--- OA_place: publisher OA_type: hybrid _id: '19857' abstract: - lang: eng text: Bacteria have evolved a wide range of defence strategies to protect themselves against bacterial viruses (phages). Most known bacterial antiphage defence systems target phages with DNA genomes, which raises the question of how bacteria defend against phages with RNA genomes. Bacterial toxin–antitoxin systems that cleave intracellular RNA could potentially protect bacteria against RNA phages, but this has not been explored experimentally. In this study, we investigated the role of a model toxin–antitoxin system, MazEF, in protecting Escherichia coli against two RNA phage species. When challenged with these phages, the native presence of mazEF moderately reduced population susceptibility and increased the survival of individual E. coli cells. Genomic analysis further revealed an underrepresentation of the MazF cleavage site in genomes of RNA phages infecting E. coli, indicating selection against cleavage. These results show that, in addition to other physiological roles, RNA-degrading toxin–antitoxin systems may also help defend against RNA phages. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc acknowledgement: This work was supported by ISTFELLOW (People Program – Marie Curie Actions of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program FP7 under REA grant agreement 291734), the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) Elise Richter Program project number V 738 and the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Award (WT105618MA), to N.N. M.P. was a Simons Foundation Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation. We are grateful to Kathrin Tomasek, Lisa Butt, Chris Estell, Alys Jepson, Franklin Nobrega, Stefano Pagliara, Remy Chait, Steve West, Vicki Gold, Josh Eaton, Ivana Gudelj and Rob Beardmore for useful discussions and technical support, as well as to Robin Wright, Christian Fitch and Ben Temperton for sharing equipment. We thank Laurence Van Melderen for sharing the strains. We acknowledge the IST Austria Lab Support Facility, LSI Technical Services Team at the University of Exeter and the Translational Research Exchange @ Exeter (TREE) network. N.N. is grateful to Fabrice Gielen for his support. article_number: '20250080' article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Nela full_name: Nikolic, Nela id: 42D9CABC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Nikolic orcid: 0000-0001-9068-6090 - first_name: Maros full_name: Pleska, Maros id: 4569785E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pleska orcid: 0000-0001-7460-7479 - first_name: Tobias full_name: Bergmiller, Tobias id: 2C471CFA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bergmiller orcid: 0000-0001-5396-4346 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Nikolic N, Pleska M, Bergmiller T, Guet CC. A bacterial toxin-antitoxin system as a native defence element against RNA phages. Biology Letters. 2025;21(6). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0080 apa: Nikolic, N., Pleska, M., Bergmiller, T., & Guet, C. C. (2025). A bacterial toxin-antitoxin system as a native defence element against RNA phages. Biology Letters. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0080 chicago: Nikolic, Nela, Maros Pleska, Tobias Bergmiller, and Calin C Guet. “A Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin System as a Native Defence Element against RNA Phages.” Biology Letters. The Royal Society, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0080. ieee: N. Nikolic, M. Pleska, T. Bergmiller, and C. C. Guet, “A bacterial toxin-antitoxin system as a native defence element against RNA phages,” Biology Letters, vol. 21, no. 6. The Royal Society, 2025. ista: Nikolic N, Pleska M, Bergmiller T, Guet CC. 2025. A bacterial toxin-antitoxin system as a native defence element against RNA phages. Biology Letters. 21(6), 20250080. mla: Nikolic, Nela, et al. “A Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin System as a Native Defence Element against RNA Phages.” Biology Letters, vol. 21, no. 6, 20250080, The Royal Society, 2025, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0080. short: N. Nikolic, M. Pleska, T. Bergmiller, C.C. Guet, Biology Letters 21 (2025). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2025-06-22T22:02:06Z date_published: 2025-06-11T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-09-30T13:38:08Z day: '11' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0080 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '001505019800001' pmid: - '40494395' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 016f644ed068f8609ded306ad26dbd3f content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2025-06-23T11:34:39Z date_updated: 2025-06-23T11:34:39Z file_id: '19873' file_name: 2025_BiologyLetters_Nikolic.pdf file_size: 1850797 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2025-06-23T11:34:39Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 21' isi: 1 issue: '6' language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme - _id: 26956E74-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: V00738 name: Bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems as antiphage defense mechanisms publication: Biology Letters publication_identifier: eissn: - 1744-957X issn: - 1744-9561 publication_status: published publisher: The Royal Society quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: A bacterial toxin-antitoxin system as a native defence element against RNA phages tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345 volume: 21 year: '2025' ... --- OA_place: publisher OA_type: hybrid _id: '18936' abstract: - lang: eng text: A major obstacle to predictive understanding of evolution stems from the complexity of biological systems, which prevents detailed characterization of key evolutionary properties. Here, we highlight some of the major sources of complexity that arise when relating molecular mechanisms to their evolutionary consequences and ask whether accounting for every mechanistic detail is important to accurately predict evolutionary outcomes. To do this, we developed a mechanistic model of a bacterial promoter regulated by 2 proteins, allowing us to connect any promoter genotype to 6 phenotypes that capture the dynamics of gene expression following an environmental switch. Accounting for the mechanisms that govern how this system works enabled us to provide an in-depth picture of how regulated bacterial promoters might evolve. More importantly, we used the model to explore which factors that contribute to the complexity of this system are essential for understanding its evolution, and which can be simplified without information loss. We found that several key evolutionary properties—the distribution of phenotypic and fitness effects of mutations, the evolutionary trajectories during selection for regulation—can be accurately captured without accounting for all, or even most, parameters of the system. Our findings point to the need for a mechanistic approach to studying evolution, as it enables tackling biological complexity and in doing so improves the ability to predict evolutionary outcomes. acknowledgement: "The authors thank Nick Barton, Stepan Denisov, Claudia Igler, Srdjan Sarikas, Anna Staron, and the anonymous reviewers for useful comments and discussions that helped improve our work.