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  1. ComEB protein is dispensable for the transformation but must be translated for the optimal synthesis of comEC

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2021, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  2. ClpC and MecA, components of a proteolytic machine, prevent Spo0A-P-dependent transcription without degradation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2018, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau, Andrew Tanner

  3. Viscous drag on the flagellum activates Bacillus subtilis entry into the K-state

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2017, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  4. The RicAFT (YmcA-YlbF-YaaT) complex carries two [4Fe-4S]2+clusters and may respond to redox changes

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2017, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau, Andrew Tanner

  5. Temporal Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis Acetylome and Evidence for a Role of MreB Acetylation in Cell Wall Growth

    Article • mSystems, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  6. ComGA-RelA interaction and persistence in theBacillus subtilis K-state

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  7. Regulation by the Modulation of Gene Expression Variability

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  8. Transformation and Recombination

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  9. Genetic Exchange and Homologous Recombination

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  10. Winner takes all in a race for cell fate

    Article • Molecular Systems Biology, April 2014, EMBO

    Professor David A Dubnau

  11. Complex formation and processing of the minor transformation pilins ofBacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  12. Chance and Necessity in Bacillus subtilis Development

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  13. Genome Sequence of the Bacillus subtilis Biofilm-Forming Transformable Strain PS216

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  14. A complex of YlbF, YmcA and YaaT regulates sporulation, competence and biofilm formation by accelerating the phosphorylation of Spo0A

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2013, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  15. Spo0A∼P Imposes a Temporal Gate for the Bimodal Expression of Competence in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • PLoS Genetics, March 2012, PLOS

    Professor David A Dubnau

  16. An Atypical Phr Peptide Regulates the Developmental Switch Protein RapH

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

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

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  18. Retracted: Maf acts downstream of ComGA to arrest cell division in competent cells of B. subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  19. Fluctuations in spo0A Transcription Control Rare Developmental Transitions in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2011, PLOS

    Professor David A Dubnau

  20. Structural Basis of Response Regulator Dephosphorylation by Rap Phosphatases

    Article • PLoS Biology, February 2011, PLOS

    Professor David A Dubnau

  21. Membrane-associated DNA Transport Machines

    Article • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, June 2010, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor David A Dubnau

  22. Swim or chill: lifestyles of a bacillus

    Article • Genes & Development, April 2010, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor David A Dubnau

  23. Structural and Motional Contributions of the Bacillus subtilis ClpC N-Domain to Adaptor Protein Interactions

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

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

    Article • Genetics, April 2009, Genetics Society of America

    Professor David A Dubnau

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

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  26. Roles of the two ClpC ATP binding sites in the regulation of competence and the stress response

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2008, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  27. Chemical Structure of Posttranslational Modification with A Farnesyl Group on Tryptophan

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, March 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David A Dubnau

  28. Noise in Gene Expression Determines Cell Fate in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Science, July 2007, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor David A Dubnau

  29. Acid Labile ComX Pheromone fromBacillus mojavensisRO-H-1

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, July 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David A Dubnau

  30. Multiple interactions among the competence proteins of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2007, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  31. A Peptide Signal for Adapter Protein-Mediated Degradation by the AAA+ Protease ClpCP

    Article • Molecular Cell, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  32. Antirepression as a second mechanism of transcriptional activation by a minor groove binding protein

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2007, Wiley

    Dr Wiep Klaas Smits, Professor David A Dubnau

  33. Structure–activity relationship studies on quorum sensing ComXRO-E-2 pheromone

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, March 2007, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  34. Chemical Synthesis of ComX Pheromone and Related Peptides Containing Isoprenoidal Tryptophan Residues.

