Project description:Antitoxins are becoming recognized as proteins that regulate more than their own synthesis; for example, we found previously that antitoxin MqsA represses the gene encoding the stationary phase sigma factor RpoS. Here, we investigated the physiological role of antitoxin DinJ of the DinJ/YafQ toxin/antitoxin system and found DinJ also affects the general stress response by decreasing RpoS levels. Corroborating the reduced RpoS levels upon producing DinJ, catalase activity, cell adhesins, and cyclic diguanylate decreased while swimming increased. Using a transcriptome search and DNA-binding assays, we determined that the mechanism by which DinJ reduces RpoS is by repressing cspE which encodes cold-shock protein CspE that inhibits translation of rpoS mRNA. Hence, DinJ influences the general stress response indirectly by regulating cspE. strain: E.coli MG1655M-NM-^T6/pCA24N-dinJ vs MG1655M-NM-^T6/pCA24N treatment:erythromycin Medium:LB low salt Time:10 min Temp: 37M-BM-0C
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of E.coli O157:H7 cells comparing control untreated cells with PEG8000treated cells Two-condition experiment, Control vs. PEG8000. Biological replicates: 1 control, 1 treated.
Project description:Fifty five genes were induced or reduced (2.5-fold) by the absence of rodZ genes Among them, curli production-, cell division-, and biofilm-associated genes as well as phage-related genes were regulated by the RodZ, significantly Three-condition experiment, BW25113 WT/pCA24N vs. rodZ/pCA24N vs. rodZ/pCA24N-RodZ. For preparing the total RNA, each cells were grown at 37°C upto OD600=0.5 and then keep growing with 1 mM IPTG for additional 6 h
Project description:This Series involves two studies: 1) The gene expression of E. coli K-12 BW25113 ompA mutant strain vs. wild type strain glasswool biofilm cells and E. coli K-12 BW25113 ompA mutant vs. wild type polystyrene biofilm cells. 2) The gene expression of E. coli BW25113 ompA/pCA24N_ompA vs. ompA/pCA24N suspension cells.
