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A 7-base-pair sequence protects DNA from exonucleolytic degradation in Lactococcus lactis.

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A FAS solution to a DEAD case

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

A food-grade delivery system for Lactococcus lactis and evaluation of inducible gene expression

scientific article published on 3 February 2004

A general method for cloning recA genes of gram-positive bacteria by polymerase chain reaction.

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A method for a radioimmunoassay using microtiter plates allowing simultaneous determination of antibodies to two non cross-reactive antigens

scientific article published on 01 November 1978

A nine-residue synthetic propeptide enhances secretion efficiency of heterologous proteins in Lactococcus lactis

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A novel mucosal vaccine based on live Lactococci expressing E7 antigen and IL-12 induces systemic and mucosal immune responses and protects mice against human papillomavirus type 16-induced tumors

scientific article published on December 2005

A sensitive bacterial-growth-based test reveals how intestinal Bacteroides meet their porphyrin requirement

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Acid- and multistress-resistant mutants of Lactococcus lactis : identification of intracellular stress signals.

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Aerobic respiration metabolism in lactic acid bacteria and uses in biotechnology

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An Export-Specific Reporter Designed for Gram-Positive Bacteria: Application to

scientific article published in 1998

An Export-Specific Reporter Designed for Gram-Positive Bacteria: Application to Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

Bacterial swimmers that infiltrate and take over the biofilm matrix.

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CcpA regulation of aerobic and respiration growth in Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published in October 2003

Cell wall anchoring of the Streptococcus pyogenes M6 protein in various lactic acid bacteria.

scientific article published on May 1997

Cell-surface display of E7 antigen from human papillomavirus type-16 inLactococcus lactisand inLactobacillus plantarumusing a new cell-wall anchor from lactobacilli

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Characteristics of Chi distribution on different bacterial genomes

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Characterization of Lactococcus lactis UV-sensitive mutants obtained by ISS1 transposition

scientific article published on July 1, 1997

Characterization of a Lactococcus lactis strain that secretes a major epitope of bovine beta-lactoglobulin and evaluation of its immunogenicity in mice

scientific article published in November 2003

Chi sequence protects against RecBCD degradation of DNA in vivo

scientific article published on December 15, 1992

Clinical Relevance of Type II Fatty Acid Synthesis Bypass in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 13 February 2017

Codon usage can explain GT-rich islands surrounding Chi sites on the Escherichia coli genome

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Comparative analysis of the roles of HtrA-like surface proteases in two virulent Staphylococcus aureus strains

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Control of pT181 replication I. The pT181 copy control function acts by inhibiting the synthesis of a replication protein.

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Controlled production of stable heterologous proteins in Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published on June 2002

Design of a protein-targeting system for lactic acid bacteria

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Discovery of intracellular heme-binding protein HrtR, which controls heme efflux by the conserved HrtB-HrtA transporter in Lactococcus lactis.

scientific article published on 14 November 2011

Distinctive features of homologous recombination in an 'old' microorganism, Lactococcus lactis.

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Effects of intranasal administration of a leptin-secreting Lactococcus lactis recombinant on food intake, body weight, and immune response of mice.

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Effects of metabolic flux on stress response pathways in Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published in February 1999

Environmental fatty acids enable emergence of infectious Staphylococcus aureus resistant to FASII-targeted antimicrobials

scientific article published on 05 October 2016

Environmental heme utilization by heme-auxotrophic bacteria

scientific article published on January 2012

Expression of the Staphylococcus aureus surface proteins HtrA1 and HtrA2 in Lactococcus lactis

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Failure of daptomycin to kill Staphylococcus aureus: impact of bacterial membrane fatty acid composition.

scientific article published on 7 May 2018

Following pathogen development and gene expression in a food ecosystem: the case of a Staphylococcus aureus isolate in cheese.

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Fusion to a carrier protein and a synthetic propeptide enhances E7 HPV-16 production and secretion in Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published in May 2003

GC-rich DNA sequences block homologous recombination in vitro.

scientific article published in April 1991

Genetic translocation in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on January 1, 1979

Getting high (OD) on heme

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

High-efficiency gene inactivation and replacement system for gram-positive bacteria

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High-molecular-weight linear multimer formation by single-stranded DNA plasmids in Escherichia coli

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

HrtBA and menaquinones control haem homeostasis in Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published on 22 July 2014

HtrA is the unique surface housekeeping protease in Lactococcus lactis and is required for natural protein processing

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Identification of DNA motifs implicated in maintenance of bacterial core genomes by predictive modeling

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Identification of the Chi site of Haemophilus influenzae as several sequences related to the Escherichia coli Chi site

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Identification of the bacterial microflora in dairy products by temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis.

