Molecular Microbiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Microbiology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Mechanistic insights from molecular microbiology into the production of immunological and neuronal diversity37
The Complex and Challenging World of the Host–Pathogen Interaction36
Methionine oxidation in bacteria: A reversible post‐translational modification33
The optimization of microbial functions through rational environmental manipulations30
The regulatory network comprising ArcAB‐RpoS‐RssB influences motility in Vibrio cholerae29
Co‐evolution at protein–protein interfaces guides inference of stoichiometry of oligomeric protein complexes by de novo structure prediction29
The interaction between the histone acetyltransferase complex Hat1‐Hat2 and transcription factor AmyR provides a molecular brake to regulate amylase gene expression29
Lysosomal swelling and lysis mediate delivery of C3 toxins to their cytoplasmic targets28
Modulation of bacterial membrane proteins activity by clustering into plasma membrane nanodomains27
Leishmania mexicana N‐Acetyltransferease 10 Is Important for Polysome Formation and Cell Cycle Progression26
Super‐resolution fluorescence microscopy for investigating bacterial cell biology26
Streptococcus pneumoniae binds collagens and C1q via the SSURE repeats of the PfbB adhesin25
Molecular microbiology interview—Ines Diaz del Olmo—Awardee of the best poster presentation at the UK Cellular Microbiology Network Meeting 202324
Post‐translational modification by the Pgf glycosylation machinery modulates Streptococcus mutans OMZ175 physiology and virulence24
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Interpreting the role of antioxidants in vivo: A cautionary tale23
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The small protein MntS evolved from a signal peptide and acquired a novel function regulating manganese homeostasis in Escherichia coli22
Type IV Pili‐Associated Secretion of a Biofilm Matrix Protein From Clostridium perfringens That Forms 21
Interview with Enzo Breviglieri Sichi de Mello, Molecular Microbiology Oral Presentation Award Winner at 2nd Workshop in Microbial Molecular Biology in Campinas, Brazil21
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces delayed lipid droplet accumulation in dendritic cells depending on bacterial viability and virulence21
Redefining the bacteriophage mv4 site‐specific recombination system and the sequence specificity of its attB and core‐attP sites21
Mechanisms of chlorate toxicity and resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa21
Processing of the alaW alaX operon encoding the Ala2 tRNAs in Escherichia coli requires both RNase E and RNase P20
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The FsrA ‐Mediated Iron‐Sparing Response Regulates the Biosynthesis of the Epipeptide EPE in 20
Perspective elucidating the physiology of a microbial cell: Neidhardt's Holy Grail20
Discovery of a novel type IIb RelBE toxin‐antitoxin system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis defined by co‐regulation with an antisense RNA19
Genetic analysis of translation initiation in bacteria: An initiator tRNA‐centric view19
Physical models of bacterial chromosomes19
Profiling the Pyrenophora tritici‐repentis secretome: The Pf2 transcription factor regulates the secretion of the effector proteins ToxA and ToxB19
PLP Homeostasis Protein Is Required for Efficient Maturation of Aromatic Amino Acid Aminotransferase in Salmonella enterica19
Exploitation of the host exocyst complex by bacterial pathogens19
Structure–function relationships underpin disulfide loop cleavage‐dependent activation of Legionella pneumophila lysophospholipase A PlaA19
Manganese‐dependent transcription regulation by MntR and PerR in Thermus thermophilusHB819
Cyclic di‐GMP signaling—Where did you come from and where will you go?18
Serine proteases autotransporter of Enterobacteriaceae: Structures, subdomains, motifs, functions, and targets18
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The Power Duo: How the Interplay Between Nucleoid‐Associated Proteins and Small Noncoding RNAs Orchestrates the Cellular Regulatory Symphony18
Tapping lipid droplets: A rich fat diet of intracellular bacterial pathogens18
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Multiple regulatory inputs including cell envelope stress orchestrate expression of the Escherichia coli rpoN operon18
Expansion microscopy of apicomplexan parasites17
Transcription–translation coupling: Recent advances and future perspectives17
Identification, characterization and classification of prokaryotic nucleoid‐associated proteins17
Tartrolon sensing and detoxification by the Listeria monocytogenes timABR resistance operon17
