Small stable RNA maturation and turnover in Bacillus subtilis.

abstract：:Chlamydiae are bacterial parasites that carry out a distinct developmental cycle within host cells; however, the mechanisms by which these organisms regulate stage-specific gene expression are not known. We identified a DNA element located between nucleotide (nt) -135 and -90 upstream from the transcription start poin...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Zhong J,Douglas AL,Hatch TP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of cAMP signalling during germination of asexual spores (conidia) of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans was investigated. A. nidulans strains defective for adenylate cyclase (CyaA) or for the functionally overlapping cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PkaA) and newly characterized SchA protein kinase, ho...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Fillinger S,Chaveroche MK,Shimizu K,Keller N,d'Enfert C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periplasmic Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutases (Cu,Zn-SODs) are implicated in bacterial virulence. It has been proposed that some bacterial P(1B)-type ATPases supply copper to periplasmic cupro-proteins and such transporters have also been implicated in virulence. Here we show that either of two P(1B)-type ATPases, CopA or G...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Osman D,Patterson CJ,Bailey K,Fisher K,Robinson NJ,Rigby SE,Cavet JS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans, a commensal of the human oral cavity, can survive in the bloodstream and cause infective endocarditis (IE). However, the virulence factors associated with this manifestation of disease are not known. Here, we demonstrate that AtlA, an autolysin of S. mutans is a newly identified fibronectin (Fn) ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Jung CJ,Zheng QH,Shieh YH,Lin CS,Chia JS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipoprotein Lpp is the most numerically abundant protein in Escherichia coli, has been investigated for over 40 years, and has served as the paradigmatic bacterial lipoprotein since its initial discovery. It exists in two distinct forms: a 'bound-form', which is covalently bound to the cell's peptidoglycan layer, ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Cowles CE,Li Y,Semmelhack MF,Cristea IM,Silhavy TJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA) induces degenerative vacuolation of sensitive mammalian cell lines. Although evidence is accumulating that VacA enters cells and functions from an intracellular site of action, the biochemical mechanism by which VacA mediates cellular vacuolation has not been establ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Ye D,Blanke SR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloned Citrobacter freundii ampC beta-lactamase is inducible in the presence of its regulatory gene ampR in Escherichia coli (Lindberg et al., 1985). The basal level of expression and inducibility are affected by two E. coli proteins encoded by the closely linked ampD and ampE genes. Deletion of both genes led to ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Lindquist S,Galleni M,Lindberg F,Normark S

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear neutrophils are the most important mammalian host defence cells against infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Screening of a signature tagged mutagenesis library of the non-piliated P. aeruginosa strain TBCF10839 uncovered that transposon inactivation of its pilY1 gene rendered the bacterium more r...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Bohn YS,Brandes G,Rakhimova E,Horatzek S,Salunkhe P,Munder A,van Barneveld A,Jordan D,Bredenbruch F,Häussler S,Riedel K,Eberl L,Jensen PØ,Bjarnsholt T,Moser C,Hoiby N,Tümmler B,Wiehlmann L

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of 20 strains of Helicobacter pylori from several regions of the world was studied to better understand the population genetic structure and diversity of this species. Sequences of fragments from seven housekeeping genes (atpA, efp, mutY, ppa, trpC, ureI, yphC ) and two virulence-associated genes (cagA, v...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Achtman M,Azuma T,Berg DE,Ito Y,Morelli G,Pan ZJ,Suerbaum S,Thompson SA,van der Ende A,van Doorn LJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonium movement across biological membranes is facilitated by a class of ubiquitous channel proteins from the Amt/Rh family. Amt proteins have also been implicated in cellular responses to ammonium availability in many organisms. Ammonium sensing by Amt in bacteria is mediated by complex formation with cytosolic pro...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Huergo LF,Merrick M,Pedrosa FO,Chubatsu LS,Araujo LM,Souza EM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct merR genes, which regulate expression of the mercuric ion resistance gene (mer), of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans strain E-15 have been cloned, sequenced and termed merR1 and merR2. As a result of gene walking around two merR genes, it was found that these two genes were quite close in distance. The nucleotid...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Inoue C,Sugawara K,Kusano T

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we followed the genomic, lipidomic and metabolomic changes associated with the selection of miltefosine (MIL) resistance in two clinically derived Leishmania donovani strains with different inherent resistance to antimonial drugs (antimony sensitive strain Sb-S; and antimony resistant Sb-R). MIL-R was e...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Shaw CD,Lonchamp J,Downing T,Imamura H,Freeman TM,Cotton JA,Sanders M,Blackburn G,Dujardin JC,Rijal S,Khanal B,Illingworth CJ,Coombs GH,Carter KC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Escherichia coli, RecA protein regulates the DNA damage-inducible survival-enhancing SOS response. Mutant allele recA730, which causes constitutive SOS expression, is lethal at high temperatures in B/r, a derivative of wild-type B, but not in K-12 or in certain B/r--K-12 hybrids. We present evidence that killing is...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Kirchner J,Lim D,Witkin EM,Garvey N,Roegner-Maniscalco V

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa harbour a chloroplast-like organelle, the apicoplast. The biosynthetic pathways localized to this organelle are of cyanobacterial origin and therefore offer attractive targets for the development of new drugs for the treatment of malaria and toxoplasmosis. The apicoplast a...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Vaishnava S,Striepen B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pullulanase is a lipoprotein synthesized as a precursor with a signal peptide, which is processed by lipoprotein signal peptidase. To clarify the role of lipid modification of pullulanase, we purified lipid-modified wild-type and the unmodified (mutant) pullulanases and compared their properties. The Km and...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Yamashita M,Nakagawa A,Katsuragi N,Murooka Y