\r\nFunding for this work was provided by the Wellcome Trust–Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (216779/Z/19/Z) and the Royal Society Research Grant (RG\\R2\\232522) to M.L." article_number: iyae191 article_processing_charge: Yes (in subscription journal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Rok full_name: Grah, Rok id: 483E70DE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Grah orcid: 0000-0003-2539-3560 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 - first_name: Mato full_name: Lagator, Mato id: 345D25EC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lagator citation: ama: 'Grah R, Guet CC, Tkačik G, Lagator M. Linking molecular mechanisms to their evolutionary consequences: a primer. Genetics. 2025;229(2). doi:10.1093/genetics/iyae191' apa: 'Grah, R., Guet, C. C., Tkačik, G., & Lagator, M. (2025). Linking molecular mechanisms to their evolutionary consequences: a primer. Genetics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyae191' chicago: 'Grah, Rok, Calin C Guet, Gašper Tkačik, and Mato Lagator. “Linking Molecular Mechanisms to Their Evolutionary Consequences: A Primer.” Genetics. Oxford University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyae191.' ieee: 'R. Grah, C. C. Guet, G. Tkačik, and M. Lagator, “Linking molecular mechanisms to their evolutionary consequences: a primer,” Genetics, vol. 229, no. 2. Oxford University Press, 2025.' ista: 'Grah R, Guet CC, Tkačik G, Lagator M. 2025. Linking molecular mechanisms to their evolutionary consequences: a primer. Genetics. 229(2), iyae191.' mla: 'Grah, Rok, et al. “Linking Molecular Mechanisms to Their Evolutionary Consequences: A Primer.” Genetics, vol. 229, no. 2, iyae191, Oxford University Press, 2025, doi:10.1093/genetics/iyae191.' short: R. Grah, C.C. Guet, G. Tkačik, M. Lagator, Genetics 229 (2025). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2025-01-29T08:21:35Z date_published: 2025-02-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-05-19T14:08:02Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae191 external_id: isi: - '001379194200001' pmid: - '39601269' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: f730e416795969449ef49d97b82ac494 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2025-04-16T09:41:04Z date_updated: 2025-04-16T09:41:04Z file_id: '19580' file_name: 2025_Genetics_Grah.pdf file_size: 1511688 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2025-04-16T09:41:04Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 229' isi: 1 issue: '2' language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: Genetics publication_identifier: eissn: - 1943-2631 publication_status: published publisher: Oxford University Press quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: 'Linking molecular mechanisms to their evolutionary consequences: a primer' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 229 year: '2025' ... --- OA_place: publisher OA_type: hybrid _id: '19626' abstract: - lang: eng text: Active regulation of gene expression, orchestrated by complex interactions of activators and repressors at promoters, controls the fate of organisms. In contrast, basal expression at uninduced promoters is considered to be a dynamically inert mode of nonfunctional “promoter leakiness,” merely a byproduct of transcriptional regulation. Here, we investigate the basal expression mode of the mar operon, the main regulator of intrinsic multiple antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli, and link its dynamic properties to the noncanonical, yet highly conserved start codon of marR across Enterobacteriaceae. Real-time, single-cell measurements across tens of generations reveal that basal expression consists of rare stochastic gene expression pulses, which maximize variability in wildtype and, surprisingly, transiently accelerate cellular elongation rates. Competition experiments show that basal expression confers fitness advantages to wildtype across several transitions between exponential and stationary growth by shortening lag times. The dynamically rich basal expression of the mar operon has likely been evolutionarily maintained for its role in growth homeostasis of Enterobacteria within the gut environment, thereby allowing other ancillary gene regulatory roles to evolve, e.g., control of costly-to-induce multidrug efflux pumps. Understanding the complex selection forces governing genetic systems involved in intrinsic multidrug resistance is crucial for effective public health measures. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio acknowledgement: K.J. thanks B. Wu, I. Tomanek, K. Tomasek for detailed discussions on the manuscript, all other members from the Guet laboratory for valuable feedback, R. Chait, & Imaging and Optics Facility, Institute of Science and Technology Austria for helping with microscopy, Dr. Sudha Rao and Dr. Raja Mugasimangalam, Genotypic Technology India for allowing time off to address the revisions. K.J. acknowledges Institute of Science and Technology fellowship IC1006FELL02, R.H. was supported in part by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Donor Advised-Fund grant 2020-225401 (https://doi.org/10.37921/120055ratwvi), O.O.B. acknowledges Fonds Zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF) Grant ESP253-B, R.R. acknowledges FWF Grant 10.55776/ESP219, C.C.G. acknowledges FWF I5127-B. article_number: e2413709122 article_processing_charge: Yes (in subscription journal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Kirti full_name: Jain, Kirti id: 330F0278-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jain orcid: 0000-0002-3809-0449 - first_name: Robert full_name: Hauschild, Robert id: 4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hauschild orcid: 0000-0001-9843-3522 - first_name: Olga full_name: Bochkareva, Olga id: C4558D3C-6102-11E9-A62E-F418E6697425 last_name: Bochkareva orcid: 0000-0003-1006-6639 - first_name: Roderich full_name: Römhild, Roderich id: 68E56E44-62B0-11EA-B963-444F3DDC885E last_name: Römhild orcid: 0000-0001-9480-5261 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Jain K, Hauschild R, Bochkareva O, Römhild R, Tkačik G, Guet CC. Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2025;122(15). doi:10.1073/pnas.2413709122 apa: Jain, K., Hauschild, R., Bochkareva, O., Römhild, R., Tkačik, G., & Guet, C. C. (2025). Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2413709122 chicago: Jain, Kirti, Robert Hauschild, Olga Bochkareva, Roderich Römhild, Gašper Tkačik, and Calin C Guet. “Pulsatile Basal Gene Expression as a Fitness Determinant in Bacteria.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2413709122. ieee: K. Jain, R. Hauschild, O. Bochkareva, R. Römhild, G. Tkačik, and C. C. Guet, “Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 122, no. 15. National Academy of Sciences, 2025. ista: Jain K, Hauschild R, Bochkareva O, Römhild R, Tkačik G, Guet CC. 2025. Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(15), e2413709122. mla: Jain, Kirti, et al. “Pulsatile Basal Gene Expression as a Fitness Determinant in Bacteria.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 122, no. 15, e2413709122, National Academy of Sciences, 2025, doi:10.1073/pnas.2413709122. short: K. Jain, R. Hauschild, O. Bochkareva, R. Römhild, G. Tkačik, C.C. Guet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (2025). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2025-04-27T22:02:13Z date_published: 2025-04-15T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-28T13:35:46Z day: '15' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: Bio - _id: FyKo - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1073/pnas.2413709122 external_id: isi: - '001471235200001' pmid: - '40193613' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 115a687f40009660eb4b38b4f6559d41 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2025-06-24T07:27:43Z date_updated: 2025-06-24T07:27:43Z file_id: '19888' file_name: 2025_PNAS_Jain.pdf file_size: 2949523 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2025-06-24T07:27:43Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 122' isi: 1 issue: '15' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: c08e9ad1-5a5b-11eb-8a69-9d1cf3b07473 grant_number: CZI01 name: Tools for automation and feedback microscopy - _id: bd6f94d1-d553-11ed-ba76-ae9f07250f74 grant_number: E219 name: Non-canonical antibiotic interactions - _id: 34e076d6-11ca-11ed-8bc3-aec76c41a181 grant_number: I05127 name: Evolutionary analysis of gene regulation publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publication_identifier: eissn: - 1091-6490 issn: - 0027-8424 publication_status: published publisher: National Academy of Sciences quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on ISTA website relation: press_release url: https://ista.ac.at/en/news/clockwork-just-for-antibiotic-resistance/ record: - id: '19294' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd volume: 122 year: '2025' ... --- OA_place: repository OA_type: gold _id: '19294' abstract: - lang: eng text: Active regulation of gene expression, orchestrated by complex interactions of activators and repressors at promoters, controls the fate of organisms. In contrast, basal expression at uninduced promoters is considered to be a dynamically inert mode of non-functional “promoter leakiness”, merely a byproduct of transcriptional regulation. Here, we investigate the basal expression mode of the mar operon, the main regulator of intrinsic multiple antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli, and link its dynamic properties to the non-canonical, yet highly conserved start codon of marR across Enterobacteriaceae. Real-time, single-cell measurements across tens of generations reveal that basal expression consists of rare stochastic gene expression pulses, which maximize variability in wildtype and, surprisingly, transiently accelerate cellular elongation rates. Competition experiments show that basal expression confers fitness advantages to wildtype across several transitions between exponential and stationary growth by shortening lag times. The dynamically rich basal expression of the mar operon has likely been evolutionarily maintained for its role in growth homeostasis of Enterobacteria within the gut environment, thereby allowing other ancillary gene regulatory roles to evolve, e.g. control of costly-to-induce multi-drug efflux pumps. Understanding the complex selection forces governing genetic systems involved in intrinsic multi-drug resistance is crucial for effective public health measures. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Kirti full_name: Jain, Kirti id: 330F0278-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jain orcid: 0000-0002-3809-0449 - first_name: Robert full_name: Hauschild, Robert id: 4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hauschild orcid: 0000-0001-9843-3522 - first_name: Olga full_name: Bochkareva, Olga id: C4558D3C-6102-11E9-A62E-F418E6697425 last_name: Bochkareva orcid: 0000-0003-1006-6639 - first_name: Roderich full_name: Römhild, Roderich id: 68E56E44-62B0-11EA-B963-444F3DDC885E last_name: Römhild orcid: 0000-0001-9480-5261 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Jain K, Hauschild R, Bochkareva O, Römhild R, Tkačik G, Guet CC. Data for “Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria.” 2025. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:19294 apa: Jain, K., Hauschild, R., Bochkareva, O., Römhild, R., Tkačik, G., & Guet, C. C. (2025). Data for “Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:19294 chicago: Jain, Kirti, Robert Hauschild, Olga Bochkareva, Roderich Römhild, Gašper Tkačik, and Calin C Guet. “Data for ‘Pulsatile Basal Gene Expression as a Fitness Determinant in Bacteria.’” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:19294. ieee: K. Jain, R. Hauschild, O. Bochkareva, R. Römhild, G. Tkačik, and C. C. Guet, “Data for ‘Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria.’” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. ista: Jain K, Hauschild R, Bochkareva O, Römhild R, Tkačik G, Guet CC. 2025. Data for ‘Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria’, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 10.15479/AT:ISTA:19294. mla: Jain, Kirti, et al. Data for “Pulsatile Basal Gene Expression as a Fitness Determinant in Bacteria.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:19294. short: K. Jain, R. Hauschild, O. Bochkareva, R. Römhild, G. Tkačik, C.C. Guet, (2025). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2025-03-04T13:27:21Z date_published: 2025-03-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-28T13:35:45Z day: '04' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: Bio - _id: FyKo - _id: GaTk doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:19294 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 11a5bab307a4e1e1598a1577d8a2fbb5 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet creator: dernst date_created: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z date_updated: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z file_id: '19295' file_name: Data1.xlsx file_size: 269054 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: open_access checksum: 3b057894322639f0c1e11fb2e84173e6 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet creator: dernst date_created: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z date_updated: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z file_id: '19296' file_name: Data2.xlsx file_size: 87143 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: open_access checksum: a551e1b79a138bb97ab96979aa475b3c content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet creator: dernst date_created: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z date_updated: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z file_id: '19297' file_name: Data3.xlsx file_size: 129101 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: open_access checksum: d6909c9bf111f859058082b1a2f970c4 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet creator: dernst date_created: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z date_updated: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z file_id: '19298' file_name: Data4.xlsx file_size: 86243 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: open_access checksum: e5725a3a118a3f06846104906c8792c7 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet creator: dernst date_created: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z date_updated: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z file_id: '19299' file_name: Data5.xlsx file_size: 26049 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: open_access checksum: 16763c127049f14bd587dc885677dce1 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet creator: dernst date_created: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z date_updated: 2025-03-04T13:08:52Z file_id: '19300' file_name: RawData_2_3.xlsx file_size: 7327253 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: open_access checksum: 2f3e1a368b4e3abc46bf37e02724f0f4 content_type: text/plain creator: dernst date_created: 2025-03-05T07:39:38Z date_updated: 2025-03-05T07:39:38Z file_id: '19301' file_name: Readme.txt file_size: 606 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2025-03-05T07:39:38Z has_accepted_license: '1' month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '19626' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: Data for "Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria" tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: research_data