Recruitment of both the ESCRT and autophagic machineries to ejecting Mycobacterium marinum16
Remote Regulation by VirB, the Transcriptional Anti‐Silencer of Shigella Virulence Genes, Provides Mechanistic Information16
The TonB‐ dependent uptake of pyrroloquinoline‐quinone ( PQQ ) and secretion of gluconate by 16
The ClpX chaperone and a hypermorphic FtsA variant with impaired self‐interaction are mutually compensatory for coordinating Staphylococcus aureus cell division16
The binding affinity‐dependent inhibition of cell growth and viability by DNA sulfur‐binding domains16
The bacterial virulence factor NleA undergoes host‐mediated O‐linked glycosylation16
Correction to “ FabR senses long‐chain unsaturated fatty acids to control virulence in pathogen Edwardsiella piscicida 16
Phenotypic plasticity: The role of a phosphatase family Rap in the genetic regulation ofBacilli15
DNA Binding by BosR Controls RpoS ‐Dependent and ‐Independent Gene 15
Proteolytic activity of surface‐exposed HtrA determines its expression level and is needed to survive acidic conditions in Clostridioides difficile15
Cell death induction facilitates egress of Coxiella burnetii from infected host cells at late stages of infection15
The Pxp Complex Detoxifies 5‐Oxoproline and Promotes the Growth of Clostridioides difficile15
LapB (YciM) orchestrates protein–protein interactions at the interface of lipopolysaccharide and phospholipid biosynthesis15
The Plasmodium falciparumCCCH zinc finger protein MD3 regulates male gametocytogenesis through its interaction with RNA‐binding proteins15
Endoplasmic reticulum localized TMEM33 domain‐containing protein is crucial for all life cycle stages of the malaria parasite14
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Identification of EppR, a Second Repressor of Error‐Prone DNA Polymerase Genes in Acinetobacter baumannii14
Regulatory interactions between daptomycin‐ and bacitracin‐responsive pathways coordinate the cell envelope antibiotic resistance response of Enterococcus faecalis14
Bacterial chromatin proteins, transcription, and DNA topology: Inseparable partners in the control of gene expression14
Aspects of oral streptococcal metabolic diversity: Imagining the landscape beneath the fog14
Perfectly Coupled Transcriptional Regulation of Fatty Acid Synthesis in Enterocci, Streptocci, and Lactococci14
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Roles and interactions of the specialized initiation factors EIF4E2 , EIF4E5, and 13
The recombination initiation functions DprA and RecFOR suppress microindel mutations in 13
Specificity of Membrane‐Associated J‐Domain Protein, Caj1, in Amphotericin B Tolerance in Budding Yeast13
Mycoplasma invasion into host cells: An integrated model of infection strategy13
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Environmental Control of Queuosine Levels in Streptococcus mutanstRNAs13
In Vivo Cross‐Linking Sheds Light on the Salmonella Divisome in Which PBP3 and PBP3SAL Compete for Occupancy13
Bacterial Toxin Exploits Host Membrane Phospholipid as a Receptor for Binding, Entry, and Cytopathogenicity12
Studying lysine acetylation of citric acid cycle enzymes by genetic code expansion12
Rop‐Mediated Suppression of RpoS Production Increases Resistance to Nitric Oxide12
Comparative proteomics of vesicles essential for the egress of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes from red blood cells12
Luminal Phospholipase D Attacks Bacterial Membranes in Dictyostelium discoideum Phagosomes12
Ribosome profiling in the Symbiodiniacean dinoflagellate Fugacium kawagutii shows coordinated protein synthesis of enzymes in different pathways at different times of day12
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Understanding Cell Communication Among Protozoan Parasites12
Functional and Pangenomic Exploration of Roc Two‐Component Regulatory Systems Identifies Novel Players Across Pseudomonas Species12
Spatial and temporal localization of cell wall associated pili in Enterococcus faecalis12
Molecular regulation of virulence in Legionella pneumophila11
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Transcriptional and functional characterizations of multiple flagellin genes in spirochetes11
Analysis of bb0556 Expression and Its Role During Borrelia burgdorferi Mammalian Infection11
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Comparative Multi‐Omics Survey Reveals Novel Specialized Metabolites and Biosynthetic Gene Clusters Under GacS Control in Pseudomonas donghuensis Strain SVBP611
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The Bradyrhizobium japonicum fsrB gene is essential for utilization of structurally diverse ferric siderophores to fulfill its nutritional iron requirement10
Excess copper catalyzes protein disulfide bond formation in the bacterial periplasm but not in the cytoplasm10
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The galactose metabolism genes UGE1 and UGM1 are novel virulence factors of the maize anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum graminicola10
Phosphoproteomic Analysis of GAP50 ‐Deficient Parasites Reveals the Inner Membrane Complex Is Involved in Ion Regulation in To10
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Interview with Gabriel G. Araujo, Molecular Microbiology Poster Award Winner at 2nd Workshop in Microbial Molecular Biology in Campinas, Brazil10
Molecular mapping of virus‐infected cells with immunogold and metal‐tagging transmission electron microscopy10
Tag Recycling in the Pup‐Proteasome System is Essential for Mycobacterium smegmatis Survival Under Starvation Conditions10
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Molecular Microbiology of Microbiomes10
An Improved Description of the Small RNA Landscape of the Human Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus10
Discovery of a novel transcriptional regulator of sugar catabolism in archaea10
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A conserved malaria parasite protein required for maintenance of sporozoite cell shape and transmission9
Distinct subunit architecture and assembly pattern of DNA gyrase from mycobacteria9
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The Hemoprotein Hhy1 Promotes Heme‐Dependent Catalase Activity of Ctt19
Apoptosis‐inducing factor‐like protein‐mediated stress and metronidazole‐responsive programmed cell death pathway in Entamoeba histolytica9
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Two neglected but valuable genetic tools for Escherichia coli and other bacteria: In vivo cosmid packaging and inducible plasmid replication9
Flagellar motor remodeling during swarming requires FliL9
Defining the regulatory mechanisms of sigma factor RpoS degradation in Azotobacter vinelandii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa9
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Uncovering the Significance of JNK/AKT Axis in the Autophagic Regulation of Leishmania major Infection9
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Molecular Microbiology of the host‐pathogen interaction in neglected tropical diseases9
Protein Homeostasis Impairment Alters Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Biofilm Communities9
Cortactin: A universal host cytoskeletal target of Gram‐negative and Gram‐positive bacterial pathogens9
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Tn Smu1 is a functional integrative and conjugative element in Streptococ8
Correction to “Galactomannan Utilization by Cellvibrio japonicus Relies on a Single Essential α‐Ga8
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Bacterial membrane dynamics: Compartmentalization and repair8
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The LysR‐type transcriptional regulator LelA co‐regulates various effectors in different Legionella species8
The accessory protein TagV is required for full Type VI secretion system activity in Serratia marcescens8
The life cycle and enigmatic egress of coronaviruses8
Correction to “Bacterial Chromatin Proteins, Transcription, and DNA Topology: Inseparable Partners in the Control of Gene Expression”8
Nucleoid‐associated proteins of mycobacteria come with a distinctive flavor8
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Meet early career researcher—Ismath Sadhir—Awardee of the molecular microbiology poster prize at the EMBO workshop bacterial morphogenesis, survival and virulence: Dynamic genomes an8
In Vivo Nitrosative Stress‐Induced Expression of a Photolyase Promotes Vibrio cholerae Environmental Blue Light Resistance8
The transcription factor Ofi1 is critical for white‐opaque switching in natural MTLa/α isolates of Candida albicans8
Multiple Effects of L‐Leucine in Escherichia coli Lead to L‐Leucine‐Sensitive Growth in the Absence of Unphosphorylated PtsN8
PorA of the Type IX Secretion Is a Ligand of the PorXY Two‐Component Regulatory System in Porphyromonas gingivalis8
Reciprocal sharing of extracellular proteases and extracellular matrix molecules facilitates Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation8
Functional characterization of the first lipoyl‐relay pathway from a parasitic protozoan8
The AraC‐type transcription factor TagK is a new player in the signaling cascade that induces the anti‐eukaryotic T6SS of Xanthomonas citri8
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SanA Plays a Role in Peptidoglycan Integrity in Escherichia coli7
Identification of an ERGIC ‐Like Compartment in Fission Yeast: Emp43 Functions as a Lectin‐Like Cargo Receptor for Glycosylated Proteins7
