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Specificity of Signal-Binding via Non-AHL LuxR-Type Receptors by Brameyer, Sophie, Heermann, Ralf

“…Quorum sensing is a typical communication system among Gram-negative bacteria used to control group-coordinated behavior via small diffusible molecules…”
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A Sensory Complex Consisting of an ATP-binding Cassette Transporter and a Two-component Regulatory System Controls Bacitracin Resistance in Bacillus subtilis by Dintner, Sebastian, Heermann, Ralf, Fang, Chong, Jung, Kirsten, Gebhard, Susanne

“…Resistance against antimicrobial peptides in many Firmicutes bacteria is mediated by detoxification systems that are composed of a two-component regulatory…”
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Disulfide HMGB1 derived from platelets coordinates venous thrombosis in mice by Stark, Konstantin, Philippi, Vanessa, Stockhausen, Sven, Busse, Johanna, Antonelli, Antonella, Miller, Meike, Schubert, Irene, Hoseinpour, Parandis, Chandraratne, Sue, von Brühl, Marie-Luise, Gaertner, Florian, Lorenz, Michael, Agresti, Alessandra, Coletti, Raffaele, Antoine, Daniel J., Heermann, Ralf, Jung, Kirsten, Reese, Sven, Laitinen, Iina, Schwaiger, Markus, Walch, Axel, Sperandio, Markus, Nawroth, Peter P., Reinhardt, Christoph, Jäckel, Sven, Bianchi, Marco E., Massberg, Steffen

“…Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases, but its pathophysiology remains incompletely understood. Although sterile…”
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A signaling complex of adenylate cyclase CyaC of Sinorhizobium meliloti with cAMP and the transcriptional regulators Clr and CycR by Klein, Robin, Brehm, Jannis, Wissig, Juliane, Heermann, Ralf, Unden, Gottfried

“…Abstract Background Adenylate cyclases (ACs) generate the second messenger cyclic AMP (cAMP), which is found in all domains of life and is involved in the…”
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Dialkylresorcinols as bacterial signaling molecules by Brameyer, Sophie, Kresovic, Darko, Bode, Helge B., Heermann, Ralf

“…It is well recognized that bacteria communicate via small diffusible molecules, a process termed quorum sensing. The best understood quorum sensing systems are…”
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Two novel XRE-like transcriptional regulators control phenotypic heterogeneity in Photorhabdus luminescens cell populations by Eckstein, Simone, Brehm, Jannis, Seidel, Michael, Lechtenfeld, Mats, Heermann, Ralf

“…The insect pathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens exists in two phenotypically different forms, designated as primary (1°) and secondary (2°) cells…”
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The great potential of entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus for mosquito control: a review by da Silva, Wellington Junior, Pilz-Júnior, Harry Luiz, Heermann, Ralf, da Silva, Onilda Santos

“…The control of insects of medical importance, such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are still the only effective way to prevent the transmission of…”
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High-throughput synthesis of CeO2 nanoparticles for transparent nanocomposites repelling Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Sarif, Massih, Jegel, Olga, Gazanis, Athanasios, Hartmann, Jens, Plana-Ruiz, Sergi, Hilgert, Jan, Frerichs, Hajo, Viel, Melanie, Panthöfer, Martin, Kolb, Ute, Tahir, Muhammad Nawaz, Schemberg, Jörg, Kappl, Michael, Heermann, Ralf, Tremel, Wolfgang

“…Preventing bacteria from adhering to material surfaces is an important technical problem and a major cause of infection. One of nature’s defense strategies…”
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A novel tool for stable genomic reporter gene integration to analyze heterogeneity in Photorhabdus luminescens at the single-cell level by Glaeser, Angela, Heermann, Ralf

“…Determination of reporter gene activity at the single-cell level is a prerequisite for analyzing heterogeneous gene expression in bacteria. The insect…”
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Characterization of the pleiotropic LysR-type transcription regulator LeuO of Escherichia coli by Fragel, Susann M, Montada, Anna, Heermann, Ralf, Baumann, Ulrich, Schacherl, Magdalena, Schnetz, Karin

