CcpA-dependent carbon catabolite repression in bacteria

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The distribution of CcpA-dependent CCR among bacteria is investigated by searching the public databases for homologues of HPr kinase and HPr-like proteins throughout the bacterial kingdom and by analyzing their properties. The relation of carbon catabolite repression (CCR) and Ntr components by clustering on the genome of members of the Proteobacteria and by the close phylogenetic relationship between XPr and NPr, the HPr-like protein in the Ntr system is suggested.

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The selective value of bacterial shape

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Bacteria adopt and maintain uniform shapes from among a large number of possible forms, and their cell shape is heritable, genetically malleable, adaptive, and represents a set of tools and capabilities with which bacteria cope with the world around them. The reasons that lie behind individual morphologies of bacteria are investigated to determine the mechanisms by which cells create and maintain these shapes.

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Listeria monocytogenes surface proteins: from genome predictions to function

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The different mechanisms by which listerial proteins are attached at the bacterial surface and their numerous functions like peptidoglycan metabolism, protein processing, adhesion to host cells, and invasion of host tissues is discussed.

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