MicrobiologyPLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewed
An ancestral transmembrane transcription factor couples cell envelope regulation and the SOS response in Caulobacter crescentus
Kamilla Ankær Brejndal, Nikolaj Vestergaard Hansen, Koyel Ghosh…·Clare Louise Kirkpatrick
This paper identifies HigX as a membrane-associated transcription factor in Caulobacter crescentus that is induced by the SOS response but negatively affects cell viability, revealing its role in cell envelope regulation and the trade-off between DNA repair and cell envelope stability.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011986