biological activity. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.10
Two separate quorum-sensing systems upregulate transcription of the same ABC transporter in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.10
Pneumococcal CbpD is a murein hydrolase that requires a dual cell envelope binding specificity to kill target cells during fratricide. Mol Microbiol (2010) 1.07
Fratricide is essential for efficient gene transfer between pneumococci in biofilms. Appl Environ Microbiol (2012) 1.01
BOX elements modulate gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae: impact on the fine-tuning of competence development. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.00
Effects of low PBP2b levels on cell morphology and peptidoglycan composition in Streptococcus pneumoniae R6. J Bacteriol (2013) 0.99
LytF, a novel competence-regulated murein hydrolase in the genus Streptococcus. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.97
A chemical-genetic screen to unravel the genetic network of CDC28/CDK1 links ubiquitin and Rad6-Bre1 to cell cycle progression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 0.96
Cdc28 kinase activity regulates the basal transcription machinery at a subset of genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 0.95
Pneumococcal LytR, a protein from the LytR-CpsA-Psr family, is essential for normal septum formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol (2009) 0.95
Pheromone-induced expression of recombinant proteins in Streptococcus thermophilus. Arch Microbiol (2006) 0.90
Properties and biological role of streptococcal fratricins. Appl Environ Microbiol (2012) 0.90
ClpC acts as a negative regulator of competence in Streptococcus thermophilus. Microbiology (2011) 0.85
Peptide-regulated gene depletion system developed for use in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.81
Competence without a competence pheromone in a natural isolate of Streptococcus infantis. J Bacteriol (2002) 0.79
Deletion of the murein hydrolase CbpD reduces transformation efficiency in Streptococcus thermophilus. Microbiology (2012) 0.78
Staphylococcus aureus competence genes: mapping of the SigH, ComK1 and ComK2 regulons by transcriptome sequencing. Mol Microbiol (2014) 0.78
CHiC, a new tandem affinity tag for the protein purification toolbox. J Microbiol Methods (2012) 0.75