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A defined in vitro system for DNA packaging by the bacteriophage SPP1: insights into the headful packaging mechanism

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

A gene controlling segregation of the Bacillus subtilis plasmid pC194

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

A new mutator strain of Bacillus subtilis

scientific article

A novel role for RecA under non-stress: promotion of swarming motility in Escherichia coli K-12.

scientific article

A novel site-specific recombinase encoded by the Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035

scientific article published on 01 April 1994

A toxin-antitoxin module as a target for antimicrobial development

scientific article published in October 2009

A2 cro, the lysogenic cycle repressor, specifically binds to the genetic switch region of Lactobacillus casei bacteriophage A2

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Analysis of cis and trans acting elements required for the initiation of DNA replication in the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1.

scientific article published on March 1994

Analysis of structural and biological parameters affecting plasmid deletion formation in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 01 September 1989

Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophages SPP1 and SF6 gene 1 product: a protein involved in the initiation of headful packaging

scientific article published in August 1994

Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis recO gene: RecO forms part of the RecFLOR function

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Analysis of the stabilization system of pSM19035-derived plasmid pBT233 in Bacillus subtilis.

scientific article published on December 1993

Antitoxin ε Reverses Toxin ζ-Facilitated Ampicillin Dormants

scientific article published on 15 December 2020

Bacillus subtilis 168 RecR protein-DNA complexes visualized as looped structures

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Bacillus subtilis DisA regulates RecA-mediated DNA strand exchange.

scientific article

Bacillus subtilis DnaG primase stabilises the bacteriophage SPP1 G40P helicase-ssDNA complex

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Bacillus subtilis DprA recruits RecA onto single-stranded DNA and mediates annealing of complementary strands coated by SsbB and SsbA.

scientific article published on 18 June 2013

Bacillus subtilis RadA/Sms contributes to chromosomal transformation and DNA repair in concert with RecA and circumvents replicative stress in concert with DisA

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Bacillus subtilis RarA acts at the interplay between replication and repair-by-recombination

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Bacillus subtilis RarA modulates replication restart

Bacillus subtilis RecA and its accessory factors, RecF, RecO, RecR and RecX, are required for spore resistance to DNA double-strand break

scientific article published on 26 November 2013

Bacillus subtilis RecG branch migration translocase is required for DNA repair and chromosomal segregation

scientific article published on 19 July 2007

Bacillus subtilis RecN binds and protects 3'-single-stranded DNA extensions in the presence of ATP.

scientific article

Bacillus subtilis RecO and SsbA are crucial for RecA-mediated recombinational DNA repair.

scientific article

Bacillus subtilis RecO nucleates RecA onto SsbA-coated single-stranded DNA

scientific article published on 3 July 2008

Bacillus subtilis RecU Holliday-junction resolvase modulates RecA activities

scientific article

Bacillus subtilis RecU protein cleaves Holliday junctions and anneals single-stranded DNA.

scientific article published on 30 December 2003

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

scientific article published on 9 May 2008

Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 DNA packaging motor requires terminase and portal proteins

scientific article published on 14 April 2003

Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 G40P helicase lacking the n-terminal domain unwinds DNA bidirectionally

scientific article published on 27 December 2005

Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 terminase has a dual activity: it is required for the packaging initiation and represses its own synthesis

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1-encoded gene 34.1 product is a recombination-dependent DNA replication protein

scientific article

Bacillus subtilis homologous recombination: genes and products.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 11 May 2009

Bacillus subtilis sequence-independent DNA-binding and DNA-bending protein Hbsu negatively controls its own synthesis

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Bacillus subtilis tau subunit of DNA polymerase III interacts with bacteriophage SPP1 replicative DNA helicase G40P.

scientific article published on December 2002

Basic and Acidic Regions Flanking the HMG Domain of Maize HMGa Modulate the Interactions with DNA and the Self-Association of the Protein

scientific article published on February 24, 1998

Characterization of an lrp-like (IrpC ) gene from Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on September 1, 1997

Characterization of recF suppressors in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published in February 1991

Characterization of the effectors required for stable inheritance of Streptococcus pyogenes pSM19035-derived plasmids in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 01 December 1993

Characterization of the lytic-lysogenic switch of the lactococcal bacteriophage Tuc2009

scientific article published on 10 January 2006

Characterization of the small subunit of the terminase enzyme of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Characterization of two highly similar Rad51 homologs of Physcomitrella patens

scientific article published in February 2002

Chromosomal transformation in Bacillus subtilis is a non-polar recombination reaction

scientific article

Cold sensitivity in the transfer of a plasmid with a deletion hot spot into recombination deficient B. subtilis cells

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

Comparative expression of the pC194 cat gene in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli

scientific article published in January 1990

Conformation and stability of the Streptococcus pyogenes pSM19035-encoded site-specific β recombinase, and identification of a folding intermediate

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Crystal structure of omega transcriptional repressor encoded by Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035 at 1.5 A resolution

scientific article

Crystal structure of the plasmid maintenance system epsilon/zeta: functional mechanism of toxin zeta and inactivation by epsilon 2 zeta 2 complex formation

scientific article

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035-encoded omega transcriptional repressor

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the epsilonzeta addiction system encoded by Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035.

scientific article published on 24 April 2001

Crystallization of the Bacillus subtilis SPP1 bacteriophage helicase loader protein G39P.

scientific article published on 23 May 2003

DNA double strand break end-processing and RecA induce RecN expression levels in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article

Detection of the early stage of recombinational DNA repair by silicon nanowire transistors

scientific article published in March 2012

Direct analysis of Holliday junction resolving enzyme in a DNA origami nanostructure

scientific article published on 3 May 2014

DisA and c-di-AMP act at the intersection between DNA-damage response and stress homeostasis in exponentially growing Bacillus subtilis cells

Double-strand break repair in bacteria: a view from Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Dynamic structures of Bacillus subtilis RecN-DNA complexes

scientific article

Early steps of double-strand break repair in Bacillus subtilis.

scientific article published on 04 February 2013

Effect of the recU suppressors sms and subA on DNA repair and homologous recombination in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 28 November 2001

Evidence for different pathways during horizontal gene transfer in competent Bacillus subtilis cells

scientific article

Expression of the recE gene during induction of the SOS response in Bacillus subtilis recombination-deficient strains.

scientific article

Four differently chromatin‐associated maize HMG domain proteins modulate DNA structure and act as architectural elements in nucleoprotein complexes

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Functional analysis of the dna (Ts) mutants of Bacillus subtilis: plasmid pUB110 replication as a model system

scientific article published on 01 November 1988

Functional analysis of the terminase large subunit, G2P, of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Fur activates the expression of Salmonella enterica pathogenicity island 1 by directly interacting with the hilD operator in vivo and in vitro

scientific article

Gene organization of the Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pDB101: sequence analysis of the orf eta-copS region.

scientific article published on July 1994

Generation of deletions through a cis-acting mutation in plasmid pC194

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

Genetic analysis of rec E activities in Bacillus subtilis.

scientific article published in July 1990

Genetic recombination in Bacillus subtilis 168: contribution of Holliday junction processing functions in chromosome segregation

scientific article published in September 2004

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

scientific article

Genome engineering reveals large dispensable regions in Bacillus subtilis.

scientific article published on 29 August 2003

Headful DNA packaging: bacteriophage SPP1 as a model system

scientific article published on 16 February 2013

Homologous-pairing activity of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 replication protein G35P.

scientific article

In vitro and in vivo stability of the epsilon2zeta2 protein complex of the broad host-range Streptococcus pyogenes pSM19035 addiction system

scientific article

In vivo site-specific recombination using the beta-rec/six system

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Initiation of plasmid pC194 replication and its control in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 01 December 1987

Insights into the oligomerization state-helicase activity relationship of West Nile virus NS3 NTPase/helicase

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

Interaction of branch migration translocases with the Holliday junction-resolving enzyme and their implications in Holliday junction resolution

scientific article published on 25 April 2014

Intramolecular homologous recombination in Bacillus subtilis 168

scientific article published on December 1, 1992

Modulation of Lactobacillus casei bacteriophage A2 lytic/lysogenic cycles by binding of Gp25 to the early lytic mRNA.

scientific article

Molecular Anatomy of ParA-ParA and ParA-ParB Interactions during Plasmid Partitioning

