The cell pole: the site of cross talk between the DNA uptake and genetic recombination machinery

Properties and Biological Role of Streptococcal Fratricins

(2012) Kari Helene Berg et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The role of Deinococcus radiodurans RecFOR proteins in homologous recombination

(2012) Katsuya Satoh et al.   DNA REPAIR

DprB Facilitates Inter- and Intragenomic Recombination in Helicobacter pylori

(2012) X.-S. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genetic recombination in Bacillus subtilis : a division of labor between two single-strand DNA-binding proteins

(2012) Tribhuwan Yadav et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Global impact of protein arginine phosphorylation on the physiology of Bacillus subtilis

(2012) A. K. W. Elsholz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Regulatory Network of Natural Competence and Transformation of Vibrio cholerae

(2012) Mirella Lo Scrudato et al.   PLoS Genetics

Extracellular signaling and multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis

(2011) Elizabeth Anne Shank et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The deinococcal DdrB protein is involved in an early step of DNA double strand break repair and in plasmid transformation through its single-strand annealing activity

(2011) Claire Bouthier de la Tour et al.   DNA REPAIR

The RecRO pathway of DNA recombinational repair in Helicobacter pylori and its role in bacterial survival in the host

(2011) Ge Wang et al.   DNA REPAIR

COMPETENCE INCREASES SURVIVAL DURING STRESS IN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE

(2011) Daniel J. P. Engelmoer et al.   EVOLUTION

Biochemical and Cellular Characterization of Helicobacter pylori RecA, a Protein with High-Level Constitutive Expression

(2011) E. Orillard et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

LytF, a Novel Competence-Regulated Murein Hydrolase in the Genus Streptococcus

(2011) K. H. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Three-Layered DNA Uptake Machinery at the Cell Pole in Competent Bacillus subtilis Cells Is a Stable Complex

(2011) M. Kaufenstein et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Stalk Region of the RecU Resolvase Is Essential for Holliday Junction Recognition and Distortion

(2011) Cristina Cañas et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Recombination Hotspots and Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins Couple DNA Translocation to DNA Unwinding by the AddAB Helicase-Nuclease

(2011) Joseph T.P. Yeeles et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The secretion ATPase ComGA is required for the binding and transport of transforming DNA

(2011) Kenneth Briley Jr et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Polynucleotide phosphorylase exonuclease and polymerase activities on single-stranded DNA ends are modulated by RecN, SsbA and RecA proteins

(2011) Paula P. Cardenas et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

DNA Binding Compatibility of the Streptococcus pneumoniae SsbA and SsbB Proteins

(2011) Brenda Salerno et al.   PLoS One

Rapid Pneumococcal Evolution in Response to Clinical Interventions

(2011) N. J. Croucher et al.   SCIENCE

Recombination-dependent concatemeric viral DNA replication

(2011) Ambra Lo Piano et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

Role of the Single-Stranded DNA–Binding Protein SsbB in Pneumococcal Transformation: Maintenance of a Reservoir for Genetic Plasticity

(2011) Laetitia Attaiech et al.   PLoS Genetics

Transformation of Natural Genetic Variation into Haemophilus Influenzae Genomes

(2011) Joshua Chang Mell et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Bacillus subtilis CinA is a stationary phase–induced protein that localizes to the nucleoid and plays a minor role in competent cells

(2010) Christine Kaimer et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

The processing of double-stranded DNA breaks for recombinational repair by helicase–nuclease complexes

(2010) Joseph T.P. Yeeles et al.   DNA REPAIR

Genetic dissection of Helicobacter pylori AddAB role in homologous recombination

(2010) Stéphanie Marsin et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

DNA Uptake Sequence-Mediated Enhancement of Transformation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Is Strain Dependent

(2010) P. M. Duffin et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Antibiotics and UV Radiation Induce Competence for Natural Transformation in Legionella pneumophila

(2010) X. Charpentier et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Less Is More:Neisseria gonorrhoeaeRecX Protein Stimulates Recombination by Inhibiting RecA

(2010) Marielle C. Gruenig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization of Helicobacter pylori factors that control transformation frequency and integration length during inter-strain DNA recombination

(2010) Olivier Humbert et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Expression and maintenance of ComD-ComE, the two-component signal-transduction system that controls competence ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Bernard Martin et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

RecO-mediated DNA homology search and annealing is facilitated by SsbA

(2010) Candela Manfredi et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Impact of recombination on bacterial evolution

