The universal stress protein A (UspA) superfamily encompasses an ancient and conserved
group of proteins that are found in bacteria, Archea, fungi, flies and plants. The Escherichia …

ABSTRACT The first International Symposium on c-Di-GMP Signaling in Bacteria (22 to 25
March 2015, Harnack-Haus, Berlin, Germany) brought together 131 molecular …

Tuberculous latency and reactivation play a significant role in the pathogenesis of
tuberculosis, yet the mechanisms that regulate these processes remain unclear. The …

Since the initial discovery of universal stress protein A (UspA) 25 years ago, remarkable
advances in molecular and biochemical technologies have revolutionized our …

Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are enzymes that protect organisms against superoxides
and reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced during their active metabolism. ROS are major …

Klebsiella (nee Enterobacter) aerogenes is the first human gut commensal bacterium with a
documented sensitivity to the pineal/gastrointestinal hormone melatonin. Exogenous …

Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogen that causes listeriosis, a severe food‐borne infection.
This bacterium, in order to survive and grow in the multiple conditions encountered in the …

Bis-(3′, 5′) cyclic di-guanylate (cyclic di-GMP) is a key bacterial second messenger that is
implicated in the regulation of many critical processes that include motility, biofilm formation …

The KdpDE two-component system regulates potassium homeostasis and virulence in
various bacterial species. The KdpD histidine kinases (HK) of this system contain a universal …

MazEF and MqsRA are toxin-antitoxin systems, where the toxins MazF and MqsR sequence-
specifically cleave single-stranded RNA, thereby shutting down protein synthesis and cell …