user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2025' ... --- _id: '12478' abstract: - lang: eng text: In Gram negative bacteria, the multiple antibiotic resistance or mar operon, is known to control the expression of multi-drug efflux genes that protect bacteria from a wide range of drugs. As many different chemical compounds can induce this operon, identifying the parameters that govern the dynamics of its induction is crucial to better characterize the processes of tolerance and resistance. Most experiments have assumed that the properties of the mar transcriptional network can be inferred from population measurements. However, measurements from an asynchronous population of cells can mask underlying phenotypic variations of single cells. We monitored the activity of the mar promoter in single Escherichia coli cells in linear micro-colonies and established that the response to a steady level of inducer was most heterogeneous within individual colonies for an intermediate value of inducer. Specifically, sub-lineages defined by contiguous daughter-cells exhibited similar promoter activity, whereas activity was greatly variable between different sub-lineages. Specific sub-trees of uniform promoter activity persisted over several generations. Statistical analyses of the lineages suggest that the presence of these sub-trees is the signature of an inducible memory of the promoter state that is transmitted from mother to daughter cells. This single-cell study reveals that the degree of epigenetic inheritance changes as a function of inducer concentration, suggesting that phenotypic inheritance may be an inducible phenotype. acknowledgement: This work was supported by NIH P50 award P50GM081892-02 to the University of Chicago, a catalyst grant from the Chicago Biomedical Consortium with support from The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust to PC, and a Yen Fellowship to CCG. MA was partially supported by PAPIIT-UNAM grant IN-11322. article_number: '1049255' article_processing_charge: Yes article_type: original author: - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: L full_name: Bruneaux, L last_name: Bruneaux - first_name: P full_name: Oikonomou, P last_name: Oikonomou - first_name: M full_name: Aldana, M last_name: Aldana - first_name: P full_name: Cluzel, P last_name: Cluzel citation: ama: Guet CC, Bruneaux L, Oikonomou P, Aldana M, Cluzel P. Monitoring lineages of growing and dividing bacteria reveals an inducible memory of mar operon expression. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023;14. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1049255 apa: Guet, C. C., Bruneaux, L., Oikonomou, P., Aldana, M., & Cluzel, P. (2023). Monitoring lineages of growing and dividing bacteria reveals an inducible memory of mar operon expression. Frontiers in Microbiology. Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1049255 chicago: Guet, Calin C, L Bruneaux, P Oikonomou, M Aldana, and P Cluzel. “Monitoring Lineages of Growing and Dividing Bacteria Reveals an Inducible Memory of Mar Operon Expression.” Frontiers in Microbiology. Frontiers, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1049255. ieee: C. C. Guet, L. Bruneaux, P. Oikonomou, M. Aldana, and P. Cluzel, “Monitoring lineages of growing and dividing bacteria reveals an inducible memory of mar operon expression,” Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 14. Frontiers, 2023. ista: Guet CC, Bruneaux L, Oikonomou P, Aldana M, Cluzel P. 2023. Monitoring lineages of growing and dividing bacteria reveals an inducible memory of mar operon expression. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 1049255. mla: Guet, Calin C., et al. “Monitoring Lineages of Growing and Dividing Bacteria Reveals an Inducible Memory of Mar Operon Expression.” Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 14, 1049255, Frontiers, 2023, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1049255. short: C.C. Guet, L. Bruneaux, P. Oikonomou, M. Aldana, P. Cluzel, Frontiers in Microbiology 14 (2023). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-02-02T08:13:28Z date_published: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-10-09T21:03:59Z day: '20' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1049255 external_id: isi: - '001030002600001' pmid: - '37485524' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 7dd322347512afaa5daf72a0154f2f07 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-07-31T07:16:34Z date_updated: 2023-07-31T07:16:34Z file_id: '13322' file_name: 2023_FrontiersMicrobiology_Guet.pdf file_size: 6452841 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-07-31T07:16:34Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 14' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: Frontiers in Microbiology publication_identifier: eissn: - 1664-302X publication_status: published publisher: Frontiers quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Monitoring lineages of growing and dividing bacteria reveals an inducible memory of mar operon expression tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 14 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '11843' abstract: - lang: eng text: A key attribute of persistent or recurring bacterial infections is the ability of the pathogen to evade the host’s immune response. Many Enterobacteriaceae express type 1 pili, a pre-adapted virulence trait, to invade host epithelial cells and establish persistent infections. However, the molecular mechanisms and strategies by which bacteria actively circumvent the immune response of the host remain poorly understood. Here, we identified CD14, the major co-receptor for lipopolysaccharide detection, on mouse dendritic cells (DCs) as a binding partner of FimH, the protein located at the tip of the type 1 pilus of Escherichia coli. The FimH amino acids involved in CD14 binding are highly conserved across pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains. Binding of the pathogenic strain CFT073 to CD14 reduced DC migration by overactivation of integrins and blunted expression of co-stimulatory molecules by overactivating the NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T-cells) pathway, both rate-limiting factors of T cell activation. This response was binary at the single-cell level, but averaged in larger populations exposed to both piliated and non-piliated pathogens, presumably via the exchange of immunomodulatory cytokines. While defining an active molecular mechanism of immune evasion by pathogens, the interaction between FimH and CD14 represents a potential target to interfere with persistent and recurrent infections, such as urinary tract infections or Crohn’s disease. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl - _id: EM-Fac acknowledgement: We thank Ulrich Dobrindt for providing UPEC strains CFT073, UTI89, and 536, Frank Assen, Vlad Gavra, Maximilian Götz, Bor Kavčič, Jonna Alanko, and Eva Kiermaier for help with experiments and Robert Hauschild, Julian Stopp, and Saren Tasciyan for help with data analysis. We thank the IST Austria Scientific Service Units, especially the Bioimaging facility, the Preclinical facility and the Electron microscopy facility for technical support, Jakob Wallner and all members of the Guet and Sixt lab for fruitful discussions and Daria Siekhaus for critically reading the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FEMtech 868984) to IG, the European Research Council (CoG 724373), and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF P29911) to MS. article_number: e78995 article_processing_charge: Yes article_type: original author: - first_name: Kathrin full_name: Tomasek, Kathrin id: 3AEC8556-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tomasek orcid: 0000-0003-3768-877X - first_name: Alexander F full_name: Leithner, Alexander F id: 3B1B77E4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Leithner orcid: 0000-0002-1073-744X - first_name: Ivana full_name: Glatzová, Ivana id: 727b3c7d-4939-11ec-89b3-b9b0750ab74d last_name: Glatzová - first_name: Michael S. full_name: Lukesch, Michael S. last_name: Lukesch - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179 citation: ama: Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14. eLife. 