Bacterial chromosomes are folded to compact DNA and facilitate cellular processes.
Studying model bacteria has revealed aspects of chromosome folding that are applicable to …

H‐NS is a small chromatin‐associated protein found in enterobacteria. H‐NS has affinity for
all types of nucleic acids but binds preferentially to intrinsically curved DNA. The major role …

Cellulose is a major contributor to the chemical and mechanical properties of plants and
assumes structural roles in bacterial communities termed biofilms. We find that Escherichia …

The σS (or RpoS) subunit of RNA polymerase is the master regulator of the general stress
response in Escherichia coli. While nearly absent in rapidly growing cells, σS is strongly …

Lateral gene transfer has played a prominent role in bacterial evolution, but the mechanisms
allowing bacteria to tolerate the acquisition of foreign DNA have been incompletely defined …

Abstract The Escherichia coli H-NS protein is a nucleoid-associated protein involved in gene
regulation and DNA compaction. To get more insight into the mechanism of DNA …

Summary Bis‐(3′− 5′)‐cyclic‐di‐guanosine monophosphate (c‐di‐GMP) is a bacterial
signalling molecule produced by diguanylate cyclases (DGC, carrying GGDEF domains) …

It is now well established that the σS subunit of RNA polymerase is a master regulator in a
complex regulatory network that governs the expression of many stationary‐phase …

The expression of plasmid‐borne virF of Shigella encoding a transcriptional regulator of the
AraC family, is required to initiate a cascade of events resulting in activation of several …

Little is known about the molecular mechanism by which histone-like nucleoid-structuring (H-
NS) protein and cyclic AMP-catabolite activator protein (CAP) complex control bacterial …