2021
A Primed Subpopulation of Bacteria Enables Rapid Expression of the Type 3 Secretion System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Lin CK, Lee DSW, McKeithen-Mead S, Emonet T, Kazmierczak B. A Primed Subpopulation of Bacteria Enables Rapid Expression of the Type 3 Secretion System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. MBio 2021, 12: 10.1128/mbio.00831-21. PMID: 34154400, PMCID: PMC8262847, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00831-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 3 secretion systemSecretion systemT3SS expressionVirulence traitsSpecific virulence traitsHuman disease severityComplex nanomachinesT3SS genesP. aeruginosa cellsReproductive fitnessIsogenic cellsHeterogeneous expressionCell envelopeT3SS effectorsMotility organellesReservoir of cellsCritical virulence traitsGene expressionRegulatory mechanismsSubpopulation of cellsGram-negative pathogensFluorescent reportersDivision timeP. aeruginosaPseudomonas aeruginosa
2010
Spatial organization of the flow of genetic information in bacteria
Montero Llopis P, Jackson AF, Sliusarenko O, Surovtsev I, Heinritz J, Emonet T, Jacobs-Wagner C. Spatial organization of the flow of genetic information in bacteria. Nature 2010, 466: 77-81. PMID: 20562858, PMCID: PMC2896451, DOI: 10.1038/nature09152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial ProteinsCaulobacter crescentusChaperoninsChromosomes, BacterialDiffusionDNA, BacterialEndoribonucleasesEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLac OperonProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesRNA StabilityRNA TransportRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerTranscription, GeneticConceptsSites of transcriptionC. crescentusCaulobacter crescentusEukaryotic cellsCellular physiologyMRNA decayMature mRNAMRNA processesRNase EMRNA substratesMRNA localizationGenetic informationGene expressionBacterial cellsEscherichia coliQuantitative fluorescenceCrescentusSitu hybridizationSpatial organizationMRNABacteriaLimited dispersionCellsTranscriptionTranslation
2008
Minimally invasive determination of mRNA concentration in single living bacteria
Guet CC, Bruneaux L, Min TL, Siegal-Gaskins D, Figueroa I, Emonet T, Cluzel P. Minimally invasive determination of mRNA concentration in single living bacteria. Nucleic Acids Research 2008, 36: e73-e73. PMID: 18515347, PMCID: PMC2475643, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn329.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Real-time RNA profiling within a single bacterium
Le TT, Harlepp S, Guet C, Dittmar K, Emonet T, Pan T, Cluzel P. Real-time RNA profiling within a single bacterium. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 9160-9164. PMID: 15967986, PMCID: PMC1166617, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503311102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial ProteinsCell CycleCell ProliferationDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Resistance, MultipleEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, ReporterGenotypeGreen Fluorescent ProteinsModels, StatisticalPlasmidsPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNARNA, MessengerSpectrometry, FluorescenceSpliceosomesTime FactorsTranscription, GeneticConceptsRNA profilingTranscriptional dynamicsInducible gene expression systemGene expression systemSingle cellsSpecific RNA levelsSingle bacteriumRNA levelsGenetic systemSpecific promotersFluorescence correlation spectroscopyExpression systemEscherichia coliEfflux pump systemGenetic deletionProfilingBacteriumPopulation measurementsKey determinantAntibiotic resistanceProkaryotesCellsPromoterCorrelation spectroscopyRNA