A protease and a lipoprotein jointly modulate the conserved ExoR-ExoS-ChvI signaling pathway critical in Sinorhizobium meliloti for symbiosis with legume hosts

The Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis: Co-opting Successful Stress Management

(2022) Justin P. Hawkins et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The essential Rhodobacter sphaeroides CenKR two-component system regulates cell division and envelope biosynthesis

(2022) Bryan D. Lakey et al.   PLoS Genetics

Transcription Regulation of Cell Cycle Regulatory Genes Mediated by NtrX to Affect Sinorhizobium meliloti Cell Division

(2022) Shenghui Xing et al.   Genes

A haem-sequestering plant peptide promotes iron uptake in symbiotic bacteria

(2022) Siva Sankari et al.   Nature Microbiology

The two-component regulatory system CenK–CenR regulates expression of a previously uncharacterized protein required for salinity and oxidative stress tolerance in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2022) Eukene O. Bensig et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The two-component system ChvGI maintains cell envelope homeostasis in Caulobacter crescentus

(2022) Alex Quintero-Yanes et al.   PLoS Genetics

Activation of ChvG-ChvI regulon by cell wall stress confers resistance to β-lactam antibiotics and initiates surface spreading in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2022) Michelle A. Williams et al.   PLoS Genetics

How rhizobia adapt to the nodule environment

(2021) Raphael Ledermann et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The two-component system ActJK is involved in acid stress tolerance and symbiosis in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2021) Francisco J. Albicoro et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

A LysR‐type transcriptional regulator controls the expression of numerous small RNAs in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2021) Jessica Eisfeld et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Sinorhizobium meliloti LsrB regulon

(2021) Fang An et al.   ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA

Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 genes that improve symbiosis between Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 and Medicago truncatula Jemalong A17 and in other symbiotic systems

(2021) Prithwi Ghosh et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The ChvG-ChvI and NtrY-NtrX Two-Component Systems Coordinately Regulate Growth of Caulobacter crescentus

(2021) Benjamin J. Stein et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Sinorhizobium meliloti and Agrobacterium tumefaciens ExoR ortholog is not crucial for Brucella abortus virulence

(2021) Amanda Castillo-Zeledón et al.   PLoS One

High-throughput suppressor screen demonstrates that RcsF monitors outer membrane integrity and not Bam complex function

(2021) Muralidhar Tata et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A conserved rhizobial peptidase that interacts with host-derived symbiotic peptides

(2021) Alex B. Benedict et al.   Scientific Reports

Transposon sequencing analysis of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens 110spc4

(2021) Claudine Baraquet et al.   Scientific Reports

ExoS/ChvI Two-Component Signal-Transduction System Activated in the Absence of Bacterial Phosphatidylcholine

(2021) Otto Geiger et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane

(2021) Jiawei Sun et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

AlphaFold Protein Structure Database: massively expanding the structural coverage of protein-sequence space with high-accuracy models

(2021) Mihaly Varadi et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Database resources of the national center for biotechnology information

(2021) Eric W Sayers et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Fluidity of the Bacterial Outer Membrane Is Species Specific

(2020) Pengbo Cao et al.   BIOESSAYS

Co‐catabolism of arginine and succinate drives symbiotic nitrogen fixation

(2020) Carlos Eduardo Flores‐Tinoco et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

A central role for the transcriptional regulator VtlR in small RNA-mediated gene regulation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2020) James A. Budnick et al.   Scientific Reports

Envelope stress responses: balancing damage repair and toxicity

(2019) Angela M. Mitchell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A high-throughput system to identify inhibitors of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus transcription regulators

(2019) Melanie J. Barnett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Maintaining Integrity Under Stress: Envelope Stress Response Regulation of Pathogenesis in Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2019) Claire L. Hews et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Sinorhizobium meliloti succinylated high molecular weight succinoglycan and the Medicago truncatula LysM receptor‐like kinase MtLYK10 participate independently in symbiotic infection

(2019) Fabienne Maillet et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation by rhizobia — the roots of a success story

(2018) Catherine Masson-Boivin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Brucella abortus Senses the Intracellular Environment through the BvrR/BvrS Two-Component System, Which Allows B. abortus To Adapt to Its Replicative Niche

(2018) Pamela Altamirano-Silva et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The LsrB protein is required for Agrobacterium tumefaciens interaction with host plants

(2018) Guirong Tang et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Rhizobia: from saprophytes to endosymbionts

