It has recently become clear that ribosomes are much more heterogeneous than previously
thought, with diversity arising from rRNA sequence and modifications, ribosomal protein …

The alarming rise in hard-to-treat bacterial infections is of great concern to human health.
Thus, the identification of molecular mechanisms that enable the survival and growth of …

Persisters are a subpopulation of cells that have enhanced abilities to survive antibiotics and
other stressful conditions. Recently, it was found that when persisters were repeatedly …

Biochemical reactions that involve small numbers of molecules are accompanied by a
degree of inherent randomness that results in noisy reaction outcomes. In synthetic biology …

Microbial populations often contain persister cells, which reduce the extinction risk upon
sudden stresses. Persister cell formation is deeply intertwined with physiology. Due to this …

The MazF toxin sequence-specifically cleaves single-stranded RNA upon various stressful
conditions, and it is activated as a part of the mazEF toxin–antitoxin module in Escherichia …

Autoregulation is the direct modulation of gene expression by the product of the
corresponding gene. Autoregulation of bacterial gene expression has been mostly studied …

The ribosome is an essential organelle in charge of the translational processes in all kinds
of cells. Currently, the scenario of its function has been significantly expanded from the …

Bacteria have evolved a wide range of defense strategies to protect themselves against
bacterial viruses (phages). However, the known mechanisms almost exclusively target …

Bacterial toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems, which are diverse and widespread among
prokaryotes, are responsible for tolerance to drugs and environmental stresses. However …