Bacterial genetics: past achievements, present state of the field, and future challenges

HP Schweizer - Biotechniques, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Genetic tools are required to take full advantage of the wealth of information generated by
genome sequencing efforts and ensuing global gene and protein expression analyses …

Construction and characterization of a fully active PXR/SRC-1 tethered protein with increased stability

W Wang, WW Prosise, J Chen… - … , Design & Selection, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The nuclear xenobiotic receptor PXR is a ligand-inducible transcription factor regulating
drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters and a master switch mediating potentially …

Characterization of the Escherichia coli K-12 ydhYVWXUT operon: regulation by FNR, NarL and NarP

JD Partridge, DF Browning, M Xu… - …, 2008 - microbiologyresearch.org
In Escherichia coli K-12 the expression of many genes is controlled by the oxygen-
responsive transcription factor FNR and the nitrate-and nitrite-responsive two-component …

RecQ and RecG helicases have distinct roles in maintaining the stability of polypurine· polypyrimidine sequences

BP Dixon, L Lu, A Chu, JJ Bissler - Mutation Research/Fundamental and …, 2008 - Elsevier
DNA triplex structures can block the replication fork and result in double-stranded DNA
breaks (DSBs). RecQ and RecG helicases may be important for replication of such …