RpoS and the bacterial general stress response

S Bouillet, TS Bauer, S Gottesman - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The general stress response (GSR) is a widespread strategy developed by bacteria to adapt
and respond to their changing environments. The GSR is induced by one or multiple …

“Metabolic burden” explained: stress symptoms and its related responses induced by (over)expression of (heterologous) proteins in Escherichia coli

S Snoeck, C Guidi, M De Mey - Microbial Cell Factories, 2024 - Springer
Background Engineering bacterial strains to redirect the metabolism towards the production
of a specific product has enabled the development of industrial biotechnology. However …

Directed Screening for sRNA Targets in E. coli Using a Plasmid Library

X Luo, N Majdalani - Bacterial Regulatory RNA: Methods and Protocols, 2024 - Springer
A large number of bacterial small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) modulate gene expression by
base pairing to a target mRNA, affecting its translation or stability. This posttranscriptional …

New layers of regulation of the general stress response sigma factor RpoS

S Handler, CL Kirkpatrick - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The general stress response (GSR) sigma factor RpoS from Escherichia coli has emerged
as one of the key paradigms for study of how numerous signal inputs are accepted at …

Post-transcriptional regulation of the MiaA prenyl transferase by CsrA and the small RNA CsrB in E. coli

JI Aubee, K Williams, A Adigun, O Olusanya, J Nurse… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
To determine the role of small RNAs (sRNAs) in the regulation of miaA, we constructed a
chromosomal miaA-lacZ translational fusion driven by the arabinose responsive P BAD …

Control of iron acquisition by multiple small RNAs unravels a new role for transcriptional terminator loops in gene regulation

ES Flores, J Jagodnik, F Quenette, A Korepanov… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Small RNAs (sRNAs) controlling gene expression by imperfect base-pairing with mRNA (s)
are widespread in bacteria and regulate multiple genes, including genes involved in iron …