Expression of a Cryptic Secondary Sigma Factor Gene Unveils Natural Competence for DNA Transformation in Staphylococcus aureus

Prophage Excision Activates Listeria Competence Genes that Promote Phagosomal Escape and Virulence

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Tracing the Domestication of a Biofilm-Forming Bacterium

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Distinct Roles of ComK1 and ComK2 in Gene Regulation in Bacillus cereus

(2011) Aleksandra M. Mirończuk et al.   PLoS One

Mobile genetic elements of Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) Natalia Malachowa et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

The hdrRM Operon of Streptococcus mutans Encodes a Novel Regulatory System for Coordinated Competence Development and Bacteriocin Production

(2010) T. Okinaga et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Increasing competence in the genus Streptococcus

(2010) Leiv Sigve Håvarstein   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A novel double-tryptophan peptide pheromone controls competence in Streptococcus spp. via an Rgg regulator

(2010) Lauren Mashburn-Warren et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The phage-related chromosomal islands of Gram-positive bacteria

(2010) Richard P. Novick et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Transformation of Environmental Bacillus subtilis Isolates by Transiently Inducing Genetic Competence

(2010) Reindert Nijland et al.   PLoS One

A type III-like restriction endonuclease functions as a major barrier to horizontal gene transfer in clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains

(2010) A. R. Corvaglia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Alternative Sigma Factor σH Modulates Prophage Integration and Excision in Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) Liang Tao et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Inactivation of the SauI Type I Restriction-Modification System Is Not Sufficient To Generate Staphylococcus aureus Strains Capable of Efficiently Accepting Foreign DNA

(2009) H. Veiga et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ubiquitous late competence genes inBacillusspecies indicate the presence of functional DNA uptake machineries

(2009) Ákos T. Kovács et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic variation and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) Jodi A. Lindsay   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Novel Pheromone Quorum-Sensing System Controls the Development of Natural Competence in Streptococcus thermophilus and Streptococcus salivarius

(2009) L. Fontaine et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Waves of resistance: Staphylococcus aureus in the antibiotic era

(2009) Henry F. Chambers et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bistability, Epigenetics, and Bet-Hedging in Bacteria

(2008) Jan-Willem Veening et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

The sigH gene sequence can subspeciate staphylococci

(2008) Kazuya Morikawa et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The Origins of 168, W23, and Other Bacillus subtilis Legacy Strains

(2008) D. R. Zeigler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of σS, a Novel Component of the Staphylococcus aureus Stress and Virulence Responses

(2008) Lindsey N. Shaw et al.   PLoS One

Induction of natural competence in Bacillus cereus ATCC14579

(2008) Aleksandra M. Mirończuk et al.   Microbial Biotechnology