Bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins, nucleoid structure and gene expression.
Emerging models of the bacterial nucleoid show that nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) and transcription contribute in combination to the dynamic nature of nucleoid structure. NAPs and other DNA-binding proteins that display gene-silencing and anti-silencing activities are emerging as key antagonistic regulators of nucleoid structure. Furthermore, it is becoming clear that the boundary between NAPs and conventional transcriptional regulators is quite blurred and that NAPs facilitate the evolution of novel gene regulatory circuits. Here, NAP biology is considered from the standpoints of both gene regulation and nucleoid structure.
Department of Microbiology, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Shane C
SC
Dillon
Charles J
CJ
Dorman
D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial