Role of the Single-Stranded DNA–Binding Protein SsbB in Pneumococcal Transformation: Maintenance of a Reservoir for Genetic Plasticity

Laetitia Attaiech, Audrey Olivier, Isabelle Mortier‐Barrière, +5

PLoS Genetics

Direct involvement of DprA, the transformation-dedicated RecA loader, in the shut-off of pneumococcal competence

Nicolas Mirouze, Mathieu Bergé, Anne‐Lise Soulet, +9

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Bacterial RadA is a DnaB-type helicase interacting with RecA to promote bidirectional D-loop extension

Léa Marie, Chiara Rapisarda, Violette Morales, +7

Nature Communications

<scp>ComE</scp>/<scp>ComE</scp>∼<scp>P</scp> interplay dictates activation or extinction status of pneumococcal <scp>X</scp>‐state (competence)

Bernard Martin, Anne‐Lise Soulet, Nicolas Mirouze, +7

Molecular Microbiology

Structure–function analysis of pneumococcal DprA protein reveals that dimerization is crucial for loading RecA recombinase onto DNA during transformation

Sophie Quevillon‐Chéruel, Nathalie Campo, Nicolas Mirouze, +12

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The alternative sigma factor σX mediates competence shut-off at the cell pole in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Calum Johnston, Anne‐Lise Soulet, Matthieu Bergé, +3

eLife

The RecA-directed recombination pathway of natural transformation initiates at chromosomal replication forks in the pneumococcus

Calum Johnston, Rachel Hope, Anne‐Lise Soulet, +3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Pneumococcal competence is a populational health sensor driving multilevel heterogeneity in response to antibiotics

Marc Prudhomme, Calum Johnston, Anne‐Lise Soulet, +4

Nature Communications