    Article • ChemInform, December 2006, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  35. Chemical synthesis of ComX pheromone and related peptides containing isoprenoidal tryptophan residues

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2006, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  36. Bistability in bacteria

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2006, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  37. Transformation Proteins and DNA Uptake Localize to the Cell Poles in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Cell, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  38. Structure of the Bacillus subtilis quorum-sensing peptide pheromone ComX

    Article • Nature Chemical Biology, May 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  39. Bistability inthe Bacillus subtilisK-state (competence) system requires a positive feedback loop

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2005, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  40. Biogenesis of a putative channel protein, ComEC, required for DNA uptake: membrane topology, oligomerization and formation of disulphide bonds

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2004, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  41. DNA transport into Bacillus subtilis requires proton motive force to generate large molecular forces

    Article • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  42. DNA uptake during bacterial transformation

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  43. Diversifying Selection at the Bacillus Quorum-Sensing Locus and Determinants of Modification Specificity during Synthesis of the ComX Pheromone

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  44. Towards Structural Determination of the ComX Pheromone: Synthetic Studies on Peptides Containing Geranyltryptophan

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David A Dubnau

  45. DNA transport during transformation

    Article • Frontiers in Bioscience, January 2003, Frontiers in Bioscience

    Professor David A Dubnau

  46. Specific activation of the Bacillus quorum-sensing systems by isoprenylated pheromone variants

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2002, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  47. A MecA Paralog, YpbH, Binds ClpC, Affecting both Competence and Sporulation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  48. Microarray analysis of the Bacillus subtilis K-state: genome-wide expression changes dependent on ComK

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2002, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  49. Rok (YkuW) regulates genetic competence in Bacillus subtilis by directly repressing comK

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2002, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  50. NucA is required for DNA cleavage during transformation of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2001, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  51. A ComGA-dependent checkpoint limits growth during the escape from competence

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2001, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  52. Specificity and Genetic Polymorphism of theBacillus Competence Quorum-Sensing System

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor David A Dubnau

  53. Internalizing DNA

    Article • Research in Microbiology, July 2000, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  54. Characterization of ylbF, a new gene involved in competence development and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2000, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  55. Competence for transformation: a matter of taste

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, December 1999, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  56. DNA Uptake in Bacteria

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 1999, Annual Reviews

    Professor David A Dubnau

  57. The N- and C-terminal domains of MecA recognize different partners in the competence molecular switch

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 1999, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  58. ComEA is a DNA receptor for transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 1999, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  59. Cell surface localization and processing of the ComG proteins, required for DNA binding during transformation ofBacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 1998, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  60. Binding and transport of transforming DNA by Bacillus subtilis: the role of type-IV pilin-like proteins – a review

    Article • Gene, June 1997, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  61. Regulatory inputs for the synthesis of ComK, the competence transcription factor ofBacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 1996, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  62. Polynucleotide phosphorylase is necessary for competence development in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 1996, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  63. comK encodes the competence transcription factor, the key regulatory protein for competence development in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 1995, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  64. ComC is required for the processing and translocation of ComGC, a pilin-like competence protein of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 1995, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  65. Membrane association and role in DNA uptake of theBacillus subtilisPriA anaiogue ComF1

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 1994, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  66. Regulation of competence-specific gene expression by Mec-mediated protein-protein interaction in Bacillus subtilis.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 1994, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor David A Dubnau

  67. Two-component regulators and genetic competence in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Research in Microbiology, January 1994, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  68. Characterization of comE, a late competence operon of Bacillus subtilis required for the binding and uptake of transforming DNA

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 1993, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  69. Sequence and properties of mecA, a negative regulator of genetic competence in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 1993, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  70. comF, a Bacillus subtilis late competence locus, encodes a protein similar to ATP-dependent RNA/DNA helicases

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 1993, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  71. The regulation of genetic competence inBacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 1991, Wiley

    Professor David A Dubnau

  72. Binding of Bacillus subtilis ermC' methyltransferase to 23S rRNA

    Article • Biochemistry, June 1990, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor David A Dubnau

  73. A Bacillus subtilis regulatory gene product for genetic competence and sporulation resembles sensor protein members of the bacterial two-component signal-transduction systems.