(2010) Xavier Didelot et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Membrane-associated DNA Transport Machines

(2010) B. Burton et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The C-Terminal Domain of the Bacterial SSB Protein Acts as a DNA Maintenance Hub at Active Chromosome Replication Forks

(2010) Audrey Costes et al.   PLoS Genetics

DNA Damage Triggers Genetic Exchange in Helicobacter pylori

(2010) Marion S. Dorer et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Generation of Genic Diversity among Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains via Horizontal Gene Transfer during a Chronic Polyclonal Pediatric Infection

(2010) N. Luisa Hiller et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Structure and dynamics of the pan-genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae and closely related species

(2010) Claudio Donati et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Dynamics of the bacterial SMC complex and SMC-like proteins involved in DNA repair

(2009) Peter L. Graumann et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Multiplicity of DNA end resection machineries in chromosome break repair

(2009) H. Niu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Paracrine signaling in a bacterium

(2009) D. Lopez et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Episodic Selection and the Maintenance of Competence and Natural Transformation in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) P. J. Johnsen et al.   GENETICS

Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein Complex from Helicobacter pylori Suggests an ssDNA-Binding Surface

(2009) Kun-Wei Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The RecB Nuclease Domain Binds to RecA-DNA Filaments: Implications for Filament Loading

(2009) Debora Lucarelli et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The N-Terminal Region of the RecU Holliday Junction Resolvase Is Essential for Homologous Recombination

(2009) Begoña Carrasco et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

McsA and B mediate the delocalization of competence proteins from the cell poles of Bacillus subtilis

(2009) Jeanette Hahn et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A novel SMC-like protein, SbcE (YhaN), is involved in DNA double-strand break repair and competence in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) Mahalakshmi Krishnamurthy et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bacillus subtilis polynucleotide phosphorylase 3′-to-5′ DNase activity is involved in DNA repair

(2009) Paula P. Cardenas et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Composite system mediates two-step DNA uptake into Helicobacter pylori

(2009) K. Stingl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Why do bacteria engage in homologous recombination?

(2009) Michiel Vos   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence for Different Pathways during Horizontal Gene Transfer in Competent Bacillus subtilis Cells

(2009) Dawit Kidane et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mechanism of Eukaryotic Homologous Recombination

(2008) Joseph San Filippo et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

SSB as an Organizer/Mobilizer of Genome Maintenance Complexes

(2008) Robert D. Shereda et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Type IV pili: paradoxes in form and function

(2008) Lisa Craig et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Bacillus subtilis SsbA and dATP regulate RecA nucleation onto single-stranded DNA

(2008) Begoña Carrasco et al.   DNA REPAIR

Structural basis for inhibition of homologous recombination by the RecX protein

(2008) Stefania Ragone et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Adaptive value of sex in microbial pathogens

(2008) Richard E. Michod et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Repair and Antirepair DNA Helicases in Helicobacter pylori

(2008) J. Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

RadC, a Misleading Name?

(2008) L. Attaiech et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

SSB Antagonizes RecX-RecA Interaction

(2008) Dmitry M. Baitin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Bacillus subtilisRecO Nucleates RecA onto SsbA-coated Single-stranded DNA

(2008) Candela Manfredi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

RecBCD Enzyme and the Repair of Double-Stranded DNA Breaks

(2008) M. S. Dillingham et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Helicobacter pyloriAddAB helicase-nuclease and RecA promote recombination-related DNA repair and survival during stomach colonization

(2008) Susan K. Amundsen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Self-destructive cooperation mediated by phenotypic noise

(2008) Martin Ackermann et al.   NATURE

The RecU Holliday junction resolvase acts at early stages of homologous recombination

(2008) C. Canas et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Helicobacter pylori HpyAXII restriction–modification system limits exogenous DNA uptake by targeting GTAC sites but shows asymmetric conservation of the DNA methyltransferase and restriction endonuclease components

(2008) Olivier Humbert et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Unveiling Novel RecO Distant Orthologues Involved in Homologous Recombination

(2008) Stéphanie Marsin et al.   PLoS Genetics

The impact of the neisserial DNA uptake sequences on genome evolution and stability

(2008) Todd J Treangen et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

New insight into the recognition of branched DNA structure by junction-resolving enzymes

(2007) Anne-Cécile Déclais et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY