The nucleoid-associated protein Fis directly modulates the synthesis of cellulose, an essential component of pellicle-biofilms in the phytopathogenic bacteriumDickeya dadantii

Fis regulates the competitiveness of Pseudomonas putida on barley roots by inducing biofilm formation

(2012) J. Jakovleva et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The nucleoid-associated proteins H-NS and FIS modulate the DNA supercoiling response of the pel genes, the major virulence factors in the plant pathogen bacterium Dickeya dadantii

(2012) Zghidi-Abouzid Ouafa et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

BpsR Modulates Bordetella Biofilm Formation by Negatively Regulating the Expression of the Bps Polysaccharide

(2011) M. S. Conover et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genome Sequence of the Plant-Pathogenic Bacterium Dickeya dadantii 3937

(2011) J. D. Glasner et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Dickeya dadantii biofilm matrix consists of cellulose nanofibres, and is an emergent property dependent upon the type III secretion system and the cellulose synthesis operon

(2011) C. E. Jahn et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

DNA supercoiling is differentially regulated by environmental factors and FIS in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica

(2011) Andrew D. S. Cameron et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

lpxC and yafS are the Most Suitable Internal Controls to Normalize Real Time RT-qPCR Expression in the Phytopathogenic Bacteria Dickeya dadantii

(2011) Florence Hommais et al.   PLoS One

The shape of the DNA minor groove directs binding by the DNA-bending protein Fis

(2010) S. Stella et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Toward a Quantitative Modeling of the Synthesis of the Pectate Lyases, Essential Virulence Factors inDickeya dadantii

(2010) Wilfred D. Kepseu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Systematic targeted mutagenesis of the MarR/SlyA family members of Dickeya dadantii 3937 reveals a role for MfbR in the modulation of virulence gene expression in response to acidic pH

(2010) Sylvie Reverchon et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cellulose squeezes through

(2010) Anne Endler et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Synergistic role of curli and cellulose in cell adherence and biofilm formation of attaching and effacingEscherichia coliand identification of Fis as a negative regulator of curli

(2009) Zeus Saldaña et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build and Break Bacterial Biofilms

(2009) E. Karatan et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

BcsQ is an essential component of theEscherichia colicellulose biosynthesis apparatus that localizes at the bacterial cell pole

(2009) Benjamin Le Quéré et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The GacA global regulator is required for the appropriate expression of Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 pathogenicity genes during plant infection

(2008) Aurore Lebeau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

PecS Is a Global Regulator of the Symptomatic Phase in the Phytopathogenic Bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937

(2008) F. Hommais et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Cellulose modulates biofilm formation by counteracting curli-mediated colonization of solid surfaces in Escherichia coli

(2008) L. Gualdi et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Functional Characterization of the Escherichia coli Fis–DNA Binding Sequence

(2007) Yongping Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Roles for Fis and YafK in biofilm formation by enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

(2003) Jalaluddin Sheikh et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY