▪ Abstract The phytopathogenic bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens genetically transforms
plants by transferring a portion of the resident Ti-plasmid, the T-DNA, to the plant …

Diverse interactions between hosts and microbes are initiated by the detection of host-
released chemical signals. Detection of these signals leads to altered patterns of gene …

ABSTRACT A total of 137 soilborne and plant-associated bacterial strains belonging to
different Pseudomonas species were tested for their ability to synthesize N-acyl-homoserine …

The pathogenesis of Brucella is related to the ability to multiply intracellularly, an event
controlled by the two-component system BvrR/BvrS (TCS BvrRS) and the type IV secretion …

The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to grow in macrophages is central to its
pathogenicity. We found previously that the widespread 210 strain of M. tuberculosis grew …

Redox is a unique, programmable modality capable of bridging communication between
biology and electronics. Previous studies have shown that the E. coli redox-responsive …

For this study, we screened 1,152 signature-tagged mutagenesis mutants of Brucella
melitensis 16M in a mouse model of infection and found 36 of them to be attenuated in vivo …

Background: Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been successfully harnessed as the only
natural vector for the incorporation of foreign genes into higher plants, but its use in the grain …

Beta-proteobacteria belonging to the genus Acidovorax have been described from various
environments. Many strains can interact with a range of hosts, including humans and plants …

Infection of Escherichia coli by the T7 phage leads to rapid and selective inhibition of the
bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) by the 7 kDa T7 protein Gp2. We describe the …