Survey of the year 2007 commercial optical biosensor literature

RL Rich, DG Myszka - Journal of Molecular Recognition: An …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In 2007, 1179 papers were published that involved the application of optical biosensors.
Reported developments in instrument hardware, assay design, and immobilization …

The RelA/SpoT homolog (RSH) superfamily: distribution and functional evolution of ppGpp synthetases and hydrolases across the tree of life

GC Atkinson, T Tenson, V Hauryliuk - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
RelA/SpoT Homologue (RSH) proteins, named for their sequence similarity to the RelA and
SpoT enzymes of Escherichia coli, comprise a superfamily of enzymes that synthesize …

Tale of Twin Bifunctional Second Messenger (p) ppGpp Synthetases and Their Function in Mycobacteria

SK Sinha, N Rs, Y Devarakonda, A Rathi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
M. tuberculosis, an etiological agent of tuberculosis, requires a long treatment regimen due
to its ability to respond to stress and persist inside the host. The second messenger (p) …

The stringent factor RelA adopts an open conformation on the ribosome to stimulate ppGpp synthesis

S Arenz, M Abdelshahid, D Sohmen… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Under stress conditions, such as nutrient starvation, deacylated tRNAs bound within the
ribosomal A-site are recognized by the stringent factor RelA, which converts ATP and …

Synthetic (p) ppGpp analogue is an inhibitor of stringent response in mycobacteria

K Syal, K Flentie, N Bhardwaj, K Maiti… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria elicit an adaptive response against hostile conditions such as starvation and other
kinds of stresses. Their ability to survive such conditions depends, in part, on stringent …

An intramolecular cross-talk in D29 mycobacteriophage endolysin governs the lytic cycle and phage-host population dynamics

G Nair, V Jain - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
D29 mycobacteriophage encodes LysA endolysin, which mediates mycobacterial host cell
lysis by targeting its peptidoglycan layer, thus projecting itself as a potential therapeutic …

Insights into the virulence of oral biofilms: discoveries from proteomics

M Kuboniwa, GD Tribble, EL Hendrickson… - Expert review of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This review covers developments in the study of polymicrobial communities, biofilms and
selected areas of host response relevant to dental plaque and related areas of oral biology …

The stringent response and Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis

J Prusa, DX Zhu, CL Stallings - Pathogens and disease, 2018 - academic.oup.com
During infection, the host restrains Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) from proliferating by
imposing an arsenal of stresses. Despite this onslaught of attacks, Mtb is able to persist for …

RelZ-Mediated Stress Response in Mycobacterium smegmatis: pGpp Synthesis and Its Regulation

A Petchiappan, SY Naik, D Chatterji - Journal of bacteriology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Stringent response is a conserved stress response mechanism in which bacteria employ the
second messengers guanosine tetraphosphate and guanosine pentaphosphate [collectively …

Uncovering mechanisms of bistability in biological systems

JR Pomerening - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2008 - Elsevier
As the systems biology era progresses, theoreticians and experimentalists continue
uncovering the molecular mechanisms that underlie the regulation of complex cellular …