“…Abstract LeuO is a pleiotropic LysR-type transcriptional regulator (LTTR) and co-regulator of the abundant nucleoid-associated repressor protein H-NS in…”
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A Dual-Sensing Receptor Confers Robust Cellular Homeostasis by Schramke, Hannah, Tostevin, Filipe, Heermann, Ralf, Gerland, Ulrich, Jung, Kirsten

“…Cells have evolved diverse mechanisms that maintain intracellular homeostasis in fluctuating environments. In bacteria, control is often exerted by…”
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Phenotypic and genomic comparison of Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii TT01 and a widely used rifampicin-resistant Photorhabdus luminescens laboratory strain by Zamora-Lagos, Maria-Antonia, Eckstein, Simone, Langer, Angela, Gazanis, Athanasios, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Habermann, Bianca, Heermann, Ralf

“…Photorhabdus luminescens is an enteric bacterium, which lives in mutualistic association with soil nematodes and is highly pathogenic for a broad spectrum of…”
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Purification, Reconstitution, and Characterization of the CpxRAP Envelope Stress System of Escherichia coli by Fleischer, Rebecca, Heermann, Ralf, Jung, Kirsten, Hunke, Sabine

“…In Escherichia coli the Cpx sensor regulator system senses different kinds of envelope stress and responds by triggering the expression of periplasmic folding…”
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Hierarchic regulation of a metabolic pathway: H-NS, CRP, and SsrB control myo -inositol utilization by Salmonella enterica by Felsl, Angela, Brokatzky, Dominik, Kröger, Carsten, Heermann, Ralf, Fuchs, Thilo M

“…The capacity to utilize myo-inositol (MI) as sole carbon and energy source is widespread among bacteria, among them the intestinal pathogen . Typhimurium. This…”
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High-throughput sequencing analysis reveals genomic similarity in phenotypic heterogeneous Photorhabdus luminescens cell populations by Dominelli, Nazzareno, Jäger, Heidi Yoko, Langer, Angela, Brachmann, Andreas, Heermann, Ralf

“…Abstract Purpose Phenotypic heterogeneity occurs in many bacterial populations: single cells of the same species display different phenotypes, despite being…”
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Deciphering the Rules Underlying Xenogeneic Silencing and Counter-Silencing of Lsr2-like Proteins Using CgpS of Corynebacterium glutamicum as a Model by Wiechert, Johanna, Filipchyk, Andrei, Hünnefeld, Max, Gätgens, Cornelia, Brehm, Jannis, Heermann, Ralf, Frunzke, Julia

“…Lsr2-like nucleoid-associated proteins play an important role as xenogeneic silencers (XS) of horizontally acquired genomic regions in actinobacteria. In this…”
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Interaction Analysis of a Two-Component System Using Nanodiscs by Hörnschemeyer, Patrick, Liss, Viktoria, Heermann, Ralf, Jung, Kirsten, Hunke, Sabine

“…Two-component systems are the major means by which bacteria couple adaptation to environmental changes. All utilize a phosphorylation cascade from a histidine…”
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HexA is a versatile regulator involved in the control of phenotypic heterogeneity of Photorhabdus luminescens by Langer, Angela, Moldovan, Adriana, Harmath, Christian, Joyce, Susan A, Clarke, David J, Heermann, Ralf

“…Phenotypic heterogeneity in microbial communities enables genetically identical organisms to behave differently even under the same environmental conditions…”
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The Type VI secretion systems of the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens are involved in interbacterial competition, motility and secondary metabolism by Pisarz, Friederike, Glatter, Timo, Süss, Dhana-Theresa M., Heermann, Ralf, Regaiolo, Alice

“…The Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) is used as weapon by a variety of Gram-negative bacteria in polymicrobial niche competition. Its characterization and study…”
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Interkingdom Signaling of the Insect Pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens with Plants Via the LuxR solo SdiA by Dominelli, Nazzareno, Regaiolo, Alice, Willy, Leon, Heermann, Ralf

“…In bacteria, group-coordinated behavior such as biofilm formation or virulence are often mediated via cell-cell communication, a process referred to as quorum…”
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