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Molecular analysis of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 region encompassing genes 1 to 6. The products of gene 1 and gene 2 are required for pac cleavage

scientific article published on March 5, 1992

Molecular analysis of the Bacillus subtilis recF function

scientific article published on 01 September 1991

Molecular analysis of the replication region of the conjugative Streptococcus agalactiae plasmid pIP501 in Bacillus subtilis. Comparison with plasmids pAM beta 1 and pSM19035

scientific article published on August 1990

Molecular anatomy of the Streptococcus pyogenes pSM19035 partition and segrosome complexes.

scientific article

Mutational analysis of a site-specific recombinase: characterization of the catalytic and dimerization domains of the beta recombinase of pSM19035.

scientific article published in August 1997

New plasmid vectors for the construction of translational gene fusions in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 01 May 1988

Novobiocin blocks the shutoff of SPO1 early transcription

scientific article published on 01 August 1980

Nucleotide sequence and complementation studies of the gene 35 region of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1.

scientific article published on August 1994

Nucleotide sequence of the recF gene cluster from Staphylococcus aureus and complementation analysis in Bacillus subtilis recF mutants.

scientific article

Overexpression of the recA gene decreases oral but not intraperitoneal fitness of Salmonella enterica

scientific article

ParAB Partition Dynamics in Firmicutes: Nucleoid Bound ParA Captures and Tethers ParB-Plasmid Complexes.

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Parameters affecting plasmid stability in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 01 July 1991

Plant chromosomal HMGB proteins efficiently promote the bacterial site-specific beta-mediated recombination in vitro and in vivo

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Plasmid copy-number control and better-than-random segregation genes of pSM19035 share a common regulator

scientific article

Plasmid maintenance in Bacillus subtilis recombination-deficient mutants

scientific article published in June 1987

Plasmid pSM19035, a model to study stable maintenance in Firmicutes

scientific article published on 18 April 2010

Polymorphic quaternary organization of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 replicative helicase (G40 P).

scientific article published on November 1998

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

scientific article

Purification and characterization of the RecF protein from Bacillus subtilis 168.

scientific article published on July 1997

Purification of the beta product encoded by the Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035. A putative DNA recombinase required to resolve plasmid oligomers.

scientific article

Quaternary Polymorphism of Replicative Helicase G40P: Structural Mapping and Domain Rearrangement

scientific article published on 09 February 2006

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

scientific article published on 25 June 2010

RecX facilitates homologous recombination by modulating RecA activities

scientific article

Recognition of DNA by omega protein from the broad-host range Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035: analysis of binding to operator DNA with one to four heptad repeats

scientific article published on 9 June 2004

Recombination proteins differently control the acquisition of homeologous DNA during Bacillus subtilis natural chromosomal transformation

scientific article published on 02 December 2020

Recruitment of Bacillus subtilis RecN to DNA double-strand breaks in the absence of DNA end processing

scientific journal article

Role of the N-terminal region and of beta-sheet residue Thr29 on the activity of the omega2 global regulator from the broad-host range Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035.

scientific article published in September 2005

Role of toxin ζ and starvation responses in the sensitivity to antimicrobials

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Roles of Bacillus subtilis DprA and SsbA in RecA-mediated genetic recombination.

scientific article published on 19 August 2014

S1 mapping of the pC194 encoded chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene in Bacillus subtilis.

scientific article published on February 1988

Selective advantage of deletions enhancing chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae plasmids

scientific article published in January 1986

Shape and DNA packaging activity of bacteriophage SPP1 procapsid: protein components and interactions during assembly.

scientific article published in February 2000

Single molecule tracking reveals functions for RarA at replication forks but also independently from replication during DNA repair in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Single-molecule analysis of proteinxDNA complexes formed during partition of newly replicated plasmid molecules in Streptococcus pyogenes

scientific article published on 2 September 2009

Site-specific recombination by the beta protein from the streptococcal plasmid pSM19035: minimal recombination sequences and crossing over site

scientific article published on July 1996

Stability and DNA-binding properties of the omega regulator protein from the broad-host range Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035.

scientific article published in September 2001

Staphylococcal pathogenicity island DNA packaging system involving cos-site packaging and phage-encoded HNH endonucleases.

