Gene silencing by H‐NS from distal DNA site

M Shin, AC Lagda, JW Lee, A Bhat… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In the modern concept of gene regulation,'DNA looping'is the most common underlying
mechanism in the interaction between RNA polymerase (RNAP) and transcription factors …

The Escherichia coli histone‐like protein HU regulates rpoS translation

A Balandina, L Claret, R Hengge‐Aronis… - Molecular …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Escherichia coli HU protein is a major component of the bacterial nucleoid. HU stabilizes
higher order nucleoprotein complexes and belongs to a family of DNA architectural proteins …

Molecular aspects of the E. coli nucleoid protein, H-NS: a central controller of gene regulatory networks

RM Williams, S Rimsky - FEMS microbiology letters, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The nucleoid-associated protein H-NS has a central role in the structuring and control of the
enteric bacterial chromosome. This protein has been demonstrated to contribute to the …

Interplay between global regulators of Escherichia coli : effect of RpoS, Lrp and H‐NS on transcription of the gene osmC

J Bouvier, S Gordia, G Kampmann… - Molecular …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The transcription of the osmC gene of Escherichia coli is regulated as a function of the
phase of growth. It is induced during the decelerating phase, before entry into stationary …

[HTML][HTML] The bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins, HU and Dps, condense DNA into context-dependent biphasic or multiphasic complex coacervates

A Gupta, A Joshi, K Arora, S Mukhopadhyay… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
The bacterial chromosome, known as its nucleoid, is an amorphous assemblage of globular
nucleoprotein domains. It exists in a state of phase separation from the cell's cytoplasm, as …

A molecular mechanism for the repression of transcription by the H‐NS protein

S Rimsky, F Zuber, M Buckle, H Buc - Molecular microbiology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The H‐NS protein is a major component of the bacterial nucleoid and plays a crucial role in
the global gene regulation of enteric bacteria. Although H‐NS does not exhibit a high DNA …

The nucleoid protein Dps binds genomic DNA of Escherichia coli in a non-random manner

SS Antipov, MN Tutukina, EV Preobrazhenskaya… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Dps is a multifunctional homododecameric protein that oxidizes Fe2+ ions accumulating
them in the form of Fe2O3 within its protein cavity, interacts with DNA tightly condensing …

Role of the Histone-Like Nucleoid Structuring Protein in the Regulation of rpoS and RpoS-Dependent Genes in Vibrio cholerae

AJ Silva, SZ Sultan, W Liang, JA Benitez - Journal of bacteriology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Production of the Zn-metalloprotease hemagglutinin (HA)/protease by Vibrio cholerae has
been reported to enhance enterotoxicity in rabbit ileal loops and the reactogenicity of live …

Promoter-specific repression of fimB expression by the Escherichia coli nucleoid-associated protein H-NS

GM Donato, MJ Lelivelt, TH Kawula - Journal of bacteriology, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
The H-NS protein is a major component of the Escherichia coli nucleoid. Mutations in hns,
the gene encoding H-NS, have pleiotropic effects on the cell altering both the expression of …

Autoregulation of Transcription of the hupA Gene in Escherichia coli: Evidence for Steric Hindrance of the Functional Promoter Domains Induced by HU

K Kohno, K Yasuzawa, M Hirose, Y Kano… - The Journal of …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
The molecular mechanism of autoregulation of expression of the hupA gene in Escherichia
coli was examined. The promoter of the gene contains a palindromic sequence with the …