2022;11. doi:10.7554/eLife.78995 apa: Tomasek, K., Leithner, A. F., Glatzová, I., Lukesch, M. S., Guet, C. C., & Sixt, M. K. (2022). Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78995 chicago: Tomasek, Kathrin, Alexander F Leithner, Ivana Glatzová, Michael S. Lukesch, Calin C Guet, and Michael K Sixt. “Type 1 Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response by Binding to CD14.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78995. ieee: K. Tomasek, A. F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M. S. Lukesch, C. C. Guet, and M. K. Sixt, “Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14,” eLife, vol. 11. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022. ista: Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. 2022. Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14. eLife. 11, e78995. mla: Tomasek, Kathrin, et al. “Type 1 Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response by Binding to CD14.” ELife, vol. 11, e78995, eLife Sciences Publications, 2022, doi:10.7554/eLife.78995. short: K. Tomasek, A.F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M.S. Lukesch, C.C. Guet, M.K. Sixt, ELife 11 (2022). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2022-08-14T22:01:46Z date_published: 2022-07-26T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-04-15T07:17:32Z day: '26' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: MiSi - _id: CaGu doi: 10.7554/eLife.78995 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000838410200001' pmid: - '35881547' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 002a3c7c7ea5caa9af9cfbea308f6ea4 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-08-16T08:57:37Z date_updated: 2022-08-16T08:57:37Z file_id: '11861' file_name: 2022_eLife_Tomasek.pdf file_size: 2057577 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-08-16T08:57:37Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 11' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 25FE9508-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '724373' name: Cellular Navigation Along Spatial Gradients - _id: 26018E70-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P29911 name: Mechanical adaptation of lamellipodial actin publication: eLife publication_identifier: eissn: - 2050-084X publication_status: published publisher: eLife Sciences Publications quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '10316' relation: earlier_version status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14 tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 11 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12333' abstract: - lang: eng text: Together, copy-number and point mutations form the basis for most evolutionary novelty, through the process of gene duplication and divergence. While a plethora of genomic data reveals the long-term fate of diverging coding sequences and their cis-regulatory elements, little is known about the early dynamics around the duplication event itself. In microorganisms, selection for increased gene expression often drives the expansion of gene copy-number mutations, which serves as a crude adaptation, prior to divergence through refining point mutations. Using a simple synthetic genetic reporter system that can distinguish between copy-number and point mutations, we study their early and transient adaptive dynamics in real time in Escherichia coli. We find two qualitatively different routes of adaptation, depending on the level of functional improvement needed. In conditions of high gene expression demand, the two mutation types occur as a combination. However, under low gene expression demand, copy-number and point mutations are mutually exclusive; here, owing to their higher frequency, adaptation is dominated by copy-number mutations, in a process we term amplification hindrance. Ultimately, due to high reversal rates and pleiotropic cost, copy-number mutations may not only serve as a crude and transient adaptation, but also constrain sequence divergence over evolutionary time scales. acknowledgement: "We are grateful to N Barton, F Kondrashov, M Lagator, M Pleska, R Roemhild, D Siekhaus, and G\r\nTkacik for input on the manuscript and to K Tomasek for help with flow cytometry." article_number: e82240 article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Isabella full_name: Tomanek, Isabella id: 3981F020-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tomanek orcid: 0000-0001-6197-363X - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Tomanek I, Guet CC. Adaptation dynamics between copynumber and point mutations. eLife. 2022;11. doi:10.7554/ELIFE.82240 apa: Tomanek, I., & Guet, C. C. (2022). Adaptation dynamics between copynumber and point mutations. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/ELIFE.82240 chicago: Tomanek, Isabella, and Calin C Guet. “Adaptation Dynamics between Copynumber and Point Mutations.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022. https://doi.org/10.7554/ELIFE.82240. ieee: I. Tomanek and C. C. Guet, “Adaptation dynamics between copynumber and point mutations,” eLife, vol. 11. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022. ista: Tomanek I, Guet CC. 2022. Adaptation dynamics between copynumber and point mutations. eLife. 11, e82240. mla: Tomanek, Isabella, and Calin C. Guet. “Adaptation Dynamics between Copynumber and Point Mutations.” ELife, vol. 11, e82240, eLife Sciences Publications, 2022, doi:10.7554/ELIFE.82240. short: I. Tomanek, C.C. Guet, ELife 11 (2022). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-01-22T23:00:55Z date_published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-03-06T14:03:50Z day: '22' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu doi: 10.7554/ELIFE.82240 external_id: isi: - '000912674700001' pmid: - '36546673' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 9321fd5f06ff59d5e2d33daee84b3da1 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-01-23T08:56:21Z date_updated: 2023-01-23T08:56:21Z file_id: '12338' file_name: 2022_eLife_Tomanek.pdf file_size: 8835954 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-01-23T08:56:21Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 11' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: eLife publication_identifier: eissn: - 2050-084X publication_status: published publisher: eLife Sciences Publications quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - relation: software url: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6974122 record: - id: '12339' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Adaptation dynamics between copynumber and point mutations tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 11 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12339' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Copy-number and point mutations form the basis for most evolutionary novelty through the process of gene duplication and divergence. While a plethora of genomic sequence data reveals the long-term fate of diverging coding sequences and their cis-regulatory elements, little is known about the early dynamics around the duplication event itself. In microorganisms, selection for increased gene expression often drives the expansion of gene copy-number mutations, which serves as a crude adaptation, prior to divergence through refining point mutations. Using a simple synthetic genetic system that allows us to distinguish copy-number and point mutations, we study their early and transient adaptive dynamics in real-time in Escherichia coli. We find two qualitatively different routes of adaptation depending on the level of functional improvement selected for: In conditions of high gene expression demand, the two types of mutations occur as a combination. Under low gene expression demand, negative epistasis between the two types of mutations renders them mutually exclusive. Thus, owing to their higher frequency, adaptation is dominated by copy-number mutations. Ultimately, due to high rates of reversal and pleiotropic cost, copy-number mutations may not only serve as a crude and transient adaptation but also constrain sequence divergence over evolutionary time scales.' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Isabella full_name: Tomanek, Isabella id: 3981F020-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tomanek orcid: 0000-0001-6197-363X - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Tomanek I, Guet CC. Flow cytometry YFP and CFP data and deep sequencing data of populations evolving in galactose. 2022. doi:10.5061/dryad.rfj6q57ds apa: Tomanek, I., & Guet, C. C. (2022). Flow cytometry YFP and CFP data and deep sequencing data of populations evolving in galactose. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rfj6q57ds chicago: Tomanek, Isabella, and Calin C Guet. “Flow Cytometry YFP and CFP Data and Deep Sequencing Data of Populations Evolving in Galactose.” Dryad, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rfj6q57ds. ieee: I. Tomanek and C. C. Guet, “Flow cytometry YFP and CFP data and deep sequencing data of populations evolving in galactose.” Dryad, 2022. ista: Tomanek I, Guet CC. 2022. Flow cytometry YFP and CFP data and deep sequencing data of populations evolving in galactose, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.rfj6q57ds. mla: Tomanek, Isabella, and Calin C. Guet. Flow Cytometry YFP and CFP Data and Deep Sequencing Data of Populations Evolving in Galactose. Dryad, 2022, doi:10.5061/dryad.rfj6q57ds. short: I. Tomanek, C.C. Guet, (2022). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2023-01-23T09:00:37Z date_published: 2022-12-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-03-06T14:03:50Z day: '23' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu doi: 10.5061/dryad.rfj6q57ds main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rfj6q57ds month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Dryad related_material: record: - id: '12333' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: Flow cytometry YFP and CFP data and deep sequencing data of populations evolving in galactose type: research_data_reference user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '10736' abstract: - lang: eng text: Predicting function from sequence is a central problem of biology. Currently, this is possible only locally in a narrow mutational neighborhood around a wildtype sequence rather than globally from any sequence. Using random mutant libraries, we developed a biophysical model that accounts for multiple features of σ70 binding bacterial promoters to predict constitutive gene expression levels from any sequence. We experimentally and theoretically estimated that 10–20% of random sequences lead to expression and ~80% of non-expressing sequences are one mutation away from a functional promoter. The potential for generating expression from random sequences is so pervasive that selection acts against σ70-RNA polymerase binding sites even within inter-genic, promoter-containing regions. This pervasiveness of σ70-binding sites implies that emergence of promoters is not the limiting step in gene regulatory evolution. Ultimately, the inclusion of novel features of promoter function into a mechanistic model enabled not only more accurate predictions of gene expression levels, but also identified that promoters evolve more rapidly than previously thought. acknowledgement: 'We thank Hande Acar, Nicholas H Barton, Rok Grah, Tiago Paixao, Maros Pleska, Anna Staron, and Murat Tugrul for insightful comments and input on the manuscript. This work was supported by: Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (grant number 216779/Z/19/Z) to ML; IPC Grant from IST Austria to ML and SS; European Research Council Funding Programme 7 (2007–2013, grant agreement number 648440) to JPB.' article_number: e64543 article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Mato full_name: Lagator, Mato id: 345D25EC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lagator - first_name: Srdjan full_name: Sarikas, Srdjan id: 35F0286E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sarikas - first_name: Magdalena full_name: Steinrück, Magdalena id: 2C023F40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Steinrück orcid: 0000-0003-1229-9719 - first_name: David full_name: Toledo-Aparicio, David last_name: Toledo-Aparicio - first_name: Jonathan P full_name: Bollback, Jonathan P id: 2C6FA9CC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bollback orcid: 0000-0002-4624-4612 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 citation: ama: Lagator M, Sarikas S, Steinrück M, et al. Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences. eLife. 2022;11. doi:10.7554/eLife.64543 apa: Lagator, M., Sarikas, S., Steinrück, M., Toledo-Aparicio, D., Bollback, J. P., Guet, C. C., & Tkačik, G. (2022). Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64543 chicago: Lagator, Mato, Srdjan Sarikas, Magdalena Steinrück, David Toledo-Aparicio, Jonathan P Bollback, Calin C Guet, and Gašper Tkačik. “Predicting Bacterial Promoter Function and Evolution from Random Sequences.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64543. ieee: M. Lagator et al., “Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences,” eLife, vol. 11. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022. ista: Lagator M, Sarikas S, Steinrück M, Toledo-Aparicio D, Bollback JP, Guet CC, Tkačik G. 2022. Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences. eLife. 11, e64543. mla: Lagator, Mato, et al. “Predicting Bacterial Promoter Function and Evolution from Random Sequences.” ELife, vol. 11, e64543, eLife Sciences Publications, 2022, doi:10.7554/eLife.64543. short: M. Lagator, S. Sarikas, M. Steinrück, D. Toledo-Aparicio, J.P. Bollback, C.C. Guet, G. Tkačik, ELife 11 (2022). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2022-02-06T23:01:32Z date_published: 2022-01-26T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-03-31T16:00:23Z day: '26' ddc: - '576' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk - _id: NiBa doi: 10.7554/eLife.64543 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000751104400001' pmid: - '35080492' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: decdcdf600ff51e9a9703b49ca114170 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-02-07T07:14:09Z date_updated: 2022-02-07T07:14:09Z file_id: '10739' file_name: 2022_ELife_Lagator.pdf file_size: 5604343 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-02-07T07:14:09Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 11' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 2578D616-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '648440' name: Selective Barriers to Horizontal Gene Transfer publication: eLife publication_identifier: eissn: - 2050-084X publication_status: published publisher: eLife Sciences Publications quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 11 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '9283' abstract: - lang: eng text: Gene expression levels are influenced by multiple coexisting molecular mechanisms. Some of these interactions such as those of transcription factors and promoters have been studied extensively. However, predicting phenotypes of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) remains a major challenge. Here, we use a well-defined synthetic GRN to study in Escherichia coli how network phenotypes depend on local genetic context, i.e. the genetic neighborhood of a transcription factor and its relative position. We show that one GRN with fixed topology can display not only quantitatively but also qualitatively different phenotypes, depending solely on the local genetic context of its components. Transcriptional read-through is the main molecular mechanism that places one transcriptional unit (TU) within two separate regulons without the need for complex regulatory sequences. We propose that relative order of individual TUs, with its potential for combinatorial complexity, plays an important role in shaping phenotypes of GRNs. acknowledgement: "We thank J Bollback, L Hurst, M Lagator, C Nizak, O Rivoire, M Savageau, G Tkacik, and B Vicozo\r\nfor helpful discussions; A Dolinar and A Greshnova for technical assistance; T Bollenbach for supplying the strain JW0336; C Rusnac, and members of the Guet lab for comments. The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement n˚\r\n628377 (ANS) and an Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant n˚ I 3901-B32 (CCG)." article_number: e65993 article_processing_charge: Yes article_type: original author: - first_name: Anna A full_name: Nagy-Staron, Anna A id: 3ABC5BA6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Nagy-Staron orcid: 0000-0002-1391-8377 - first_name: Kathrin full_name: Tomasek, Kathrin id: 3AEC8556-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tomasek orcid: 0000-0003-3768-877X - first_name: Caroline full_name: Caruso Carter, Caroline last_name: Caruso Carter - first_name: Elisabeth full_name: Sonnleitner, Elisabeth last_name: Sonnleitner - first_name: Bor full_name: Kavcic, Bor id: 350F91D2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kavcic orcid: 0000-0001-6041-254X - first_name: Tiago full_name: Paixão, Tiago last_name: Paixão - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Nagy-Staron AA, Tomasek K, Caruso Carter C, et al. Local genetic context shapes the function of a gene regulatory network. eLife. 2021;10. doi:10.7554/elife.65993 apa: Nagy-Staron, A. A., Tomasek, K., Caruso Carter, C., Sonnleitner, E., Kavcic, B., Paixão, T., & Guet, C. C. (2021). Local genetic context shapes the function of a gene regulatory network. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.65993 chicago: Nagy-Staron, Anna A, Kathrin Tomasek, Caroline Caruso Carter, Elisabeth Sonnleitner, Bor Kavcic, Tiago Paixão, and Calin C Guet. “Local Genetic Context Shapes the Function of a Gene Regulatory Network.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2021. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.65993. ieee: A. A. Nagy-Staron et al., “Local genetic context shapes the function of a gene regulatory network,” eLife, vol. 10. eLife Sciences Publications, 2021. ista: Nagy-Staron AA, Tomasek K, Caruso Carter C, Sonnleitner E, Kavcic B, Paixão T, Guet CC. 2021. Local genetic context shapes the function of a gene regulatory network. eLife. 10, e65993. mla: Nagy-Staron, Anna A., et al. “Local Genetic Context Shapes the Function of a Gene Regulatory Network.” ELife, vol. 10, e65993, eLife Sciences Publications, 2021, doi:10.7554/elife.65993. short: A.A. Nagy-Staron, K. Tomasek, C. Caruso Carter, E. Sonnleitner, B. Kavcic, T. Paixão, C.C. Guet, ELife 10 (2021). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2021-03-23T10:11:46Z date_published: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-06-12T06:36:17Z day: '08' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: GaTk - _id: CaGu doi: 10.7554/elife.65993 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000631050900001' pmid: - '33683203' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 3c2f44058c2dd45a5a1027f09d263f8e content_type: application/pdf creator: bkavcic date_created: 2021-03-23T10:12:58Z date_updated: 2021-03-23T10:12:58Z file_id: '9284' file_name: elife-65993-v2.pdf file_size: 1390469 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-03-23T10:12:58Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 10' isi: 1 keyword: - Genetics and Molecular Biology language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 2517526A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '628377' name: 'The Systems Biology of Transcriptional Read-Through in Bacteria: from Synthetic Networks to Genomic Studies' - _id: 268BFA92-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: I03901 name: Cybergenetic circuits to test composability of gene networks publication: eLife publication_identifier: issn: - 2050-084X publication_status: published publisher: eLife Sciences Publications quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '8951' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Local genetic context shapes the function of a gene regulatory network tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 10 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9647' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Gene expression is regulated by the set of transcription factors (TFs) that bind to the promoter. The ensuing regulating function is often represented as a combinational logic circuit, where output (gene expression) is determined by current input values (promoter bound TFs) only. However, the simultaneous arrival of TFs is a strong assumption, since transcription and translation of genes introduce intrinsic time delays and there is no global synchronisation among the arrival times of different molecular species at their targets. We present an experimentally implementable genetic circuit with two inputs and one output, which in the presence of small delays in input arrival, exhibits qualitatively distinct population-level phenotypes, over timescales that are longer than typical cell doubling times. From a dynamical systems point of view, these phenotypes represent long-lived transients: although they converge to the same value eventually, they do so after a very long time span. The key feature of this toy model genetic circuit is that, despite having only two inputs and one output, it is regulated by twenty-three distinct DNA-TF configurations, two of which are more stable than others (DNA looped states), one promoting and another blocking the expression of the output gene. Small delays in input arrival time result in a majority of cells in the population quickly reaching the stable state associated with the first input, while exiting of this stable state occurs at a slow timescale. In order to mechanistically model the behaviour of this genetic circuit, we used a rule-based modelling language, and implemented a grid-search to find parameter combinations giving rise to long-lived transients. Our analysis shows that in the absence of feedback, there exist path-dependent gene regulatory mechanisms based on the long timescale of transients. The behaviour of this toy model circuit suggests that gene regulatory networks can exploit event timing to create phenotypes, and it opens the possibility that they could use event timing to memorise events, without regulatory feedback. The model reveals the importance of (i) mechanistically modelling the transitions between the different DNA-TF states, and (ii) employing transient analysis thereof.' acknowledgement: 'Tatjana Petrov’s research was supported in part by SNSF Advanced Postdoctoral Mobility Fellowship grant number P300P2 161067, the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, and the DFG Centre of Excellence 2117 ‘Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour’ (ID: 422037984). Claudia Igler is the recipient of a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Thomas A. Henzinger’s research was supported in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under grant Z211-N23 (Wittgenstein Award).' