Published in Mol Microbiol on July 13, 2009
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SOS response activation and competence development are antagonistic mechanisms in Streptococcus thermophilus. J Bacteriol (2012) 0.79
Inactivation of the spxA1 or spxA2 gene of Streptococcus mutans decreases virulence in the rat caries model. Mol Oral Microbiol (2016) 0.77
Evidence that Oxidative Stress Induces spxA2 Transcription in Bacillus anthracis Sterne through a Mechanism Requiring SpxA1 and Positive Autoregulation. J Bacteriol (2016) 0.75
Stress Physiology of Lactic Acid Bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2016) 0.75
SpxA1 and SpxA2 Act Coordinately To Fine-Tune Stress Responses and Virulence in Streptococcus pyogenes. MBio (2017) 0.75
A Redox-Responsive Transcription Factor Is Critical for Pathogenesis and Aerobic Growth of Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun (2017) 0.75
Exploring the αCTD amino acid residue requirements for productive interaction between Spx and RNA polymerase of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2017) 0.75
Induction of competence regulons as a general response to stress in gram-positive bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol (2006) 2.75
Antibiotic stress induces genetic transformability in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. Science (2006) 2.67
RcsCDB His-Asp phosphorelay system negatively regulates the flhDC operon in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol (2003) 2.33
Competence-programmed predation of noncompetent cells in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae: genetic requirements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 2.24
Interconnection of competence, stress and CiaR regulons in Streptococcus pneumoniae: competence triggers stationary phase autolysis of ciaR mutant cells. Mol Microbiol (2004) 2.10
The genetic transformation machinery: composition, localization, and mechanism. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2009) 1.94
A key presynaptic role in transformation for a widespread bacterial protein: DprA conveys incoming ssDNA to RecA. Cell (2007) 1.89
Direct involvement of DprA, the transformation-dedicated RecA loader, in the shut-off of pneumococcal competence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.68
Independent evolution of competence regulatory cascades in streptococci? Trends Microbiol (2006) 1.66
New insights into the pneumococcal fratricide: relationship to clumping and identification of a novel immunity factor. Mol Microbiol (2006) 1.61
Competence-induced fratricide in streptococci. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.60
Transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae relies on DprA- and RecA-dependent protection of incoming DNA single strands. Mol Microbiol (2003) 1.50
Uptake of transforming DNA in Gram-positive bacteria: a view from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2002) 1.45
BRCA1 interacts with Nrf2 to regulate antioxidant signaling and cell survival. J Exp Med (2013) 1.30
Bacterial "competence" genes: signatures of active transformation, or only remnants? Trends Microbiol (2003) 1.28
Acid stress response in Escherichia coli: mechanism of regulation of gadA transcription by RcsB and GadE. Nucleic Acids Res (2010) 1.27
Role of the single-stranded DNA-binding protein SsbB in pneumococcal transformation: maintenance of a reservoir for genetic plasticity. PLoS Genet (2011) 1.23
Regulatory relationship of two-component and ABC transport systems and clustering of their genes in the Bacillus/Clostridium group, suggest a functional link between them. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol (2002) 1.22
Expression and maintenance of ComD-ComE, the two-component signal-transduction system that controls competence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2010) 1.16
The RcsCB His-Asp phosphorelay system is essential to overcome chlorpromazine-induced stress in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.09
Construction and evaluation of a chromosomal expression platform (CEP) for ectopic, maltose-driven gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microbiology (2006) 1.06
Osmotic regulation of the Escherichia coli bdm (biofilm-dependent modulation) gene by the RcsCDB His-Asp phosphorelay. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.05
The glutamate-dependent acid resistance system in Escherichia coli: essential and dual role of the His-Asp phosphorelay RcsCDB/AF. Microbiology (2007) 1.04
Programmed protection of foreign DNA from restriction allows pathogenicity island exchange during pneumococcal transformation. PLoS Pathog (2013) 1.04
Structure-function analysis of pneumococcal DprA protein reveals that dimerization is crucial for loading RecA recombinase onto DNA during transformation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.02
