Bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins, nucleoid structure and gene expression

SC Dillon, CJ Dorman - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2010‏ - nature.com
Emerging models of the bacterial nucleoid show that nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs)
and transcription contribute in combination to the dynamic nature of nucleoid structure …

Effects of nucleoid-associated proteins on bacterial chromosome structure and gene expression

DF Browning, DC Grainger, SJW Busby - Current opinion in microbiology, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins play a key role in the organisation, replication,
segregation, repair and expression of bacterial chromosomes. Here, we review some recent …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilm bacteria use stress responses to detect and respond to competitors

B Lories, S Roberfroid, L Dieltjens, D De Coster… - Current Biology, 2020‏ - cell.com
Bacteria use complex regulatory networks to cope with stress, but the function of these
networks in natural habitats is poorly understood. The competition sensing hypothesis states …

Integrating Global Regulatory Input Into the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 Type III Secretion System

YA Golubeva, AY Sadik, JR Ellermeier, JM Slauch - Genetics, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium uses the Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1)
type III secretion system to induce inflammatory diarrhea and bacterial uptake into intestinal …

Induction of Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 under different growth conditions can affect Salmonella–host cell interactions in vitro

JA Ibarra, LA Knodler, DE Sturdevant… - …, 2010‏ - microbiologyresearch.org
Salmonella invade non-phagocytic cells by inducing massive actin rearrangements,
resulting in membrane ruffle formation and phagocytosis of the bacteria. This process is …

Selective repression by Fis and H‐NS at the Escherichia coli dps promoter

DC Grainger, MD Goldberg, DJ Lee… - Molecular …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Dps is a nucleoid‐associated protein that plays a major role in condensation of the
Escherichia coli chromosome in stationary phase. Here we show that two other nucleoid …

Nucleoid-associated proteins and bacterial physiology

CJ Dorman - Advances in applied microbiology, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Bacterial physiology is enjoying a renaissance in the postgenomic era as investigators
struggle to interpret the wealth of new data that has emerged and continues to emerge from …

DNA supercoiling is differentially regulated by environmental factors and FIS in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica

ADS Cameron, DM Stoebel… - Molecular …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary Although Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica inhabit similar niches and
employ similar genetic regulatory programmes, we find that they differ significantly in their …

The Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor σS Protects against both Intracellular and Extracytoplasmic Stresses in Staphylococcus aureus

HK Miller, RK Carroll, WN Burda, CN Krute… - Journal of …, 2012‏ - journals.asm.org
Previously we identified a novel component of the Staphylococcus aureus regulatory
network, an e xtra c ytoplasmic f unction σ-factor, σS, involved in stress response and …

Bacterial DNA topology and infectious disease

CJ Dorman, CP Corcoran - Nucleic Acids Research, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli and its close relative Salmonella
enterica have made important contributions historically to our understanding of how bacteria …