(2018) Philip Poole et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Robustness encoded across essential and accessory replicons of the ecologically versatile bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2018) George C. diCenzo et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome-wide identification of genes directly regulated by ChvI and a consensus sequence for ChvI binding in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2018) Nicole R. Ratib et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Mutant phenotypes for thousands of bacterial genes of unknown function

(2018) Morgan N. Price et al.   NATURE

Novel Genes and Regulators That Influence Production of Cell Surface Exopolysaccharides in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2017) Melanie J. Barnett et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Appropriate Regulation of the σ E -Dependent Envelope Stress Response Is Necessary To Maintain Cell Envelope Integrity and Stationary-Phase Survival in Escherichia coli

(2017) Hervé Nicoloff et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The NtrY/NtrX System of Sinorhizobium meliloti GR4 Regulates Motility, EPS I Production, and Nitrogen Metabolism but Is Dispensable for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation

(2017) Nieves Calatrava-Morales et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Succinoglycan Production Contributes to Acidic pH Tolerance in Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021

(2017) Justin P. Hawkins et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

SnapShot: Signaling in Symbiosis

(2016) Sharon R. Long   CELL

Bacterial Stress Responses during Host Infection

(2016) Ferric C. Fang et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Cyclic mononucleotide- and Clr-dependent gene regulation in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2016) Elizaveta Krol et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Function of Succinoglycan Polysaccharide in Sinorhizobium meliloti Host Plant Invasion Depends on Succinylation, Not Molecular Weight

(2016) Hajeewaka C. Mendis et al.   mBio

A consolidated analysis of the physiologic and molecular responses induced under acid stress in the legume-symbiont model-soil bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2016) W. O. Draghi et al.   Scientific Reports

The Use of Transposon Insertion Sequencing to Interrogate the Core Functional Genome of the Legume Symbiont Rhizobium leguminosarum

(2016) Benjamin J. Perry et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Plant cysteine-rich peptides that inhibit pathogen growth and control rhizobial differentiation in legume nodules

(2015) Gergely Maróti et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

The Sinorhizobium meliloti SyrM Regulon: Effects on Global Gene Expression Are Mediated bysyrAandnodD3

(2015) Melanie J. Barnett et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genetic analysis of signal integration by the Sinorhizobium meliloti sensor kinase FeuQ

(2015) Ryan D. VanYperen et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A LysR-family transcriptional regulator required for virulence inBrucella abortusis highly conserved among the α-proteobacteria

(2015) Lauren M. Sheehan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenetic Co-Occurrence of ExoR, ExoS, and ChvI, Components of the RSI Bacterial Invasion Switch, Suggests a Key Adaptive Mechanism Regulating the Transition between Free-Living and Host-Invading Phases in Rhizobiales

(2015) Mary Ellen Heavner et al.   PLoS One

Loss of the nodule-specific cysteine rich peptide, NCR169, abolishes symbiotic nitrogen fixation in theMedicago truncatula dnf7mutant

(2015) Beatrix Horváth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An antimicrobial peptide essential for bacterial survival in the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

(2015) Minsoo Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Analysis of a taurine-dependent promoter in Sinorhizobium meliloti that offers tight modulation of gene expression

(2014) Mina Mostafavi et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Reciprocal Regulation of Resistance-Nodulation-Division Efflux Systems and the Cpx Two-Component System in Vibrio cholerae

(2014) Dawn L. Taylor et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Agrobacterium tumefaciens ExoR Controls Acid Response Genes and Impacts Exopolysaccharide Synthesis, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Virulence Gene Expression

(2014) B. C. Heckel et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Exopolysaccharide Production in Response to Medium Acidification Is Correlated With an Increase in Competition for Nodule Occupancy

(2014) Barney A. Geddes et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

TheSinorhizobium melilotiEmrR Regulator Is Required for Efficient Colonization ofMedicago sativaRoot Nodules

(2014) Mário R. Santos et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Medicago truncatula symbiotic peptide NCR247 contributes to bacteroid differentiation through multiple mechanisms

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

Host plant peptides elicit a transcriptional response to control theSinorhizobium meliloticell cycle during symbiosis

(2014) Jon Penterman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular modeling and computational analyses suggests that theSinorhizobium melilotiperiplasmic regulator protein ExoR adopts a superhelical fold and is controlled by a unique mechanism of proteolysis

(2014) Eliza M. Wiech et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

The Transcriptional Activator LdtR from ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Mediates Osmotic Stress Tolerance

(2014) Fernando A. Pagliai et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Nodule carbohydrate catabolism is enhanced in the Medicago truncatula A17-Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 symbiosis

(2014) Estíbaliz Larrainzar et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Sinorhizobium melilotintrXGene Is Involved in Succinoglycan Production, Motility, and Symbiotic Nodulation on Alfalfa

(2013) Dong Wang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Exopolysaccharides from Sinorhizobium meliloti Can Protect against H2O2-Dependent Damage

(2013) A. P. Lehman et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

BLAST: a more efficient report with usability improvements

(2013) Grzegorz M. Boratyn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Increased Production of the Exopolysaccharide Succinoglycan Enhances Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 Symbiosis with the Host Plant Medicago truncatula

(2012) K. M. Jones   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sinorhizobium meliloti ExoR Is the Target of Periplasmic Proteolysis

(2012) H.-Y. Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Dual RpoH Sigma Factors and Transcriptional Plasticity in a Symbiotic Bacterium

(2012) Melanie J. Barnett et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The conserved polarity factor PodJ1 impacts multiple cell envelope-associated functions in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2012) Alexander T. Fields et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Rhizobial Plasmids That Cause Impaired Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Enhanced Host Invasion

(2012) Matthew B. Crook et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Acid-Induced Type VI Secretion System Is Regulated by ExoR-ChvG/ChvI Signaling Cascade in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2012) Chih-Feng Wu et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Mutation of the Sensor Kinase chvG in Rhizobium leguminosarum Negatively Impacts Cellular Metabolism, Outer Membrane Stability, and Symbiosis

(2011) E. M. Vanderlinde et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Protection of Sinorhizobium against Host Cysteine-Rich Antimicrobial Peptides Is Critical for Symbiosis

(2011) Andreas F. Haag et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The role of sigma factor RpoH1 in the pH stress response of Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2010) Daniella K C de Lucena et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Absence of functional TolC protein causes increased stress response gene expression in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2010) Mario R Santos et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Lipoproteins of Bacterial Pathogens

(2010) A. Kovacs-Simon et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Molecular Analysis of Legume Nodule Development and Autoregulation

(2010) Brett J. Ferguson et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Autoregulation of Sinorhizobium meliloti exoR gene expression

(2010) H.-Y. Lu et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Sinorhizobium meliloti1021 Loss-of-Function Deletion Mutation inchvIand Its Phenotypic Characteristics

(2010) Chunxia Wang et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

A Nodule-Specific Protein Secretory Pathway Required for Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis

(2010) D. Wang et al.   SCIENCE

Plant Peptides Govern Terminal Differentiation of Bacteria in Symbiosis

(2010) W. Van de Velde et al.   SCIENCE

Complete genome sequence of the Medicago microsymbiont Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) medicae strain WSM419

(2010) Wayne Reeve et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

The time course of the transcriptomic response of Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 following a shift to acidic pH

(2009) Christoph Hellweg et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Direct Transcriptional Target Genes of ExoS/ChvI Two-Component Signaling in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2009) E. J. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Novel Genes emmABC Are Associated with Exopolysaccharide Production, Motility, Stress Adaptation, and Symbiosis in Sinorhizobium meliloti

(2009) J. Morris et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Null mutations inSinorhizobium meliloti exoSandchvIdemonstrate the importance of this two-component regulatory system for symbiosis

(2009) Louise Bélanger et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Determinants of a Symbiotic Chronic Infection

(2008) Katherine E. Gibson et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Broad-Host-Range Expression Vectors with Tightly Regulated Promoters and Their Use To Examine the Influence of TraR and TraM Expression on Ti Plasmid Quorum Sensing

(2008) S. R. Khan et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A portal for rhizobial genomes: RhizoGATE integrates a Sinorhizobium meliloti genome annotation update with postgenome data

(2008) Anke Becker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

The periplasmic regulator ExoR inhibits ExoS/ChvI two-component signalling inSinorhizobium meliloti

(2008) Esther J. Chen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

ASinorhizobium melilotiosmosensory two-component system required for cyclic glucan export and symbiosis

(2008) Joel S. Griffitts et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A symbiotic mutant of Sinorhizobium meliloti reveals a novel genetic pathway involving succinoglycan biosynthetic functions

(2008) Joel S. Griffitts et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Sinorhizobium melilotiRegulator MucR Couples Exopolysaccharide Synthesis and Motility

(2008) Christelle Bahlawane et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The model legumeMedicago truncatulaA17 is poorly matched for N2fixation with the sequenced microsymbiontSinorhizobium meliloti1021

(2008) Jason J. Terpolilli et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Global inputs of biological nitrogen fixation in agricultural systems

(2008) David F. Herridge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Differential response of the plant Medicago truncatula to its symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti or an exopolysaccharide-deficient mutant

(2008) K. M. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA