Wiep Klaas Smits: all publications

• Publications

  • Lulko A, Veening J, Buist G, Smits W, Blom E, Beekman A, Bron S, Kuipers O. Production and secretion stress caused by overexpression of heterologous alpha-amylase leads to inhibition of sporulation and a prolonged motile phase in Bacillus subtilis. Applied and environmental microbiology 73 (16) , 5354-62 (2007) (Epub 22 Jun 2007) PubMed ID:(17586671)

  • Smits W, Bongiorni C, Veening J, Hamoen L, Kuipers O, Perego M. Temporal separation of distinct differentiation pathways by a dual specificity Rap-Phr system in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular microbiology 65 (1) , 103-20 (2007) PubMed ID:(17581123)

  • Smits W, Hoa T, Hamoen L, Kuipers O, Dubnau D. Antirepression as a second mechanism of transcriptional activation by a minor groove binding protein. Molecular microbiology 64 (2) , 368-81 (2007) PubMed ID:(17493123)

  • Susanna K, Mironczuk A, Smits W, Hamoen L, Kuipers O. A single, specific thymine mutation in the ComK-binding site severely decreases binding and transcription activation by the competence transcription factor ComK of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of bacteriology 189 (13) , 4718-28 (2007) (Epub 27 Apr 2007) PubMed ID:(17468244)

  • Smits W, Kuipers O, Veening J. Phenotypic variation in bacteria: the role of feedback regulation. Nature reviews. Microbiology 4 (4) , 259-71 (2006) PubMed ID:(16541134)

  • Veening J, Smits W, Hamoen L, Kuipers O. Single cell analysis of gene expression patterns of competence development and initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis grown on chemically defined media. Journal of applied microbiology 101 (3) , 531-41 (2006) PubMed ID:(16907804)

  • Albano M, Smits W, Ho L, Kraigher B, Mandic-Mulec I, Kuipers O, Dubnau D. The Rok protein of Bacillus subtilis represses genes for cell surface and extracellular functions. Journal of bacteriology 187 (6) , 2010-9 (2005) PubMed ID:(15743949)

  • Smits W, Dubois J, Bron S, van Dijl J, Kuipers O. Tricksy business: transcriptome analysis reveals the involvement of thioredoxin A in redox homeostasis, oxidative stress, sulfur metabolism, and cellular differentiation in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of bacteriology 187 (12) , 3921-30 (2005) PubMed ID:(15937154)

  • Smits W, Eschevins C, Susanna K, Bron S, Kuipers O, Hamoen L. Stripping Bacillus: ComK auto-stimulation is responsible for the bistable response in competence development. Molecular microbiology 56 (3) , 604-14 (2005) PubMed ID:(15819618)

  • Baerends R, Smits W, de Jong A, Hamoen L, Kok J, Kuipers O. Genome2D: a visualization tool for the rapid analysis of bacterial transcriptome data. Genome biology 5 (5) , R37 (2004) (Epub 05 Apr 2004) PubMed ID:(15128451)

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