2022
Degradation of gene silencer is essential for expression of foreign genes and bacterial colonization of the mammalian gut
Choi J, Schmukler M, Groisman EA. Degradation of gene silencer is essential for expression of foreign genes and bacterial colonization of the mammalian gut. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2210239119. PMID: 36161931, PMCID: PMC9546599, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210239119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsH-NSForeign genesHeat-stable nucleoid-structuring (H-NS) proteinWild-type H-NSNucleoid-associated proteinsH-NS proteinsNucleoid structuring proteinHorizontal gene transferBacterial evolutionLon proteaseSilences expressionCorresponding genesForeign DNAMammalian gutMammalian hostsStructuring proteinGene silencersGenesMurine gutEnteric bacteriaGene transferBiofilm formationProteinGeneral mechanismColonization
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