scientific article published on 07 April 2014

Streptococcus pyogenes pSM19035 requires dynamic assembly of ATP-bound ParA and ParB on parS DNA during plasmid segregation

scientific article

Structural analysis of Bacillus subtilis SPP1 phage helicase loader protein G39P

scientific article (publication date: 25 April 2003)

Structural basis for DNA recognition and loading into a viral packaging motor

scientific article

Structural basis for the nuclease activity of a bacteriophage large terminase

scientific article

Structural insight into gene transcriptional regulation and effector binding by the Lrp/AsnC family

Structural insight into gene transcriptional regulation and effector binding by the Lrp/AsnC family.

scientific article

Structures of omega repressors bound to direct and inverted DNA repeats explain modulation of transcription

scientific article

Synapsis and strand exchange in the resolution and DNA inversion reactions catalysed by the beta recombinase

scientific article

The 1.58 Å resolution structure of the DNA-binding domain of bacteriophage SF6 small terminase provides new hints on DNA binding

scientific article

The Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 G39P delivers and activates the G40P DNA helicase upon interacting with the G38P-bound replication origin

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

The Bacillus subtilis chromatin-associated protein Hbsu is involved in DNA repair and recombination.

scientific article

The Bacillus subtilis histone-like protein Hbsu is required for DNA resolution and DNA inversion mediated by the beta recombinase of plasmid pSM19035.

scientific article published in February 1995

The Bacillus subtilis small cytoplasmic RNA gene and 'dnaX' map near the chromosomal replication origin

scientific article published in July 1990

The ColE1 unidirectional origin acts as a polar replication fork pausing site.

scientific article

The Interplay between Different Stability Systems Contributes to Faithful Segregation: Streptococcus pyogenes pSM19035 as a Model

scientific article published on August 2014

The N-terminal region of the RecU holliday junction resolvase is essential for homologous recombination.

scientific article published on 5 May 2009

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

scientific article published on 6 August 2008

The RuvAB branch migration translocase and RecU Holliday junction resolvase are required for double-stranded DNA break repair in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 14 July 2005

The beta recombinase of plasmid pSM19035 binds to two adjacent sites, making different contacts at each of them.

scientific article published on August 1995

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

scientific article

The complete nucleotide sequence and functional organization of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1

scientific article published on 01 December 1997

The generation of concatemeric plasmid DNA in Bacillus subtilis as a consequence of bacteriophage SPP1 infection.

scientific article published on August 1990

The interaction of ω2 with the RNA polymerase β' subunit functions as an activation to repression switch

scientific article published on 3 August 2015

The level of the pUB110 replication initiator protein is autoregulated, which provides an additional control for plasmid copy number

scientific article published on June 11, 1995

The nuclease domain of the SPP1 packaging motor coordinates DNA cleavage and encapsidation

scientific article published on 30 October 2012

The organization of Physcomitrella patensRAD51 genes is unique among eukaryotic organisms

scientific article

The replisome organizer (G38P) of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 forms specialized nucleoprotein complexes with two discrete distant regions of the SPP1 genome

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

The small subunit of the terminase enzyme of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 forms a specialized nucleoprotein complex with the packaging initiation region

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

The stalk region of the RecU resolvase is essential for Holliday junction recognition and distortion

scientific article published on 12 May 2011

The structure of Bacillus subtilis RecU Holliday junction resolvase and its role in substrate selection and sequence-specific cleavage

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

The ζ toxin induces a set of protective responses and dormancy

scientific article

Toxin ζ Reduces the ATP and Modulates the Uridine Diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine Pool

scholarly article by María Moreno-Del Álamo et al published 9 January 2019 in Toxins

Toxin ζ reversible induces dormancy and reduces the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pool as one of the protective responses to cope with stress

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Viral SPP1 DNA is infectious in naturally competent Bacillus subtilis cells: inter- and intramolecular recombination pathways

scientific article published on 03 January 2020

Visualization of DNA double-strand break repair in live bacteria reveals dynamic recruitment of Bacillus subtilis RecF, RecO and RecN proteins to distinct sites on the nucleoids

scientific journal article

beta Recombinase catalyzes inversion and resolution between two inversely oriented six sites on a supercoiled DNA substrate and only inversion on relaxed or linear substrates

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

pSM19035-encoded zeta toxin induces stasis followed by death in a subpopulation of cells.

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