Glycosyl transferase GT2 genes mediate the biosynthesis of an unusual (1,3;1,4)‐β‐glucan exopolysaccharide in the bacterium Sarcina ventriculi7
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Riboflavin salvage by Borrelia burgdorferi supports carbon metabolism and is essential for survival in the tick vector7
Understudied proteins and understudied functions in the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis—A major challenge in current research7
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Relies on a Phosphoketolase to Support Anaerobic Survival Under Reductive Stress7
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Atypical Mycobacterium abscessusBlaRI Ortholog Mediates Regulation of Energy Metabolism but Not β‐Lactam Resistance7
Tetraether archaeal lipids promote long‐term survival in extreme conditions7
RFX transcription factor in the human‐associated yeast Candida albicans regulates adhesion to oral epithelium7
The Plasmodium GRASP Homolog Modulates Liver Stage Development, Subsequent Blood Infection and Virulence in Mice7
Bradyrhizobium japonicumHmuP is an RNA‐binding protein that positively controls hmuR operon expression by suppression of a negative regulatory RNA7
Everything OLD is new again: How structural, functional, and bioinformatic advances have redefined a neglected nuclease family7
Electron microscopy: The key to resolve RNA viruses replication organelles7
Secrets of getting started: Regulation of the first committed step of peptidoglycan synthesis by protein phosphorylation in Enterococcus and other Gram‐positive bacteria7
Hypothiocyanite and host–microbe interactions7
In Hyphomicrobium denitrificans Two Related Sulfane‐Sulfur Responsive Transcriptional Repressors R7
TasA Fibre Interactions Are Necessary for Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Structure7
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Differential survival of Staphylococcal species in macrophages7
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transposon Sequencing Database (MtbTnDB): A Large‐Scale Guide to Genetic Conditional Essentiality7
Distinct but Redundant Roles of ER Cargo Receptors p24 and Erv29 in Facilitating Proper Secretion of Cellulases in Trichoderma reesei6
An introduction to scanning transmission electron microscopy for the study of protozoans6
How Pathogens Maintain Proteostasis During Infection6
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ppGpp is a dual‐role regulator involved in balancing iron absorption and prodiginine biosynthesis in Pseudoalteromonas6
Regulation of DNA Topology in Archaea: State of the Art and Perspectives6
A long journey to the colon: The role of the small intestine microbiota in intestinal disease6
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Heterogeneity of the group B streptococcal type VII secretion system and influence on colonization of the female genital tract6
Anchors: A way for FtsZ filaments to stay membrane bound6
Bacterial macromolecular machineries6
DNA Packaging Specificity in the λ‐Like Phages: Gifsy‐16
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Interview with Leticia Veloso R. Franco, Molecular Microbiology Oral Presentation Award Winner at 2nd Workshop in Microbial Molecular Biology in Campinas, Brazil6
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NrdR in Streptococcus and Listeria spp.: DNA6
Study of NIT domain‐containing chemoreceptors from two global phytopathogens and identification of NIT domains in eukaryotes6
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Cortactin: A major cellular target of viral, protozoal, and fungal pathogens6
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Quorum sensing signal synthases enhance Vibrio parahaemolyticus swarming motility6
Escherichia coliDNA repair helicase Lhr is also a uracil‐DNA glycosylase6
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Pilotins are mobile T3SS components involved in assembly and substrate specificity of the bacterial type III 5
Multifaceted Roles of chs Genes in Regulating Cell Growth, Mycelial Morphology, Monascus Pigments and Citrinin Biosynthesis in Monascus purpureus5
Diversity in new flagellum tip attachment in bloodstream form African trypanosomes5
Regulation of neutrophil myeloperoxidase inhibitor SPIN by the small RNA Teg49 in Staphylococcus aureus5
Capturing chromosome conformation in Crenarchaea5
Putative prefoldin complex subunit 5 of Plasmodium berghei is crucial for microtubule formation and parasite development in the mosquito5
Three‐dimensional chromosome re‐modelling: The integral mechanism of transcription regulation in bacteria5
Exploring the role of E. faecalis enterococcal polysaccharide antigen (EPA) and lipoproteins in evasion of phagocytosis5
