Published in Mol Gen Genet on January 01, 1981
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Construction of cloning, promoter-screening, and terminator-screening shuttle vectors for Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus lactis. Appl Environ Microbiol (1985) 2.39
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Detection of Plasmid Transfer from Pseudomonas fluorescens to Indigenous Bacteria in Soil by Using Bacteriophage phiR2f for Donor Counterselection. Appl Environ Microbiol (1991) 2.14
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Sequence analysis of the Pseudomonas sp. strain P51 tcb gene cluster, which encodes metabolism of chlorinated catechols: evidence for specialization of catechol 1,2-dioxygenases for chlorinated substrates. J Bacteriol (1991) 2.06
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Evidence for the involvement of membranous bodies in the processes leading to genetic transformation in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (1966) 1.95
Characterization of the Lactococcus lactis lactose operon promoter: contribution of flanking sequences and LacR repressor to promoter activity. J Bacteriol (1992) 1.91
Efficient random mutagenesis method with adjustable mutation frequency by use of PCR and dITP. Nucleic Acids Res (1993) 1.89
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The mycosubtilin synthetase of Bacillus subtilis ATCC6633: a multifunctional hybrid between a peptide synthetase, an amino transferase, and a fatty acid synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1999) 1.87
The competence transcription factor of Bacillus subtilis recognizes short A/T-rich sequences arranged in a unique, flexible pattern along the DNA helix. Genes Dev (1998) 1.85
Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and regulatory analysis of the Lactococcus lactis dnaJ gene. J Bacteriol (1993) 1.84
Cloning and characterization of plasmid-encoded genes for the degradation of 1,2-dichloro-, 1,4-dichloro-, and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene of Pseudomonas sp. strain P51. J Bacteriol (1991) 1.82
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Engineering an enzyme to resist boiling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1998) 1.81
Transcriptional activation of the glycolytic las operon and catabolite repression of the gal operon in Lactococcus lactis are mediated by the catabolite control protein CcpA. Mol Microbiol (1998) 1.79
Purification and molecular characterization of ortho-chlorophenol reductive dehalogenase, a key enzyme of halorespiration in Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans. J Biol Chem (1999) 1.78
Nucleotide sequence and characterization of the broad-host-range lactococcal plasmid pWVO1. Plasmid (1991) 1.77
Cloning of two bacteriocin genes from a lactococcal bacteriocin plasmid. Appl Environ Microbiol (1989) 1.76
Molecular cloning, transcriptional analysis, and nucleotide sequence of lacR, a gene encoding the repressor of the lactose phosphotransferase system of Lactococcus lactis. J Biol Chem (1990) 1.75
Food-grade controlled lysis of Lactococcus lactis for accelerated cheese ripening. Nat Biotechnol (1997) 1.74
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Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the X-prolyl dipeptidyl aminopeptidase gene from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris. Appl Environ Microbiol (1991) 1.72
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Isolation and characterization of comL, a transcription unit involved in competence development of Bacillus subtilis. Mol Gen Genet (1990) 1.61
Identification of a gene required for maturation of an extracellular lactococcal serine proteinase. J Bacteriol (1989) 1.60
Structural plasmid instability in Bacillus subtilis: effect of direct and inverted repeats. Mol Gen Genet (1988) 1.60
A general method for the construction of Escherichia coli mutants by homologous recombination and plasmid segregation. Mol Gen Genet (1987) 1.59
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Purification and characterization of a novel ADP-dependent glucokinase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. J Biol Chem (1995) 1.57
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Protein engineering of lantibiotics. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek (1996) 1.54
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