spoOGenes, the Phosphorelay, and the Initiation of Sporulation

Protein phosphorylation and regulation of adaptive responses in bacteria

1989 • 1,495 citations

Initiation of sporulation in B. subtilis is controlled by a multicomponent phosphorelay

1991 • 870 citations

Protein phosphorylation and regulation of adaptive responses in bacteria.

1989 • 694 citations

Crisscross regulation of cell-type-specific gene expression during development in B. subtilis

1992 • 385 citations

Three-dimensional structure of CheY, the response regulator of bacterial chemotaxis

1989 • 350 citations

The SpoOA protein of Bacillus subtilis is a repressor of the abrB gene.

1990 • 342 citations

The oligopeptide transport system of Bacillus subtilis plays a role in the initiation of sporulation

1991 • 326 citations

Site-directed mutagenesis of a catabolite repression operator sequence in Bacillus subtilis.

1990 • 294 citations

The spo0K locus of Bacillus subtilis is homologous to the oligopeptide permease locus and is required for sporulation and competence

1991 • 237 citations

Characterization of the gene for a protein kinase which phosphorylates the sporulation-regulatory proteins Spo0A and Spo0F of Bacillus subtilis

1989 • 235 citations

The spoIIJ gene, which regulates early developmental steps in Bacillus subtilis, belongs to a class of environmentally responsive genes

1990 • 220 citations

Genes and their organization in the replication origin region of the bacterial chromosome

1992 • 200 citations

Extracellular control of spore formation in Bacillus subtilis.

1988 • 196 citations

Characterization of the spo0A locus and its deduced product.

1985 • 172 citations

The Bacillus subtilis spo0B stage 0 sporulation operon encodes an essential GTP-binding protein

1989 • 158 citations

Bacillus sporulation gene spo0H codes for sigma 30 (sigma H)

1988 • 158 citations

Bacillus subtilis early sporulation genes kinA, spo0F, and spo0A are transcribed by the RNA polymerase containing sigma H

1992 • 143 citations

Multisensory activation of the phosphorelay initiating sporulation in Bacillus subtilis: identification and sequence of the protein kinase of the alternate pathway

1993 • 140 citations

Regulation of spo0H, a gene coding for the Bacillus subtilis sigma H factor

1991 • 137 citations

Spo0A controls the sigma A-dependent activation of Bacillus subtilis sporulation-specific transcription unit spoIIE

1992 • 126 citations

Sequence analysis and regulation of the hpr locus, a regulatory gene for protease production and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

1988 • 118 citations

Deduced product of the stage 0 sporulation gene spo0F shares homology with the Spo0A, OmpR, and SfrA proteins.

1985 • 117 citations

Regulation of platelet protein kinase C by oleic acid. Kinetic analysis of allosteric regulation and effects on autophosphorylation, phorbol ester binding, and susceptibility to inhibition.

1990 • 116 citations

Negative regulation of Bacillus subtilis sporulation by the spo0E gene product

1991 • 113 citations

The Bacillus subtilis sin gene, a regulator of alternate developmental processes, codes for a DNA-binding protein

1991 • 112 citations

Control of the initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis by a phosphorelay

1991 • 110 citations

Compartmentalized expression of a gene under the control of sporulation transcription factor sigma E in Bacillus subtilis.

1991 • 105 citations

Binding of Spo0A stimulates spoIIG promoter activity in Bacillus subtilis

1992 • 98 citations

SpoOA activates and represses its own synthesis by binding at its dual promoters

1992 • 98 citations

Identification of the transcriptional suppressor sof-1 as an alteration in the spo0A protein

1985 • 97 citations

Growth stage signal transduction and the requirements for srfA induction in development of competence

1991 • 90 citations

Differential regulation of spo0A transcription in Bacillus subtilis: glucose represses promoter switching at the initiation of sporulation

1991 • 88 citations

Sequence analysis of the spo0B locus reveals a polycistronic transcription unit

1985 • 79 citations

Complete sequence and transcriptional analysis of the spo0F region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome

1988 • 74 citations

The transition state regulator Hpr of Bacillus subtilis is a DNA-binding protein

1991 • 73 citations

Isolation and sequence of the spoOE gene: its role in initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtills

1987 • 63 citations

A positive feedback loop controls transcription of the spo0F gene, a component of the sporulation phosphorelay In Bacillus subtilis

1993 • 60 citations

The effect ofspo0 mutations on the expression ofspo0A- andspo0F-lacZ fusions

1986 • 59 citations

cis‐Unsaturated fatty acids specifically inhibit a signal‐transducing protein kinase required for initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

1992 • 59 citations

Isolation and mapping of a new suppressor mutation of an early sporulation gene spo0F mutation in Bacillus subtilis

1983 • 56 citations

Mutational dissociation of the positive and negative regulatory properties of the SpoOA sporulation transcription factor of Bacillus subtilis

1991 • 55 citations

Nucleotide sequences of the sporulation gene spo0A and its mutant genes of Bacillus subtilis

1985 • 49 citations

Transcriptional regulation of the spo0F gene of Bacillus subtilis

1986 • 49 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the spo0B gene of Bacillus subtilis and regulation of its expression.

1984 • 46 citations

Dissection of the Expression Signals of the spo0A Gene of Bacillus subtilis: Glucose Represses Sporulation-specific Expression

1989 • 43 citations

The Bacillus subtilis spo0J gene: evidence for involvement in catabolite repression of sporulation

1991 • 37 citations