Bidirectional promoters in Escherichia coli: regulatory rules and implications for gene expression...

Abstract. In prokaryotes, bidirectional promoters are pseudo-symmetrical DNA sequences that stimulate divergent transcription. Ubiquitous, and far more lik

The bacterial RNA polymerase-associated CarD protein couples promoter activity to DNA supercoiling

Nature Communications - The transcription factor CarD facilitates the activation of transcription in many bacteria and in Rhodobacter sphaeroides, CarD compensates for suboptimal promoter DNA...

Activation of bacterial transcription by distortion of promoter base pairing

Abstract. Bacterial RNA polymerase binds and unwinds promoter DNA to initiate transcription. The process is often inefficient and can be stimulated by acti

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H-NS is a bacterial transposon capture protein

Nature Communications - H-NS is a DNA-binding protein that silences transcription of horizontally acquired genes in bacteria. Here, Cooper et al. show that, in addition, H-NS acts as a transposon...