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Listeria monocytogenes two component system PieRS regulates secretion chaperones PrsA1 and PrsA2 and enhances bacterial translocation across the intestine5
Borrelia burgdorferi PlzA is a cyclic‐di‐GMP dependent DNA 5
Cytosolic Factors Controlling PASTA Kinase‐Dependent ReoM Phosphorylation5
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Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Macrophages During Mycobacterium avium Versus Mycobacterium tuberculosis 5
That's no moon, it's a Starship: Giant transposons driving fungal horizontal gene transfer5
Divergent unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in two highly related model pseudomonads5
New insights into the Tat protein transport cycle from characterizing the assembled Tat translocon5
The regulation of bacterial two‐partner secretion systems5
“We've got to get out”—Strategies of human pathogenic fungi to escape from phagocytes5
ThyD Is a Thylakoid Membrane Protein Influencing Cell Division and Acclimation to High Light in the Multicellular Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 71205
Transcription factor CreA is involved in the inverse regulation of biofilm formation and asexual development through distinct pathways in Aspergillus fumigatus5
Roles of the transcriptional regulators Fts1, YlNrg1, YlTup1, and YlSsn6 in the repression of the yeast‐to‐filament transition in the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipol5
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Whole‐genome CRISPR screens to understand Apicomplexan–host interactions5
Interview with Julia Takuno Hespanhol, Molecular Microbiology Oral Presentation Award Winner at 2nd Workshop in Microbial Molecular Biology in Campinas, Brazil5
Cytoadhesion of Plasmodium falciparum‐Infected Red Blood Cells Changes the Expression of Cytokine‐, Histone‐ and Antiviral Protein‐Encoding Genes in Brain Endothelial Cells5
The Ti Plasmid‐Encoded VirJ Functions as a Lysyl‐Phosphatidylglycerol Hydrolase in Agrobacterium t4
Correction to ‘ TasA Fibre Interactions Are Necessary for Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Structure’4
The Human‐Specific miR‐6762‐5p Is an Activator of RhoA GTPase Enhancing Shigella flexneri Intercellular Spreading4
A Small RNA Derived From the 5′ End of the IS 200 tnpA 4
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Regulatory Activity Switching by NtrX Rescues the Stress Phenotypes Caused by Loss of ChvIG in 4
FlhG Cooperates With the Cell Cycle Regulator GpsB to Confine Peritrichous Flagella in B. subtilis4
The two‐component system CroRS acts as a master regulator of cell envelope homeostasis to confer antimicrobial tolerance in the bacterial pathogen Enterococcus faecalis4
High‐throughput functional genomics: A (myco)bacterial perspective4
Moving on: How malaria parasites exit the liver4
Multifaceted Evolution of the PhoPQ Two‐Component System in Salmonella enterica Enhanced the Expression of Horizontally Acquired Virulence Genes4
Ancestral TALE homeobox protein transcription factor regulates actin dynamics and cellular activities of protozoan parasite Entamoeba invadens4
Evidence that the PatB (CnfR) factor acts as a direct transcriptional regulator to control heterocyst development and function in the cyanobacterium Nostoc PCC 71204
New insights into the disulfide stress response by the Bacillus subtilis Spx system at a single‐cell level4
Where is the EXIT? Phenotypic screens for new egress factors in apicomplexan parasites4
The C‐terminal head domain of Burkholderia pseudomalleiBpaC has a striking hydrophilic core with an extensive solvent network4
Mechanisms of host cell exit by intracellular pathogens4
RecA levels modulate biofilm development in Acinetobacter baumannii4
Correction to “ SUMOylation of yeast Pso2 enhances its translocation and accumulation in the mitochondria and suppresses methyl methanesulfonate‐indu4
Multiple mechanisms for overcoming lethal over‐initiation of DNA replication4
Nuclear entry and egress of parvoviruses4
Autoregulation of the Master Regulator Spo0A Controls Cell‐Fate Decisions in Bacillus subtilis4
Interactions between paralogous bacterial enhancer‐binding proteins enable metal‐dependent regulation of alternative nitrogenases in Azotobacter vinelandii4
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The LeuO regulator and quiescence: About transcriptional roadblocks, multiple promoters, and crispr‐cas4
The Enteric Bacterium Enterococcus faecalis Elongates and Incorporates Exogenous Short and Medium Chain Fatty Acids Into Membrane Lipids4
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Sequential action of antibacterial effectors in Dictyostelium discoideum phagosomes4
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