A. M. Stringer

Promoter selectivity of the RhlR quorum-sensing transcription factor receptor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is coordinated by distinct and overlapping dependencies on C4-homoserine lactone and PqsE

This study identifies three distinct modes of RhlR activation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by analyzing how C4-homoserine lactone and PqsE influence RhlR binding and transcription.

Genome-wide mapping of the Escherichia coli PhoB regulon reveals many transcriptionally inert, intragenic binding sites

This study maps the PhoB regulon in E. coli and finds that most binding sites are intragenic and not associated with transcription regulation or conservation.

Identification of novel translated small ORFs in Escherichia coli using complementary ribosome profiling approaches

The paper identifies 365 novel small ORFs in E. coli using ribosome profiling with antibiotics to stall ribosomes at start and stop codons, showing many encode unstable proteins not under purifying selection.

Transcription Termination and Antitermination of Bacterial CRISPR Arrays

The paper investigates how Rho-dependent transcription termination affects CRISPR array length and identifies an antitermination mechanism that enables full transcription of CRISPR arrays.

Regulatory crosstalk between motility and interbacterial communication in Salmonella Typhimurium

The paper shows that FliA in Salmonella Typhimurium transcribes non-coding RNAs and the sdiA gene, linking flagellar motility to interbacterial communication.

Characterization of Primed Adaptation in the Escherichia coli type I-E CRISPR-Cas System

This study demonstrates that primed adaptation in the E. coli type I-E CRISPR-Cas system is significantly more efficient than naive adaptation, with spacers acquired over large genomic distances.