2014
Bacterial Nucleoid-Associated Protein Uncouples Transcription Levels from Transcription Timing
Zwir I, Yeo WS, Shin D, Latifi T, Huang H, Groisman EA. Bacterial Nucleoid-Associated Protein Uncouples Transcription Levels from Transcription Timing. MBio 2014, 5: 10.1128/mbio.01485-14. PMID: 25293763, PMCID: PMC4196223, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01485-14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription timingPhoP proteinAncestral geneExpression timingTranscriptional regulatorsGene ancestryTranscription factorsTranscription levelsHistone-like nucleoid structuring proteinHigher mRNA levelsExpression behaviorH-NS proteinNucleoid structuring proteinBacterium Salmonella enterica serovar TyphimuriumExpression of genesSalmonella enterica serovar TyphimuriumH-NSLatter genesEnterica serovar TyphimuriumMRNA levelsCorresponding promotersTarget genesDevelopmental pathwaysEarly genesGenes
2012
An Allele of an Ancestral Transcription Factor Dependent on a Horizontally Acquired Gene Product
Chen HD, Jewett MW, Groisman EA. An Allele of an Ancestral Transcription Factor Dependent on a Horizontally Acquired Gene Product. PLOS Genetics 2012, 8: e1003060. PMID: 23300460, PMCID: PMC3531487, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymyxin B resistanceGene productsTranscription of PmrAGene regulatory circuitsB resistanceSingle amino acid differenceAmino acid differencesPmrA proteinAncestral genomesAncestral genePmrD proteinRegulatory circuitsB alleleHorizontal transferGene expressionPhenotypic differencesAcid differencesGenesBiochemical propertiesBiofilm formationPmrAAllelesSalmonella entericaS. entericaProtein
2011
Ancestral Genes Can Control the Ability of Horizontally Acquired Loci to Confer New Traits
Chen HD, Jewett MW, Groisman EA. Ancestral Genes Can Control the Ability of Horizontally Acquired Loci to Confer New Traits. PLOS Genetics 2011, 7: e1002184. PMID: 21811415, PMCID: PMC3140997, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialDrug Resistance, BacterialEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Transfer, HorizontalKineticsMagnesiumMolecular Sequence DataPhosphorylationPolymyxin BReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSalmonella typhimuriumSequence Analysis, DNATranscription FactorsTransformation, BacterialConceptsGene productsPmrD proteinPmrA/PmrB systemSpecies-specific traitsPmrA/PmrBE. coliHigh phosphatase activityBacterium Escherichia coliTwo-component systemPmrA proteinPolymyxin B resistanceAncestral locusAncestral proteinAncestral geneAncestral pathwayNew traitsBiochemical activityDifferent speciesGenesPmrB proteinEscherichia coliPhosphatase activityB resistanceProteinSalmonella enterica
2010
Defining the Plasticity of Transcription Factor Binding Sites by Deconstructing DNA Consensus Sequences: The PhoP-Binding Sites among Gamma/Enterobacteria
Harari O, Park SY, Huang H, Groisman EA, Zwir I. Defining the Plasticity of Transcription Factor Binding Sites by Deconstructing DNA Consensus Sequences: The PhoP-Binding Sites among Gamma/Enterobacteria. PLOS Computational Biology 2010, 6: e1000862. PMID: 20661307, PMCID: PMC2908699, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArtificial IntelligenceBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceBinding SitesChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCluster AnalysisComputational BiologyConsensus SequenceDNA, BacterialEnterobacteriaceaeEvolution, MolecularGene Expression ProfilingGenome, BacterialModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPattern Recognition, AutomatedSequence AlignmentTranscription FactorsConceptsGene expressionSite sequenceKey cis-regulatory elementsExpression of dozensGenome-wide analysisCis-regulatory elementsTranscription Factor Binding SitesDifferential gene expressionSpecific DNA sequencesDNA consensus sequencePhoP proteinAncestral geneTarget promotersDistant speciesHigh conservationTranscriptional regulatorsInter-species differencesChromatin immunoprecipitationRelated speciesRNA polymeraseDNA sequencesTarget genesRegulatory proteinsMolecular basisConsensus sequence