    Article • Genes & Development, May 1990, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor David A Dubnau

  74. Induced mRNA stability in Bacillus subtilis.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 1987, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor David A Dubnau

  75. The Molecular Biology of the Bacilli. Volume II. David A. Dubnau

    Article • The Quarterly Review of Biology, September 1986, University of Chicago Press

    Professor David A Dubnau

  76. Deoxyribonucleic Acid Homology Among Bacillus polymyxa, Bacillus macerans, Bacillus azotofixans, and Other Nitrogen-Fixing Bacillus Strains

    Article • International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, April 1985, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor David A Dubnau

  77. Evidence for the translational attenuation model: ribosome-binding studies and structural analysis with an in vitro run-off transcript of ermC

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 1985, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David A Dubnau

  78. DNA sequence and regulation of ermD, a macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance element from Bacillus licheniformis

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, May 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  79. Translational Attenuation: The Regulation of Bacterial Resistance to the Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin B Antibiotic

    Article • Critical Reviews in Biochemistry, January 1984, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David A Dubnau

  80. Induction of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance requires ribosomes able to bind inducer

    Article • January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  81. Evolutionary relationship of the Bacillus licheniformis macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance elements

    Article • January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  82. Biology of Bacilli The Molecular Biology of the Bacilli: Bacillus subtilis, Volume I David A. Dubnau

    Article • BioScience, June 1983, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David A Dubnau

  83. Integration of plasmid pE194 at multiple sites on the Bacillus subtilis chromosome

    Article • February 1983, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  84. Molecular Cloning in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • January 1983, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  85. Direct selection of recombinant plasmids in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Gene, December 1982, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  86. Translational attenuation of ermC: A deletion analysis

    Article • July 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  87. Genetic Transformation in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • January 1982, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  88. Origin and mode of replication of plasmids pE194 and pUB110

    Article • Plasmid, July 1981, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  89. Characterization of a plasmid-specified ribosome methylase associated with macrolide resistance

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 1981, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David A Dubnau

  90. Organization of the pE194 genome

    Article • September 1980, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  91. Molecular cloning of heterologous chromosomal DNA by recombination between a plasmid vector and a homologous resident plasmid in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • February 1980, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  92. ON THE USE OF PLASMIDS FOR STUDY OF GENETIC TRANSFORMATION IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS

    Article • January 1980, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  93. Conformational alteration of mRNA structure and the posttranscriptional regulation of erythromycin-induced drug resistance

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 1980, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David A Dubnau

  94. Marker rescue transformation by linear plasmid DNA in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Plasmid, October 1979, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  95. Studies on the synthesis of plasmid-coded proteins and their control in Bacillus subtilis minicells

    Article • Plasmid, April 1979, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  96. Characterization of plasmid transformation in Bacillus subtilis: Kinetic properties and the effect of DNA conformation

    Article • January 1979, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  97. Plasmid replication in dna Ts mutants of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Plasmid, June 1978, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  98. Construction and properties of chimeric plasmids in Bacillus subtilis.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 1978, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor David A Dubnau

  99. Mapping of the gene specifying DNA polymerase III of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • January 1976, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  100. Uptake and Integration of Transforming DNA in Bacillus Subtilis

    Article • January 1974, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  101. A manganese-stimulated endonuclease from Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, December 1973, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  102. Fate of transforming DNA following uptake by competent Bacillus subtilis

    Article • January 1973, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  103. Fate of transforming DNA following uptake by competent Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, February 1972, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  104. Fate of transforming DNA following uptake by competent Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, February 1972, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  105. Fate of transforming DNA following uptake by competent Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, March 1971, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  106. [33] Genetic mapping of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • January 1971, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  107. Genetic Mapping of Antibiotic Resistance in Markers Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 1970, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor David A Dubnau

  108. Transformation and transduction in Bacillus subtilis: Evidence for separate modes of recombinant formation

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 1969, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  109. The Genetics of Ribosomes in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, January 1969, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor David A Dubnau

  110. Chemical and Biological Warfare

    Article • Nature, June 1968, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David A Dubnau

  111. A Moral Duty

    Article • BioScience, May 1968, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David A Dubnau

  112. Chromosomal location of DNA base sequences complementary to transfer RNA and to 5 s, 16 s and 23 s ribosomal RNA in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, April 1968, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  113. Genetic mapping in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, July 1967, Elsevier

    Professor David A Dubnau

  114. Isolation and Characterization of Low Molecular Weight Ribonucleic Acid Species from Bacillus subtilis *

    Article • Biochemistry, January 1967, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor David A Dubnau

  115. The Genetics of Bacillus licheniformis Penicillinase: a Preliminary Analysis from Studies on Mutation and Inter-strain and Intra-strain Transformations

    Article • Journal of General Microbiology, October 1965, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor David A Dubnau

  116. Competence for genetic transformation

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor David A Dubnau