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The fliK Gene Is Required for the Resistance of Bacillus thuringiensis to Antimicrobial Peptides and Virulence in Drosophila melanogaster by Attieh, Zaynoun, Mouawad, Carine, Rejasse, Agnès, Jehanno, Isabelle, Perchat, Stéphane, Hegna, Ida K, Økstad, Ole A, Kallassy Awad, Mireille, Sanchis-Borja, Vincent, El Chamy, Laure

“…Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential effectors of the host innate immune system and they represent promising molecules for the treatment of multidrug…”
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Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) by Carlson, Colin J., Getz, Wayne M., Kausrud, Kyrre L., Cizauskas, Carrie A., Blackburn, Jason K., Bustos Carrillo, Fausto A., Colwell, Rita, Easterday, W. Ryan, Ganz, Holly H., Kamath, Pauline L., Økstad, Ole A., Turner, Wendy C., Kolstø, Anne‐Brit, Stenseth, Nils C.

“…ABSTRACT Environmentally transmitted diseases are comparatively poorly understood and managed, and their ecology is particularly understudied. Here we identify…”
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Effects of Aronia melanocarpa constituents on biofilm formation of Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus by Bräunlich, Marie, Økstad, Ole A, Slimestad, Rune, Wangensteen, Helle, Malterud, Karl E, Barsett, Hilde

“…Many bacteria growing on surfaces form biofilms. Adaptive and genetic changes of the microorganisms in this structure make them resistant to antimicrobial…”
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Genome organization is not conserved between Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis by Okstad, Ole A, Hegna, Ida, Lindback, Toril, Rishovd, Anne-Lise, Kolsto, Anne-Brit

“…Biotechnology Centre of Oslo and School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Pb 1125 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway * Tel: +47 22 95 84 60. Fax: +47 22 69 41 30…”
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A new family of proteins related to the HEAT-like repeat DNA glycosylases with affinity for branched DNA structures by Backe, Paul H., Simm, Roger, Laerdahl, Jon K., Dalhus, Bjørn, Fagerlund, Annette, Økstad, Ole A., Rognes, Torbjørn, Alseth, Ingrun, Kolstø, Anne-Brit, Bjørås, Magnar

“…The recently discovered HEAT-like repeat (HLR) DNA glycosylase superfamily is widely distributed in all domains of life. The present bioinformatics and…”
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Sequence analysis of three Bacillus cereus loci carrying PlcR-regulated genes encoding degradative enzymes and enterotoxin by Okstad, Ole A, Gominet, Myriam, Purnelle, Benedicte, Rose, Matthias, Lereclus, Didier, Kolsto, Anne-Brit

“…Biotechnology Centre of Oslo and School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, PO Box 1123, N-0349 Oslo, Norway 1 Unité de Biochimie Microbienne, Centre National de…”
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Global mRNA decay analysis at single nucleotide resolution reveals segmental and positional degradation patterns in a Gram-positive bacterium by Kristoffersen, Simen M, Haase, Chad, Weil, M Ryan, Passalacqua, Karla D, Niazi, Faheem, Hutchison, Stephen K, Desany, Brian, Kolstø, Anne-Brit, Tourasse, Nicolas J, Read, Timothy D, Økstad, Ole Andreas

“…BACKGROUND: Recent years have shown a marked increase in the use of next-generation sequencing technologies for quantification of gene expression (RNA…”
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Sequence analysis of three Bacillus cereus loci carrying PIcR-regulated genes encoding degradative enzymes and enterotoxin by Økstad, Ole A, Gominet, Myriam, Purnelle, Bénédicte, Rose, Matthias, Lereclus, Didier, Kolstø, Anne-Brit

“…PIcR is a pleiotropic regulator of extracellular virulence factors in the opportunistic human pathogen Bacillus cereus and the entomopathogenic Bacillus…”
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Sequence analysis of three Bacillus cereus loci carrying PlcR-regulated genes encoding degradative enzymes and enterotoxin The EMBL accession numbers for the sequences reported in this paper are given in Table 1 T1 by Økstad, Ole A., Gominet, Myriam, Purnelle, Bénédicte, Rose, Matthias, Lereclus, Didier, Kolstø, Anne-Brit

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