The Rrf2 family transcription factor NsrR controls expression of genes in a wide range of
bacteria in response to nitric oxide (NO). The precise form of the NO-sensing module of NsrR is …

Bacteria play an important role in rock weathering and yet their diversity and potential activity
in the terrestrial rock weathering environment is poorly understood. Culture and culture-…

MtrAB is a highly conserved two-component system implicated in the regulation of cell division
in the Actinobacteria. It coordinates DNA replication with cell division in the unicellular …

Streptomyces bacteria make numerous secondary metabolites, including half of all known
antibiotics. Production is coordinated with their complex life cycles but the regulators that …

Streptomyces bacteria make numerous secondary metabolites, including half of all 25 known
antibiotics. Understanding the global regulation of secondary metabolism is important 26 …

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Streptomyces species are important producers of bioactive compounds such as antibiotics,
antitumor and immunosuppressant drugs. Around two-thirds of all known natural antibiotics …

Whether fishes are sentient beings remains an unresolved and controversial question. Among
characteristics thought to reflect a low level of sentience in fishes is an inability to show …

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