The MqsR/MqsA toxin/antitoxin system protectsEscherichia coliduring bile acid stress

RalR (a DNase) and RalA (a small RNA) form a type I toxin–antitoxin system in Escherichia coli

(2014) Yunxue Guo et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Regulation of host weight gain and lipid metabolism by bacterial bile acid modification in the gut

(2014) S. A. Joyce et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Toxin-antitoxin systems are ubiquitous and versatile modulators of prokaryotic cell fate

(2013) Christopher F. Schuster et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Antitoxin MqsA Represses Curli Formation Through the Master Biofilm Regulator CsgD

(2013) Valerie W. C. Soo et al.   Scientific Reports

Comprehensive comparative-genomic analysis of Type 2 toxin-antitoxin systems and related mobile stress response systems in prokaryotes

(2012) Kira S Makarova et al.   Biology Direct

Type II toxin/antitoxin MqsR/MqsA controls type V toxin/antitoxin GhoT/GhoS

(2012) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bile stimulates cell surface hydrophobicity, Congo red binding and biofilm formation of Lactobacillus strains

(2012) Padma Ambalam et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

TheEscherichia coliToxin MqsR Destabilizes the Transcriptional Repression Complex Formed between the Antitoxin MqsA and themqsRAOperon Promoter

(2012) Breann L. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

YeeU enhances the bundling of cytoskeletal polymers of MreB and FtsZ, antagonizing the CbtA (YeeV) toxicity in Escherichia coli

(2012) Hisako Masuda et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Gene location and DNA density determine transcription factor distributions in Escherichia coli

(2012) Thomas E Kuhlman et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

A new type V toxin-antitoxin system where mRNA for toxin GhoT is cleaved by antitoxin GhoS

(2012) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Identification and classification of bacterial Type III toxin–antitoxin systems encoded in chromosomal and plasmid genomes

(2012) Tim R. Blower et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Additional role for the ccd operon of F-plasmid as a transmissible persistence factor

(2012) A. Tripathi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Adaptation and Preadaptation of Salmonella enterica to Bile

(2012) Sara B. Hernández et al.   PLoS Genetics

Toxin-Antitoxin Systems Influence Biofilm and Persister Cell Formation and the General Stress Response

(2011) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Antitoxin DinJ influences the general stress response through transcript stabilizer CspE

(2011) Ying Hu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Age of Inoculum Strongly Influences Persister Frequency and Can Mask Effects of Mutations Implicated in Altered Persistence

(2011) H. Luidalepp et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Antitoxin MqsA helps mediate the bacterial general stress response

(2011) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Bacterial persistence by RNA endonucleases

(2011) Etienne Maisonneuve et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell

(2010) Robert J. Nichols et al.   CELL

Escherichia coli toxin/antitoxin pair MqsR/MqsA regulate toxin CspD

(2010) Younghoon Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of theEscherichia coliAntitoxin MqsA (YgiT/b3021) Bound to Its Gene Promoter Reveals Extensive Domain Rearrangements and the Specificity of Transcriptional Regulation

(2010) Breann L. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

YeeV is an Escherichia coli toxin that inhibits cell division by targeting the cytoskeleton proteins, FtsZ and MreB

(2010) Qian Tan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Spatial organization of the flow of genetic information in bacteria

(2010) Paula Montero Llopis et al.   NATURE

Abundance of type I toxin–antitoxin systems in bacteria: searches for new candidates and discovery of novel families

(2010) Elizabeth M. Fozo et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Ciprofloxacin Causes Persister Formation by Inducing the TisB toxin in Escherichia coli

(2010) Tobias Dörr et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Toxins Hha and CspD and small RNA regulator Hfq are involved in persister cell formation through MqsR in Escherichia coli

(2009) Younghoon Kim et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

An SOS-Regulated Type 2 Toxin-Antitoxin System

(2009) L. A. Singletary et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Three new RelE-homologous mRNA interferases ofEscherichia colidifferentially induced by environmental stresses

(2009) Mikkel Christensen-Dalsgaard et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Exposure to bile influences biofilm formation by Listeria monocytogenes

(2009) Máire Begley et al.   Gut Pathogens

Escherichia coli MazF Leads to the Simultaneous Selective Synthesis of Both “Death Proteins” and “Survival Proteins”

(2009) Shahar Amitai et al.   PLoS Genetics

Three Dimensional Structure of the MqsR:MqsA Complex: A Novel TA Pair Comprised of a Toxin Homologous to RelE and an Antitoxin with Unique Properties

(2009) Breann L. Brown et al.   PLoS Pathogens

HicA of Escherichia coli Defines a Novel Family of Translation-Independent mRNA Interferases in Bacteria and Archaea

(2008) M. G. Jorgensen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Intestinal bile acid physiology and pathophysiology

(2008) Olga Martínez-Augustin et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY