Bacterial transformation: distribution, shared mechanisms and divergent control C Johnston, B Martin, G Fichant, P Polard, JP Claverys Nature Reviews Microbiology 12 (3), 181-196, 2014 | 745 | 2014 |
Presence of Nonhemolytic Pneumolysin in Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Disease Outbreaks JMC Jefferies, CHG Johnston, LAS Kirkham, GJM Cowan, KS Ross, ... Journal of Infectious Diseases 196 (6), 936-944, 2007 | 113 | 2007 |
Detection of large numbers of pneumococcal virulence genes in streptococci of the mitis group C Johnston, J Hinds, A Smith, M van der Linden, J Van Eldere, TJ Mitchell Journal of clinical microbiology 48 (8), 2762-2769, 2010 | 98 | 2010 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae, le transformiste C Johnston, N Campo, MJ Bergé, P Polard, JP Claverys Trends in microbiology 22 (3), 113-119, 2014 | 84 | 2014 |
Programmed protection of foreign DNA from restriction allows pathogenicity island exchange during pneumococcal transformation C Johnston, B Martin, C Granadel, P Polard, JP Claverys PLoS pathogens 9 (2), e1003178, 2013 | 60 | 2013 |
Identification of a Secreted Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin (Mitilysin) from Streptococcus mitis J Jefferies, L Nieminen, LA Kirkham, C Johnston, A Smith, TJ Mitchell Journal of bacteriology 189 (2), 627-632, 2007 | 47 | 2007 |
The DpnI/DpnII pneumococcal system, defense against foreign attack without compromising genetic exchange C Johnston, P Polard, JP Claverys Mobile genetic elements 3 (4), e25582, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
Natural Genetic Transformation Generates a Population of Merodiploids in Streptococcus pneumoniae C Johnston, S Caymaris, A Zomer, HJ Bootsma, M Prudhomme, ... PLoS Genetics 9 (9), e1003819, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
Postreplication targeting of transformants by bacterial immune systems? C Johnston, B Martin, P Polard, JP Claverys Trends in microbiology 21 (10), 516-521, 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
Investigating the role of pneumococcal neuraminidase A activity in isolates from pneumococcal haemolytic uraemic syndrome A Smith, C Johnston, D Inverarity, M Slack, G K. Paterson, M Diggle, ... Journal of medical microbiology 62 (11), 1735-1742, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
Recombination of the Phase-Variable spnIII Locus Is Independent of All Known Pneumococcal Site-Specific Recombinases M De Ste Croix, KY Chen, I Vacca, AS Manso, C Johnston, P Polard, ... Journal of Bacteriology 201 (15), 10.1128/jb. 00233-19, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
Fine‐tuning cellular levels of DprA ensures transformant fitness in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae C Johnston, I Mortier‐Barriere, V Khemici, P Polard Molecular Microbiology 109 (5), 663-675, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
Fine‐tuning of choline metabolism is important for pneumococcal colonization C Johnston, C Hauser, PWM Hermans, B Martin, P Polard, HJ Bootsma, ... Molecular microbiology 100 (6), 972-988, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
Co-inactivation of GlnR and CodY regulators impacts pneumococcal cell wall physiology C Johnston, HJ Bootsma, C Aldridge, S Manuse, N Gisch, D Schwudke, ... PloS one 10 (4), e0123702, 2015 | 10 | 2015 |
RecFOR is not required for pneumococcal transformation but together with XerS for resolution of chromosome dimers frequently formed in the process C Johnston, I Mortier-Barriere, C Granadel, P Polard, B Martin, ... PLoS Genetics 11 (1), e1004934, 2015 | 10 | 2015 |
The alternative sigma factor σX mediates competence shut-off at the cell pole in Streptococcus pneumoniae CHG Johnston, AL Soulet, M Bergé, M Prudhomme, D De Lemos, ... Elife 9, e62907, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
The RecA-directed recombination pathway of natural transformation initiates at chromosomal replication forks in the pneumococcus CHG Johnston, R Hope, AL Soulet, M Dewailly, D De Lemos, P Polard Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (8), e2213867120, 2023 | 2 | 2023 |
Pneumococcal competence, a populational health sensor driving multilevel heterogeneity in response to antibiotics. M Prudhomme, CHG Johnston, AL Soulet, D De Lemos, N Campo, ... bioRxiv, 2023.11. 17.567514, 2023 | | 2023 |
Investigating the role of pneumococcal neuraminidase A activity in isolates from pneumococcal haemolytic uraemic syndrome A Smith, C Johnston, D Inverarity, M Slack, GK Paterson, M Diggle, ... Journal of Medical Microbiology 63 (4), 625-625, 2014 | | 2014 |
Ecology of virulence genes in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. CHG Johnston University of Glasgow, 2008 | | 2008 |