Co-transcriptional gene regulation in eukaryotes and prokaryotes

M Shine, J Gordon, L Schärfen, D Zigackova… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Many steps of RNA processing occur during transcription by RNA polymerases. Co-
transcriptional activities are deemed commonplace in prokaryotes, in which the lack of …

Chromosome structure and DNA replication dynamics during the life cycle of the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

K Pląskowska… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, an obligate predatory Gram-negative bacterium that proliferates
inside and kills other Gram-negative bacteria, was discovered more than 60 years ago …

Bacterial histone HBb from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus compacts DNA by bending

Y Hu, S Schwab, S Deiss, P Escudeiro… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Histones are essential for genome compaction and transcription regulation in eukaryotes,
where they assemble into octamers to form the nucleosome core. In contrast, archaeal …

[HTML][HTML] Yersinia entomophaga Tc toxin is released by T10SS-dependent lysis of specialized cell subpopulations

O Sitsel, Z Wang, P Janning, L Kroczek, T Wagner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Disease-causing bacteria secrete numerous toxins to invade and subjugate their hosts.
Unlike many smaller toxins, the secretion machinery of most large toxins remains enigmatic …

Nucleosomes at the Dawn of Eukaryotes

A Hocher, T Warnecke - Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Genome regulation in eukaryotes revolves around the nucleosome, the fundamental
building block of eukaryotic chromatin. Its constituent parts, the four core histones (H3, H4 …

Bacterial epigenetics and its implication for agriculture, probiotics development, and biotechnology design

TL Povolotsky, HL Barazany, Y Shacham… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
In their natural habitats, organisms encounter numerous external stimuli and must be able to
sense and adapt to those stimuli to survive. Unlike mutations, epigenetic changes do not …

[HTML][HTML] Histone H3 Variants in the Multiverse of Cancer

I Simeonova, G Almouzni - Annual Review of Cancer Biology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Our understanding of cancer genomes has allowed for the integration of molecular data into
histopathological classifications for routine stratification of patients. In the last 10–15 years …

Novel histones and histone variant families in prokaryotes

S Schwab, Y Hu, B van Erp, MKM Cajili, MD Hartmann… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Histones are important chromatin-organising proteins in eukaryotes and archaea. They form
superhelical structures around which DNA is wrapped. Recent studies have shown that …

Multigenerational inheritance drives symbiotic interactions of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis with its plant host

O Gilhar, LR Ben-Navi, T Olender, A Aharoni… - Microbiological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bacillus subtilis is a beneficial bacterium that supports plant growth and protects plants from
bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. Using a simplified system of B. subtilis and Arabidopsis …

[HTML][HTML] The landscape of the histone-organized chromatin of Bdellovibrionota bacteria

GK Marinov, B Doughty, A Kundaje, WJ Greenleaf - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Histone proteins have traditionally been thought to be restricted to eukaryotes and most
archaea, with eukaryotic nucleosomal histones deriving from their archaeal ancestors. In …