ComE/ComE~P interplay dictates activation or extinction status of pneumococcal X-state (competence). Mol Microbiol (2012) 1.01
NhaR and RcsB independently regulate the osmCp1 promoter of Escherichia coli at overlapping regulatory sites. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.01
The PprA-PprB two-component system activates CupE, the first non-archetypal Pseudomonas aeruginosa chaperone-usher pathway system assembling fimbriae. Environ Microbiol (2010) 1.00
The global nutritional regulator CodY is an essential protein in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2010) 0.99
DNA supercoiling contributes to disconnect sigmaS accumulation from sigmaS-dependent transcription in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol (2003) 0.98
Protection of Cftr knockout mice from acute lung infection by a helper-dependent adenoviral vector expressing Cftr in airway epithelia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2003) 0.97
Diversity of β-lactam resistance mechanisms in cystic fibrosis isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a French multicentre study. J Antimicrob Chemother (2013) 0.95
Inhibition of competence development in Streptococcus pneumoniae by increased basal-level expression of the ComDE two-component regulatory system. Microbiology (2006) 0.94
Multistress regulation in Escherichia coli: expression of osmB involves two independent promoters responding either to sigmaS or to the RcsCDB His-Asp phosphorelay. J Bacteriol (2005) 0.93
Sigma(s)-dependent regulation of yehZYXW, which encodes a putative osmoprotectant ABC transporter of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2004) 0.88
Osmoregulation in Lactococcus lactis: BusR, a transcriptional repressor of the glycine betaine uptake system BusA. Mol Microbiol (2003) 0.88
RadC, a misleading name? J Bacteriol (2008) 0.87
Osmotic regulation of transcription in Lactococcus lactis: ionic strength-dependent binding of the BusR repressor to the busA promoter. FEBS Lett (2007) 0.86
Structuring the bacterial genome: Y1-transposases associated with REP-BIME sequences. Nucleic Acids Res (2011) 0.84
Centromere binding and evolution of chromosomal partition systems in the Burkholderiales. J Bacteriol (2012) 0.84
Transforming DNA uptake gene orthologs do not mediate spontaneous plasmid transformation in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.83
Midcell recruitment of the DNA uptake and virulence nuclease, EndA, for pneumococcal transformation. PLoS Pathog (2013) 0.83
The cyst-dividing bacterium Ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310 genome reveals a well-stocked toolbox for adaptation to a desert environment. PLoS One (2011) 0.82
Phylogenetic exploration of bacterial genomic rearrangements. Bioinformatics (2007) 0.81
Natural genetic transformation generates a population of merodiploids in Streptococcus pneumoniae. PLoS Genet (2013) 0.81
Interactions between the 2.4 and 4.2 regions of sigmaS, the stress-specific sigma factor of Escherichia coli, and the -10 and -35 promoter elements. Nucleic Acids Res (2004) 0.81
Insights into the extracytoplasmic stress response of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris: role and regulation of {sigma}E-dependent activity. J Bacteriol (2010) 0.81
Lysine represses transcription of the Escherichia coli dapB gene by preventing its activation by the ArgP activator. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.81
Strategies for the identification, the assembly and the classification of integrated biological systems in completely sequenced genomes. Comput Chem (2002) 0.80
A complementation method for functional analysis of mammalian genes. Nucleic Acids Res (2005) 0.80
Recognition of cell surface acceptors by two human alpha-2,6-sialyltransferases produced in CHO cells. Biochimie (2003) 0.79
Functioning of peripheral Ia pathways in infants with typical development: responses in antagonist muscle pairs. Exp Brain Res (2010) 0.79
Identification of a protein that inactivates the competence-stimulating peptide of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol (2002) 0.78
Postreplication targeting of transformants by bacterial immune systems? Trends Microbiol (2013) 0.78
Effects of access to preen gland secretions on mallard plumage. Naturwissenschaften (2010) 0.78
Down-regulation of IL-8 expression in human airway epithelial cells through helper-dependent adenoviral-mediated RNA interference. Cell Res (2005) 0.78
ISYMOD: a knowledge warehouse for the identification, assembly and analysis of bacterial integrated systems. Bioinformatics (2004) 0.78
Modelling of shoulder and torso perception of effort in manual transfer tasks. Ergonomics (2004) 0.75
Functioning of peripheral Ia pathways in infants with myelomeningocele. Infant Behav Dev (2013) 0.75