The global regulator H-NS of Escherichia coli controls genes related to stress response, biofilm formation and virulence by recognizing curved DNA and by silencing acquired genes. Here, we rewired H-NS to control biofilm formation using protein engineering; H-NS variant K57N was obtained that reduces biofilm formation 10-fold compared with wild-type H-NS (wild-type H-NS increases biofilm format...

trontium hexaferrite (SrFe 12 O 19 ) nanosized powders were synthesized by sol-gel auto-combustion method with and without cetyltrimethylammonium boromide (CTAB) addition in the sol with Fe/Sr ratio of 11 (using additional Sr). The resultant powders were investigated by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESE...

The roles of toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems in bacteria have been debated. Here, the role of five TA systems in regard to biofilm development was investigated (listed as toxin/antitoxin: MazF/MazE, RelE/RelB, ChpB, YoeB/YefM, and YafQ/DinJ). Although these multiple TA systems were reported previously to not impact bacterial fitness, we found that deletion of the five TA systems decreased biofilm ...

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Treatment of 7-chloro-1-phenylpyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4]thiadiazines with hydrazine in boiling ethanol gave corresponding7-hydrazinyl derivatives. Diazotization of the latter compounds acheived a mixture of 5H-tetrazolo[1',5':1,2]pyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4]thiadiazine and 9H-tetrazolo[5',1':2,3]pyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4]thiadiazines. Ratio of these two group of products d...

Treatment of 7-chloro-1-phenylpyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4]thiadiazines with hydrazine in boiling ethanol gave corresponding7-hydrazinyl derivatives. Diazotization of the latter compounds acheived a mixture of 5H-tetrazolo[1',5':1,2]pyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4]thiadiazine and 9H-tetrazolo[5',1':2,3]pyrimido[4,5-e][1,3,4]thiadiazines. Ratio of these two group of products d...