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
2020
Adaptive tuning of cell sensory diversity without changes in gene expression
Kamino K, Keegstra JM, Long J, Emonet T, Shimizu TS. Adaptive tuning of cell sensory diversity without changes in gene expression. Science Advances 2020, 6: eabc1087. PMID: 33188019, PMCID: PMC7673753, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc1087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhenotypic diversityGene expressionCell variationDiversity of phenotypesChemoreceptor TarPosttranslational modificationsAllosteric couplingEnvironmental cuesChemotaxis networkCovalent modificationEnvironmental changesDiversitySensory diversityCell populationsCellsExpressionSuch betsPhenotypeEscherichiaPopulationPrevious studiesModificationVariationSignalsChemoreceptors
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
2006
Dynamical Determinants of Drug-Inducible Gene Expression in a Single Bacterium
Le TT, Emonet T, Harlepp S, Guet C, Cluzel P. Dynamical Determinants of Drug-Inducible Gene Expression in a Single Bacterium. Biophysical Journal 2006, 90: 3315-3321. PMID: 16461398, PMCID: PMC1432126, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.073353.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCapsid ProteinsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialLevivirusLipoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMultidrug Resistance-Associated ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerTetracyclineConceptsGene expressionDrug-inducible gene expressionAcrAB-TolC multidrug effluxTet promoterMultidrug effluxEfflux systemDrug-inducible systemSingle-cell experimentsTranscriptional pulsesSingle bacteriumMultidrug efflux systemsTranscriptional responseEnvironmental signalsGenetic systemRNA degradationFluorescence correlation spectroscopyCellular RNATranscription activityRate of synthesisPromoterInducer concentrationTranscriptionRNA levelsBacteriumPrimitive examples