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 …

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 …

The Salmonella Pathogenicity Island-2 (ie SPI-2) encodes a unique type III secretion system
that delivers effector proteins from the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV) into the host …

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH)(EC 1.2. 1.12) is an anchorless,
multifunctional protein displayed on the surface of several fungi and Gram-positive …

The H-NS (heat-stable nucleoid structuring) protein affects both nucleoid compaction and
global gene regulation. H-NS appears to act primarily as a silencer of AT-rich genetic …

Horizontal gene transfer plays an important role in the evolution of bacterial species,
conferring new genetic traits on the recipient bacterium that extend its range of phenotypes …

In enterobacteria, AT-rich horizontally acquired genes, including virulence genes, are
silenced through the actions of at least three nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs): H-NS …

Escherichia coli nucleoid-associated H-NS protein interacts with the Hha protein, a member
of a new family of global modulators that also includes the YmoA protein from Yersinia …

Bacterial physiology is enjoying a renaissance in the postgenomic era as investigators
struggle to interpret the wealth of new data that has emerged and continues to emerge from …

Post-translational modification (PTM) of histones has been investigated in eukaryotes for
years, revealing its widespread occurrence and functional importance. Many PTMs affect …