Published in Mol Microbiol on December 10, 2012
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Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria. Nat Rev Microbiol (2017) 0.75
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Condition-dependent transcriptome reveals high-level regulatory architecture in Bacillus subtilis. Science (2012) 4.41
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
Global network reorganization during dynamic adaptations of Bacillus subtilis metabolism. Science (2012) 2.38
Competence-programmed predation of noncompetent cells in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae: genetic requirements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 2.24
Actin homolog MreBH governs cell morphogenesis by localization of the cell wall hydrolase LytE. Dev Cell (2006) 2.14
Interconnection of competence, stress and CiaR regulons in Streptococcus pneumoniae: competence triggers stationary phase autolysis of ciaR mutant cells. Mol Microbiol (2004) 2.10
Discovery of two novel families of proteins that are proposed to interact with prokaryotic SMC proteins, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis family members ScpA and ScpB. Mol Microbiol (2002) 2.06
A new mutation delivery system for genome-scale approaches in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol (2002) 2.05
An expanded view of bacterial DNA replication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 1.95
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New insights into the pneumococcal fratricide: relationship to clumping and identification of a novel immunity factor. Mol Microbiol (2006) 1.61
A two-protein strategy for the functional loading of a cellular replicative DNA helicase. Mol Cell (2003) 1.54
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SpxB regulates O-acetylation-dependent resistance of Lactococcus lactis peptidoglycan to hydrolysis. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.51
Transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae relies on DprA- and RecA-dependent protection of incoming DNA single strands. Mol Microbiol (2003) 1.50
Bacillus subtilis ribonucleases J1 and J2 form a complex with altered enzyme behaviour. Mol Microbiol (2009) 1.48
Uptake of transforming DNA in Gram-positive bacteria: a view from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2002) 1.45
Systematic localisation of proteins fused to the green fluorescent protein in Bacillus subtilis: identification of new proteins at the DNA replication factory. Proteomics (2006) 1.43
Anticipating chromosomal replication fork arrest: SSB targets repair DNA helicases to active forks. EMBO J (2007) 1.42
SepF, a novel FtsZ-interacting protein required for a late step in cell division. Mol Microbiol (2006) 1.42
Homologous recombination at the border: insertion-deletions and the trapping of foreign DNA in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 1.41
Reconstruction and analysis of the genetic and metabolic regulatory networks of the central metabolism of Bacillus subtilis. BMC Syst Biol (2008) 1.40
Structural basis of response regulator dephosphorylation by Rap phosphatases. PLoS Biol (2011) 1.35
Localization and interactions of teichoic acid synthetic enzymes in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.34
Functional interplay between the Bacillus subtilis DnaD and DnaB proteins essential for initiation and re-initiation of DNA replication. Mol Microbiol (2005) 1.30
Cell-cycle-dependent spatial sequestration of the DnaA replication initiator protein in Bacillus subtilis. Dev Cell (2008) 1.29
Functional dissection of YabA, a negative regulator of DNA replication initiation in Bacillus subtilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.27
The C-terminal domain of the bacterial SSB protein acts as a DNA maintenance hub at active chromosome replication forks. PLoS Genet (2010) 1.24
Role of the single-stranded DNA-binding protein SsbB in pneumococcal transformation: maintenance of a reservoir for genetic plasticity. PLoS Genet (2011) 1.23
Antibacterial activity of a competence-stimulating peptide in experimental sepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.23
Multiple interactions between the transmembrane division proteins of Bacillus subtilis and the role of FtsL instability in divisome assembly. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.20
Expression and maintenance of ComD-ComE, the two-component signal-transduction system that controls competence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2010) 1.16
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The bacterial condensin/cohesin-like protein complex acts in DNA repair and regulation of gene expression. Mol Microbiol (2004) 1.09
Distinctive genetic features exhibited by the Y-family DNA polymerases in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol (2004) 1.06
Construction and evaluation of a chromosomal expression platform (CEP) for ectopic, maltose-driven gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microbiology (2006) 1.06
Building the repertoire of dispensable chromosome regions in Bacillus subtilis entails major refinement of cognate large-scale metabolic model. Nucleic Acids Res (2012) 1.04
Programmed protection of foreign DNA from restriction allows pathogenicity island exchange during pneumococcal transformation. PLoS Pathog (2013) 1.04
Identification of the major protein component of the pneumococcal eclipse complex. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.03
SpxA1, a novel transcriptional regulator involved in X-state (competence) development in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2009) 1.03
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
Genome-wide identification of genes directly regulated by the pleiotropic transcription factor Spx in Bacillus subtilis. Nucleic Acids Res (2012) 1.01
The CymR regulator in complex with the enzyme CysK controls cysteine metabolism in Bacillus subtilis. J Biol Chem (2008) 1.01
Induction of competence for genetic transformation by antibiotics: convergent evolution of stress responses in distant bacterial species lacking SOS? Curr Opin Microbiol (2012) 1.00
BOX elements modulate gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae: impact on the fine-tuning of competence development. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.00
The global nutritional regulator CodY is an essential protein in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol (2010) 0.99
Characterization and multiple molecular forms of TorD from Shewanella massilia, the putative chaperone of the molybdoenzyme TorA. Protein Sci (2002) 0.98
The dynamic protein partnership of RNA polymerase in Bacillus subtilis. Proteomics (2011) 0.98
An expanded protein-protein interaction network in Bacillus subtilis reveals a group of hubs: Exploration by an integrative approach. Proteomics (2011) 0.97
A novel protein fold and extreme domain swapping in the dimeric TorD chaperone from Shewanella massilia. Structure (2003) 0.97
Loading a ring: structure of the Bacillus subtilis DnaB protein, a co-loader of the replicative helicase. J Mol Biol (2007) 0.96
Inhibition of competence development in Streptococcus pneumoniae by increased basal-level expression of the ComDE two-component regulatory system. Microbiology (2006) 0.94
Development of a sensitive gene expression reporter system and an inducible promoter-repressor system for Clostridium acetobutylicum. Appl Environ Microbiol (2003) 0.92
Interaction of bacterial fatty-acid-displaced regulators with DNA is interrupted by tyrosine phosphorylation in the helix-turn-helix domain. Nucleic Acids Res (2013) 0.92