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The Sinorhizobium meliloti sensor histidine kinase CbrA contributes to free-living cell cycle regulation [CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES] 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Sinorhizobium meliloti is alternately capable of colonizing the soil as a free-living bacterium or establishing a chronic intracellular infection with its legume host for the purpose of nitrogen fixat...
yneA mRNA instability is involved in temporary inhibition of cell division during the SOS response of Bacillus megaterium [CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ... 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
The SOS response, a mechanism enabling bacteria to cope with DNA damage, is strictly regulated by the two major players, RecA and LexA (Bacillus homologue DinR). Genetic stress provokes formation of s...
Two paralogous yefM-yoeB loci from Staphylococcus equorum encode functional toxin–antitoxin systems [CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES] 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems are small genetic elements of prokaryotes associated with persister cell formation, phage defence, stress regulation and programmed cell arrest. In this study, we characte...
Phage insertion in mlrA and variations in rpoS limit curli expression and biofilm formation in Escherichia coli serotype O157 : H7 [CELL AND MOLECULAR... 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Biofilm formation in Escherichia coli is a tightly controlled process requiring the expression of adhesive curli fibres and certain polysaccharides such as cellulose. The transcriptional regulator Csg...
Roles of bacteriophage GVE2 endolysin in host lysis at high temperatures [CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MICROBES] 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
The holin–endolysin system is used by double-stranded DNA phages to lyse their bacterial hosts at the terminal stage of the phage reproduction cycle. Endolysins are proteins with one of several muraly...
The type 1 pili regulator gene fimX and pathogenicity island PAI-X as molecular markers of uropathogenic Escherichia coli [ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTION... 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) fall within a larger group of isolates producing extraintestinal disease. UPEC express type 1 pili as a critical virulence determinant mediating adherence to and ...
Genomic and proteomic characterization of Gordonia sp. NB4-1Y in relation to 6 : 2 fluorotelomer sulfonate biodegradation [ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTION... 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Gordonia sp. strain NB4-1Y was isolated from vermicompost using bis-(3-pentafluorophenylpropyl)-sulfide as the sole added sulfur source and was found to have a broad capacity for metabolizing organosu...
Isolation, characterization and complete genome sequence of PhaxI: a phage of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 [GENES AND GENOMES] 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Bacteriophages are considered as promising biological agents for the control of infectious diseases. Sequencing of their genomes can ascertain the absence of antibiotic resistance, toxin or virulence ...
Complementation of a stable Met2-1 mutant of the zygomycete Absidia glauca by the corresponding wild-type allele of the mycoparasite Parasitella paras... 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Compared with prokaryotes, where horizontal gene transfer events are frequently found and can be studied in the laboratory at the mechanistic level, few systems are known that allow direct experimenta...
Analysis of the transcriptome of Legionella pneumophila hfq mutant reveals a new mobile genetic element [GENES AND GENOMES] 7 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
Hfq is a small RNA-binding protein involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by affecting the stability of the mRNA and by mediating efficient pairing between small regulatory...
