Xenogeneic silencing proteins facilitate horizontal gene transfer by silencing expression of
AT-rich sequences. By virtue of their activity these proteins serve as master regulators of a …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major driving force for bacterial evolution. To avoid the
deleterious effects due to the unregulated expression of newly acquired foreign genes …

Bacterial xenogeneic silencing proteins selectively bind to and silence expression from
many AT rich regions of the chromosome. They serve as master regulators of horizontally …

H-NS and Lsr2 are nucleoid-associated proteins from Gram-negative bacteria and
Mycobacteria, respectively, that play an important role in the silencing of horizontally …

The H-NS family of DNA-binding proteins is the subject of intense study due to its important
roles in the regulation of horizontally acquired genes critical for virulence, antibiotic …

Horizontal gene transfer facilitates dissemination of favourable traits among bacteria.
However, foreign DNA can also reduce host fitness: incoming sequences with a higher AT …

The H-NS nucleoid-associated DNA-binding protein is an important global repressor of
transcription in Gram-negative bacteria. Recently, H-NS has been implicated in the process …

Horizontal gene transfer drives bacterial evolution. To confer new properties, horizontally
acquired genes must overcome gene silencing by nucleoid-associated proteins, such as the …

H‐NS is an abundant DNA‐binding protein that has been implicated in the silencing of
foreign DNA in several different bacteria. The ability of H‐NS dimers to form higher‐order …

Bacterial xenogeneic silencers play important roles in bacterial evolution by recognizing and
inhibiting expression from foreign genes acquired through horizontal gene transfer, thereby …