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Measurement of the Length of the Integrated Donor DNA during Bacillus subtilis Natural Chromosomal Transformation by Serrano, Ester, Carrasco, Begoña

“…For natural transformation to occur, bacterial cells must first develop a programmed physiological state called competence. Competence in , which occurs only…”
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Bacillus subtilis MutS Modulates RecA-Mediated DNA Strand Exchange Between Divergent DNA Sequences by Carrasco, Begoña, Serrano, Ester, Martín-González, Alejandro, Moreno-Herrero, Fernando, Alonso, Juan C

“…The efficiency of horizontal gene transfer, which contributes to acquisition and spread of antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity traits, depends on…”
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RecA Regulation by RecU and DprA During Bacillus subtilis Natural Plasmid Transformation by Serrano, Ester, Carrasco, Begoña, Gilmore, Jamie L, Takeyasu, Kunio, Alonso, Juan C

“…Natural plasmid transformation plays an important role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria. During this process, RecA physically…”
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Bacillus subtilis RarA Acts as a Positive RecA Accessory Protein by Romero, Hector, Serrano, Ester, Hernández-Tamayo, Rogelio, Carrasco, Begoña, Cárdenas, Paula P, Ayora, Silvia, Graumann, Peter L, Alonso, Juan C

“…Ubiquitous RarA AAA ATPases play crucial roles in the cellular response to blocked replication forks in pro- and eukaryotes. Here, we provide evidence that…”
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Surface Exclusion Revisited: Function Related to Differential Expression of the Surface Exclusion System of Bacillus subtilis Plasmid pLS20 by Gago-Córdoba, César, Val-Calvo, Jorge, Miguel-Arribas, Andrés, Serrano, Ester, Singh, Praveen K, Abia, David, Wu, Ling Juan, Meijer, Wilfried J J

“…During conjugation a genetic element is transferred from a bacterial donor to a recipient cell via a connecting channel. It is the major route responsible for…”
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Psychosocial Consequences of Sexual Assault on Women: A Scoping Review by Serrano-Rodríguez, Ester, Luque-Ribelles, Violeta, Hervías-Parejo, Vanesa

“…Women are at a higher risk of sexual assault, partly due to societal sexism. This scoping review addresses the question: What is known about the psychosocial…”
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Impact of the UGT2B17 polymorphism on the steroid profile. Results of a crossover clinical trial in athletes submitted to testosterone administration by Martín-Escudero, Pilar, Muñoz-Guerra, Jesús A., García-Tenorio, Soledad Vargas, Garde, Ester Serrano, Soldevilla-Navarro, Ana B., Galindo-Canales, Mercedes, Prado, Nayade, Fuentes-Ferrer, Manuel E., Fernández-Pérez, Cristina

“…•This study presents results of a triple-blind randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial in healthy athletes with a single dose of 250 mg of testosterone…”
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Bioanalytical Detection of Steroid Abuse in Sports Based on the Androgenic Activity Measurement by Martín-Escudero, Pilar, Muñoz-Guerra, Jesus A., García-Tenorio, Soledad Vargas, Serrano-Garde, Ester, Soldevilla-Navarro, Ana Belén, Cortes-Carrillo, Nuria, Galindo-Canales, Mercedes, del Prado, Nayade, Fuentes-Ferrer, Manuel, Fernández-Pérez, Cristina, Behnisch, Peter Alexander, Brouwer, Abraham

“…The anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are the most frequently consumed performance enhancing drugs (PED) in sports. In the anti-doping field, the detection of…”
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Bacillus subtilis RecA interacts with and loads RadA/Sms to unwind recombination intermediates during natural chromosomal transformation by Torres, Rubén, Serrano, Ester, Alonso, Juan C

“…During natural transformation Bacillus subtilis RecA, polymerized onto the incoming single-stranded (ss) DNA, catalyses DNA strand invasion resulting in a…”
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Recombination proteins differently control the acquisition of homeologous DNA during Bacillus subtilis natural chromosomal transformation by Serrano, Ester, Ramos, Cristina, Alonso, Juan C., Ayora, Silvia

“…Summary Natural chromosomal transformation (CT) plays a major role in prokaryote evolution, yet factors that govern the integration of DNA from related species…”
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Nucleoid‐associated Rok differentially affects chromosomal transformation on Bacillus subtilis recombination‐deficient cells by Serrano, Ester, Torres, Rubén, Alonso, Juan C.