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Identification of the lactococcal exonuclease/recombinase and its modulation by the putative Chi sequence.

scientific article published on January 1998

Impact of aeration and heme-activated respiration on Lactococcus lactis gene expression: identification of a heme-responsive operon

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Improvement of bovine ß-lactoglobulin production and secretion by Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published on 08 March 2005

Inactivation of the Lactococcus lactis high-affinity phosphate transporter confers oxygen and thiol resistance and alters metal homeostasis.

scientific article published on 23 April 2009

Induction of partial protection in mice after oral administration of Lactococcus lactis producing Brucella abortus L7/L12 antigen

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Influence of lipoteichoic acid D-alanylation on protein secretion in Lactococcus lactis as revealed by random mutagenesis.

scientific article published on March 2004

Insertion of foreign DNA into plasmids from gram-positive bacteria induces formation of high-molecular-weight plasmid multimers

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Internalin-expressing Lactococcus lactis is able to invade small intestine of guinea pigs and deliver DNA into mammalian epithelial cells

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Intranasal immunization with recombinant Lactococcus lactis secreting murine interleukin-12 enhances antigen-specific Th1 cytokine production.

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Involvement of the cell envelope in plasmid maintenance: Plasmid curing during the regeneration of protoplasts

scientific article published on 01 May 1980

Lactococcus lactis SpOx spontaneous mutants: a family of oxidative-stress-resistant dairy strains

scientific article published on May 2005

Lactococcus lactis and stress

scientific article published on October 1996

Lactococcus lactis produces short-chain quinones that cross-feed Group B Streptococcus to activate respiration growth

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Mice immunization with live lactococci displaying a surface anchored HPV-16 E7 oncoprotein

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Minisatellite polymorphism as a tool to distinguish closely relatedLactococcus lactisstrains

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Molecular fingerprinting of dairy microbial ecosystems by use of temporal temperature and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

scientific article published on September 2004

Mutation in the plasmid pUB110 Rep protein affects termination of rolling circle replication.

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New thermosensitive plasmid for gram-positive bacteria

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Permissive Fatty Acid Incorporation Promotes Staphylococcal Adaptation to FASII Antibiotics in Host Environments

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Plasmid replication and structural stability in Bacillus subtilis.

scientific article published on September 1991

Plus-origin mapping of single-stranded DNA plasmid pE194 and nick site homologies with other plasmids

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Production and targeting of the Brucella abortus antigen L7/L12 in Lactococcus lactis: a first step towards food-grade live vaccines against brucellosis

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Production of a heterologous nonheme catalase by Lactobacillus casei: an efficient tool for removal of H2O2 and protection of Lactobacillus bulgaricus from oxidative stress in milk

scientific article published on August 2006

Raw cow milk bacterial population shifts attributable to refrigeration.

scientific article published on September 2004

Regulation of exoprotein gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus by agar.

scientific article published in January 1986

Replication control for pT181, an indirectly regulated plasmid.

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Replication origins of single-stranded-DNA plasmid pUB110.

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Respiration capacity of the fermenting bacterium Lactococcus lactis and its positive effects on growth and survival.

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Respiration metabolism of Group B Streptococcus is activated by environmental haem and quinone and contributes to virulence.

scientific article published in April 2005

Respiration metabolism reduces oxidative and acid stress to improve long-term survival of Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published in September 2004

Roles of environmental heme, and menaquinone, in streptococcus agalactiae.

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Roles of thioredoxin reductase during the aerobic life of Lactococcus lactis

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Signal peptide and propeptide optimization for heterologous protein secretion in Lactococcus lactis

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SpxB RegulatesO-Acetylation-dependent Resistance ofLactococcus lactisPeptidoglycan to Hydrolysis

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Task Distribution between Acetate and Acetoin Pathways To Prolong Growth in Lactococcus lactis under Respiration Conditions

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

The Group B Streptococcus NADH oxidase Nox-2 is involved in fatty acid biosynthesis during aerobic growth and contributes to virulence

scientific article published on 25 September 2006

The M6 protein of Streptococcus pyogenes and its potential as a tool to anchor biologically active molecules at the surface of lactic acid bacteria

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

The Staphylococcus aureus FASII bypass escape route from FASII inhibitors

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The family of highly interrelated single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid plasmids

scientific article published on June 1989

The recA gene of Lactococcus lactis: characterization and involvement in oxidative and thermal stress

scientific article published in September 1995

Two coregulated efflux transporters modulate intracellular heme and protoporphyrin IX availability in Streptococcus agalactiae.

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Type II fatty acid synthesis is not a suitable antibiotic target for Gram-positive pathogens

scientific article published in Nature

Use of degenerate primers for polymerase chain reaction cloning and sequencing of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis recA gene

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Using heme as an energy boost for lactic acid bacteria

scientific article published on 04 January 2011

Visualization of the role of host heme on the virulence of the heme auxotroph Streptococcus agalactiae

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

recA gene involvement in oxidative and thermal stress in Lactococcus lactis.

scientific article published in January 1995