The cold‐shock response—a hot topic

PG Jones, M Inouye - Molecular microbiology, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The cold‐shock response of Escherichia coli describes a specific pattern of gene expression
In response to abrupt shifts to tower temperatures. This pattern includes the induction of cold …

DNA replication initiation: mechanisms and regulation in bacteria

ML Mott, JM Berger - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
In all organisms, multi-subunit replicases are responsible for the accurate duplication of
genetic material during cellular division. Initiator proteins control the onset of DNA …

A novel DNA-binding protein with regulatory and protective roles in starved Escherichia coli.

M Almiron, AJ Link, D Furlong, R Kolter - Genes & development, 1992 - genesdev.cshlp.org
A starvation-inducible DNA-binding protein was discovered as a result of the analysis of
proteins synthesized in 3-day-old cultures of Escherichia coli. This 19-kD protein …

Growth Phase-Dependent Variation in Protein Composition of the Escherichia coli Nucleoid

T Ali Azam, A Iwata, A Nishimura, S Ueda… - Journal of …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genome DNA of Escherichia coli is associated with about 10 DNA-binding structural
proteins, altogether forming the nucleoid. The nucleoid proteins play some functional roles …

The crystal structure of Dps, a ferritin homolog that binds and protects DNA

RA Grant, DJ Filman, SE Finkel, R Kolter… - Nature structural …, 1998 - nature.com
The crystal structure of Dps, a DNA-binding protein from starved E. coli that protects DMA
from oxidative damage, has been solved at 1.6 Å resolution. The Dps monomer has …

Dramatic changes in Fis levels upon nutrient upshift in Escherichia coli

CA Ball, R Osuna, KC Ferguson… - Journal of …, 1992 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fis is a small basic DNA-binding protein from Escherichia coli that was identified because of
its role in site-specific DNA recombination reactions. Recent evidence indicates that Fis also …

The HMG domain of lymphoid enhancer factor 1 bends DNA and facilitates assembly of functional nucleoprotein structures

K Giese, J Cox, R Grosschedl - Cell, 1992 - cell.com
The high mobility group (HMG) domain is a DNA-binding motif that is associated with
several eukaryotic regulatory proteins, including the lymphoid enhancerbinding factor LEF-1 …

Structure, function and regulation of the DNA‐binding protein Dps and its role in acid and oxidative stress resistance in Escherichia coli: a review

LN Calhoun, YM Kwon - Journal of applied microbiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Dps, the DNA‐binding protein from starved cells, is capable of providing protection to cells
during exposure to severe environmental assaults; including oxidative stress and nutritional …

Microbial models and salt stress tolerance in plants

R Serrano, R Gaxiola - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
Improving salt tolerance in crop plants remains an urgent issue in plant molecular biology.
The adaptation of plants to NaCl involves metabolic reactions (synthesis of organic solutes) …

Promoters responsive to DNA bending: a common theme in prokaryotic gene expression

J Pérez-Martín, F Rojo, V De Lorenzo - Microbiological reviews, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
The early notion of DNA as a passive target for regulatory proteins has given way to the
realization that higher-order DNA structures and DNA-protein complexes are at the basis of …