Success in incorporating horizontally transferred genes: the H-NS protein

• Autores: Mario Hüttener, Sònia Paytubi, Antonio Juárez
• Localización: Trends in microbiology, ISSN 0966-842X, Vol. 23, Nº. 2, 2015, págs. 67-69
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The nucleoid-associated protein H-NS silences unwanted expression of acquired foreign DNA. Ali and colleagues recently identified which horizontally-acquired genes are targeted by H-NS in Salmonella to avoid fitness loss. The reported data strengthen our view about the role of H-NS in bacterial evolution driven by horizontal gene transfer.