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary Spore formation in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis is a last resort adaptive response to starvation. To initiate sporulation, the key regulator in this process, Spo0A, needs to be activated by the so-called phosphorelay. Within a sporulating culture of B. subtilis, some cells initiate this develo...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Veening JW,Hamoen LW,Kuipers OP

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threonine dehydratase IlvA is part of the isoleucine biosynthesis pathway in the Gram-positive model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Consequently, deletion of ilvA causes isoleucine auxotrophy. It has been reported that ilvA pseudo-revertants having a derepressed hom-thrCB operon appear in the presence of threonine. ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Rosenberg J,Müller P,Lentes S,Thiele MJ,Zeigler DR,Tödter D,Paulus H,Brantl S,Stülke J,Commichau FM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen. In immunocompromised individuals, it can cause bloodstream infections with high mortality rates. The ability to switch between yeast and hyphal morphologies is a critical virulence factor of C. albicans. In response to diverse environmental cues, several signaling ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Chen C,Zeng G,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible protein acetylation is established as a modification of major regulatory significance. In particular, histone acetylation regulates access to genetic information in eukaryotes. For example, class I and class II histone deacetylases are regulatory components of corepressor complexes involved in cell cycle pr...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Ingram AK,Horn D

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell morphogenesis is a complex process that depends on cytoskeleton and membrane organization, intracellular signalling and vesicular trafficking. The rod shape of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and the availability of powerful genetic tools make this species an excellent model to study cell morphology. ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Cadou A,Couturier A,Le Goff C,Soto T,Miklos I,Sipiczki M,Xie L,Paulson JR,Cansado J,Le Goff X

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis requires the differentiation of a subpopulation of cells responsible for the production of the extracellular matrix that structures the biofilm. Differentiation of matrix-producing cells depends, among other factors, on the FloT and YqfA proteins. These proteins are present exclu...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Yepes A,Schneider J,Mielich B,Koch G,García-Betancur JC,Ramamurthi KS,Vlamakis H,López D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:clpC of Bacillus subtilis is part of an operon containing six genes. Northern blot analysis suggested that all genes are co-transcribed and encode stress-inducible proteins. Two promoters (PA and PB) were mapped upstream of the first gene. PA resembles promoters recognized by the vegetative RNA polymerase E sigma A. T...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Krüger E,Msadek T,Hecker M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a Lon protease homologue has been cloned from Brucella abortus. The putative Brucella abortus Lon shares > 60% amino acid identity with its Escherichia coli counterpart and the recombinant form of this protein restores the capacity of an Escherichia coli lon mutant to resist killing by ultraviolet ir...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Robertson GT,Kovach ME,Allen CA,Ficht TA,Roop RM 2nd

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium parasites possess a single pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) enzyme complex that is localized to the plastid-like organelle known as the apicoplast. Unlike most eukaryotes, Plasmodium parasites lack a mitochondrial PDH. The PDH complex catalyses the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA, an important precursor fo...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Pei Y,Tarun AS,Vaughan AM,Herman RW,Soliman JM,Erickson-Wayman A,Kappe SH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have followed the time-dependent transfection of Paramecium cells with a vector containing the gene of green fluorescent protein (GFP) attached to the C-terminus of the PtSERCA1 gene. The outlines of alveolar sacs (ASs) are labelled, as is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) throughout the cell. When GFP fluorescence is...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Hauser K,Pavlovic N,Klauke N,Geissinger D,Plattner H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli rpsD12 allele, which reduces translational fidelity and elevates expression of heat shock protein (Hsp) genes, only enhanced Hsp gene expression in the presence of oxygen. Similarly, the rpsL141 allele, which reduces mistranslation and Hsp gene expression, failed to affect the Hsp regulon in cells...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Fredriksson A,Ballesteros M,Dukan S,Nyström T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of bacterial cells to temperature changes induces the synthesis of a set proteins. We investigated the control of expression of the cspA gene, coding for the major cold-shock protein of Escherichia coli. This protein was shown to be transiently induced upon shift to low temperature. We demonstrated that the c...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Goldenberg D,Azar I,Oppenheim AB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability for light sensing is found from bacteria to humans but relies only on a small number of evolutionarily conserved photoreceptors. A large number of fungi react to light, mostly to blue light. Aspergillus nidulans also responds to red light using a phytochrome light sensor, FphA, for the control of hundreds ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Hedtke M,Rauscher S,Röhrig J,Rodríguez-Romero J,Yu Z,Fischer R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeriolysin O (LLO) binds to cholesterol-containing membranes in which it oligomerizes to form pores. Preincubation of the toxin with cholesterol is known to inhibit haemolysis, whereas the oxidized form of cholesterol has no inhibitory effect. Using immunoblot analyses and flow cytometry we demonstrate that preincu...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Jacobs T,Darji A,Frahm N,Rohde M,Wehland J,Chakraborty T,Weiss S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria transmission requires that the parasites differentiate into gametocytes prior to ingestion by a mosquito during a blood meal. Once in the mosquito midgut the gametocytes emerge from red blood cells (RBCs), fertilize, develop into ookinetes and finally infectious sporozoites. Gamete surface antigen, Pfs230, is ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Eksi S,Czesny B,van Gemert GJ,Sauerwein RW,Eling W,Williamson KC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00