Barriers to recombination between closely related bacteria: MutS and RecBCD inhibit recombination between Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella typhi

TC Zahrt, S Maloy - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
Previous studies have shown that inactivation of the MutS or MutL mismatch repair enzymes
increases the efficiency of homeologous recombination between Escherichia coli and …

Homologous Recombination between thetufGenes ofSalmonella typhimurium

F Abdulkarim, D Hughes - Journal of molecular biology, 1996 - Elsevier
The genes coding for the translation factor EF-Tu, tufAandtufBare separated by over 700 kb
on the circular chromosome ofSalmonella typhimurium. The coding regions of these genes …

Horizontal gene transfer in bacteria, an overview of the mechanisms involved

TG Villa, L Feijoo-Siota, A Sánchez-Pérez… - Horizontal gene transfer …, 2019 - Springer
Bacterial transformation, transduction, and “conjugation” can be considered the first
horizontal transfer mechanisms in living organisms; these mechanisms have occurred since …

Signal-dependent requirement for the co-activator protein RcsA in transcription of the RcsB-regulated ugd gene

C Mouslim, T Latifi, EA Groisman - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
The RcsC/YojN/RcsB phosphorelay system controls gene expression in response to a
variety of signals, including changes in temperature, osmolarity, and overproduction of …

The starvation-stress response (SSR) of Salmonella

MP Spector - Advances in microbial physiology, 1998 - Elsevier
Salmonella serovars are common etiologic agents of intestinal-based disease of animals
and humans. As a result of their lifestyle, salmonellae occupy and survive in a wide range of …

Utilization of orotate as a pyrimidine source by Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli requires the dicarboxylate transport protein encoded by dctA

KE Baker, KP Ditullio, J Neuhard… - Journal of Bacteriology, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mutants deficient in orotate utilization (initially termed out mutants) were isolated by
selection for resistance to 5-fluoroorotate (FOA), and the mutations of 12 independently …

Bacterial phylogenetic clusters revealed by genome structure

SL Liu, AB Schryvers, KE Sanderson… - Journal of …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Current bacterial taxonomy is mostly based on phenotypic criteria, which may yield
misleading interpretations in classification and identification. As a result, bacteria not closely …

Characterization and immunogenicity of Salmonella typhimurium SL1344 and UK-1 delta crp and delta cdt deletion mutants

X Zhang, SM Kelly, WS Bollen… - Infection and …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
S. typhimurium SL1344 and UK-1 mutants with deletions of the crp (cyclic AMP receptor
protein) and cdt (colonization of deep tissues) genes have been constructed and …

Acetyl phosphate-dependent activation of a mutant PhoP response regulator that functions independently of its cognate sensor kinase

S Chamnongpol, EA Groisman - Journal of molecular biology, 2000 - Elsevier
The two-component system is a signal communication network generally consisting of a
sensor kinase that receives inputs from the environment and modifies the phosphorylated …

Phage-host co-evolution has led to distinct generalized transduction strategies

S Wolput, C Lood, A Fillol-Salom… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Generalized transduction is pivotal in bacterial evolution but lacks comprehensive
understanding regarding the facilitating features and variations among phages. We …