2016
Multiple Signals Govern Utilization of a Polysaccharide in the Gut Bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Schwalm ND, Townsend GE, Groisman EA. Multiple Signals Govern Utilization of a Polysaccharide in the Gut Bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. MBio 2016, 7: 10.1128/mbio.01342-16. PMID: 27729509, PMCID: PMC5061871, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01342-16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMammalian gut microbiotaPolysaccharide utilization genesUtilization genesHost dietGut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicronComplex polysaccharidesBacteroides thetaiotaomicronPleiotropic transcriptional regulatorDomains of lifeSubset of organismsRegulatory paradigmCritical nutrient sourceTranscriptional activatorTranscriptional regulatorsTranscriptional repressorCentral metabolismGenomic analysisMammalian gutMammalian hostsRegulatory architectureGut BacteroidesPolymeric fructanGut microbiotaGut bacteriumPolysaccharide breakdown
2006
The PhoP/PhoQ two-component system stabilizes the alternative sigma factor RpoS in Salmonella enterica
Tu X, Latifi T, Bougdour A, Gottesman S, Groisman EA. The PhoP/PhoQ two-component system stabilizes the alternative sigma factor RpoS in Salmonella enterica. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2006, 103: 13503-13508. PMID: 16938894, PMCID: PMC1557385, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0606026103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSigma factor RpoSPhoP/PhoQTwo-component systemAlternative sigma factor RpoSTwo-component regulatory system PhoP/PhoQPhoP/PhoQ.Stress response genesSalmonella enterica serovar TyphimuriumRpoS stabilityClpXP proteaseTranscriptional activatorEnterica serovar TyphimuriumRegulatory circuitsRpoS mutantResponse genesRegulatory proteinsProtein turnoverRpoSBacterial speciesEscherichia coliPhoP geneGenesSerovar TyphimuriumE. coliPhoQ
2004
Transcriptional Control of the Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance ugtL Gene by the Salmonella PhoP and SlyA Regulatory Proteins*
Shi Y, Latifi T, Cromie MJ, Groisman EA. Transcriptional Control of the Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance ugtL Gene by the Salmonella PhoP and SlyA Regulatory Proteins*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2004, 279: 38618-38625. PMID: 15208313, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m406149200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceBeta-GalactosidaseBinding SitesBlotting, SouthernDeoxyribonuclease IGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMagaininsMagnesiumMembrane ProteinsModels, BiologicalMolecular Sequence DataMutationPeptidesPlasmidsPolymyxin BPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingSalmonellaSingle-Strand Specific DNA and RNA EndonucleasesTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticTranscriptional ActivationXenopus ProteinsConceptsPhoP proteinSlyA mutantSlyA proteinPhoP/PhoQTranscription start siteAntimicrobial peptidesTwo-component systemMagainin 2Transcriptional activatorAbility of SalmonellaTranscriptional controlStart siteMaster regulatorRegulatory proteinsTranscriptionVirulence attenuationAntimicrobial peptide magainin 2PhoPGenesProteinPromoterMutantsSlyA.PhoQPeptides