“…Summary Rok, a Bacillus subtilis nucleoid‐associated protein (NAP), negatively regulates competence development and silences xenogeneic genes. We show that rok…”
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Bacillus subtilis RadA/Sms contributes to chromosomal transformation and DNA repair in concert with RecA and circumvents replicative stress in concert with DisA by Torres, Rubén, Serrano, Ester, Tramm, Kristina, Alonso, Juan C.

“…•Bacillus subtilis ΔradA cells are impaired in natural chromosomal transformation, whereas ΔdisA cells are proficient in natural transformation.•The RadA/Sms…”
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Roles of Bacillus subtilis DprA and SsbA in RecA-mediated Genetic Recombination by Yadav, Tribhuwan, Carrasco, Begoña, Serrano, Ester, Alonso, Juan C.

“…Bacillus subtilis competence-induced RecA, SsbA, SsbB, and DprA are required to internalize and to recombine single-stranded (ss) DNA with homologous resident…”
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Viral SPP1 DNA is infectious in naturally competent Bacillus subtilis cells: inter‐ and intramolecular recombination pathways by Serrano, Ester, Ramos, Cristina, Ayora, Silvia, Alonso, Juan C.

“…Summary A proteolyzed bacteriophage (phage) might release its DNA into the environment. Here, we define the recombination functions required to resurrect an…”
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Bacillus subtilis RecA with DprA-SsbA antagonizes RecX function during natural transformation by Le, Shimin, Serrano, Ester, Kawamura, Ryo, Carrasco, Begoña, Yan, Jie, Alonso, Juan C

“…Bacillus subtilis DprA and RecX proteins, which interact with RecA, are crucial for efficient chromosomal and plasmid transformation. We showed that RecA, in…”
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Dual pathogenicity island transfer by piggybacking lateral transduction by Chee, Melissa Su Juan, Serrano, Ester, Chiang, Yin Ning, Harling-Lee, Joshua, Man, Rebecca, Bacigalupe, Rodrigo, Fitzgerald, J. Ross, Penadés, José R., Chen, John

“…Lateral transduction (LT) is the process by which temperate phages mobilize large sections of bacterial genomes. Despite its importance, LT has only been…”
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Bacillus subtilis RecO and SsbA are crucial for RecA-mediated recombinational DNA repair by Carrasco, Begoña, Yadav, Tribhuwan, Serrano, Ester, Alonso, Juan C

“…Genetic data have revealed that the absence of Bacillus subtilis RecO and one of the end-processing avenues (AddAB or RecJ) renders cells as sensitive to DNA…”
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A master regulator of central carbon metabolism directly activates virulence gene expression in attaching and effacing pathogens by Wale, Kabo R, O'Boyle, Nicky, McHugh, Rebecca E, Serrano, Ester, Mark, David R, Douce, Gillian R, Connolly, James P R, Roe, Andrew J

“…The ability of the attaching and effacing pathogens enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and Citrobacter rodentium to overcome colonisation resistance is…”
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Chromosomal transformation in Bacillus subtilis is a non-polar recombination reaction by Carrasco, Begoña, Serrano, Ester, Sánchez, Humberto, Wyman, Claire, Alonso, Juan C

“…Natural chromosomal transformation is one of the primary driving forces of bacterial evolution. This reaction involves the recombination of the internalized…”
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The RecD2 helicase balances RecA activities by Ramos, Cristina, Hernández-Tamayo, Rogelio, López-Sanz, María, Carrasco, Begoña, Serrano, Ester, Alonso, Juan C, Graumann, Peter L, Ayora, Silvia

“…Abstract DNA helicases of the RecD2 family are ubiquitous. Bacillus subtilis RecD2 in association with the single-stranded binding protein SsbA may contribute…”
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