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Tatjana full_name: Petrov, Tatjana last_name: Petrov - first_name: Claudia full_name: Igler, Claudia id: 46613666-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Igler - first_name: Ali full_name: Sezgin, Ali id: 4C7638DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sezgin - first_name: Thomas A full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Henzinger orcid: 0000-0002-2985-7724 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Petrov T, Igler C, Sezgin A, Henzinger TA, Guet CC. Long lived transients in gene regulation. Theoretical Computer Science. 2021;893:1-16. doi:10.1016/j.tcs.2021.05.023 apa: Petrov, T., Igler, C., Sezgin, A., Henzinger, T. A., & Guet, C. C. (2021). Long lived transients in gene regulation. Theoretical Computer Science. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2021.05.023 chicago: Petrov, Tatjana, Claudia Igler, Ali Sezgin, Thomas A Henzinger, and Calin C Guet. “Long Lived Transients in Gene Regulation.” Theoretical Computer Science. Elsevier, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2021.05.023. ieee: T. Petrov, C. Igler, A. Sezgin, T. A. Henzinger, and C. C. Guet, “Long lived transients in gene regulation,” Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 893. Elsevier, pp. 1–16, 2021. ista: Petrov T, Igler C, Sezgin A, Henzinger TA, Guet CC. 2021. Long lived transients in gene regulation. Theoretical Computer Science. 893, 1–16. mla: Petrov, Tatjana, et al. “Long Lived Transients in Gene Regulation.” Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 893, Elsevier, 2021, pp. 1–16, doi:10.1016/j.tcs.2021.05.023. short: T. Petrov, C. Igler, A. Sezgin, T.A. Henzinger, C.C. Guet, Theoretical Computer Science 893 (2021) 1–16. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2021-07-11T22:01:18Z date_published: 2021-06-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-04-15T06:25:56Z day: '04' ddc: - '004' department: - _id: ToHe - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1016/j.tcs.2021.05.023 external_id: isi: - '000710180500002' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: d3aef34cfb13e53bba4cf44d01680793 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2022-05-12T12:13:27Z date_updated: 2022-05-12T12:13:27Z file_id: '11364' file_name: 2021_TheoreticalComputerScience_Petrov.pdf file_size: 2566504 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-05-12T12:13:27Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 893' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 1-16 project: - _id: 25F42A32-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z211 name: Formal methods for the design and analysis of complex systems publication: Theoretical Computer Science publication_identifier: issn: - 0304-3975 publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Long lived transients in gene regulation tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 893 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9822' abstract: - lang: eng text: Attachment of adhesive molecules on cell culture surfaces to restrict cell adhesion to defined areas and shapes has been vital for the progress of in vitro research. In currently existing patterning methods, a combination of pattern properties such as stability, precision, specificity, high-throughput outcome, and spatiotemporal control is highly desirable but challenging to achieve. Here, we introduce a versatile and high-throughput covalent photoimmobilization technique, comprising a light-dose-dependent patterning step and a subsequent functionalization of the pattern via click chemistry. This two-step process is feasible on arbitrary surfaces and allows for generation of sustainable patterns and gradients. The method is validated in different biological systems by patterning adhesive ligands on cell-repellent surfaces, thereby constraining the growth and migration of cells to the designated areas. We then implement a sequential photopatterning approach by adding a second switchable patterning step, allowing for spatiotemporal control over two distinct surface patterns. As a proof of concept, we reconstruct the dynamics of the tip/stalk cell switch during angiogenesis. Our results show that the spatiotemporal control provided by our “sequential photopatterning” system is essential for mimicking dynamic biological processes and that our innovative approach has great potential for further applications in cell science. acknowledgement: We would like to thank Charlott Leu for the production of our chromium wafers, Louise Ritter for her contribution of the IF stainings in Figure 4, Shokoufeh Teymouri for her help with the Bioinert coated slides, and finally Prof. Dr. Joachim Rädler for his valuable scientific guidance. article_processing_charge: Yes (in subscription journal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Themistoklis full_name: Zisis, Themistoklis last_name: Zisis - first_name: Jan full_name: Schwarz, Jan id: 346C1EC6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schwarz - first_name: Miriam full_name: Balles, Miriam last_name: Balles - first_name: Maibritt full_name: Kretschmer, Maibritt last_name: Kretschmer - first_name: Maria full_name: Nemethova, Maria id: 34E27F1C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Nemethova - first_name: Remy P full_name: Chait, Remy P id: 3464AE84-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Chait orcid: 0000-0003-0876-3187 - first_name: Robert full_name: Hauschild, Robert id: 4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hauschild orcid: 0000-0001-9843-3522 - first_name: Janina full_name: Lange, Janina last_name: Lange - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X - first_name: Stefan full_name: Zahler, Stefan last_name: Zahler citation: ama: Zisis T, Schwarz J, Balles M, et al. Sequential and switchable patterning for studying cellular processes under spatiotemporal control. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2021;13(30):35545–35560. doi:10.1021/acsami.1c09850 apa: Zisis, T., Schwarz, J., Balles, M., Kretschmer, M., Nemethova, M., Chait, R. P., … Zahler, S. (2021). Sequential and switchable patterning for studying cellular processes under spatiotemporal control. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c09850 chicago: Zisis, Themistoklis, Jan Schwarz, Miriam Balles, Maibritt Kretschmer, Maria Nemethova, Remy P Chait, Robert Hauschild, et al. “Sequential and Switchable Patterning for Studying Cellular Processes under Spatiotemporal Control.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. American Chemical Society, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c09850. ieee: T. Zisis et al., “Sequential and switchable patterning for studying cellular processes under spatiotemporal control,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 13, no. 30. American Chemical Society, pp. 35545–35560, 2021. ista: Zisis T, Schwarz J, Balles M, Kretschmer M, Nemethova M, Chait RP, Hauschild R, Lange J, Guet CC, Sixt MK, Zahler S. 2021. Sequential and switchable patterning for studying cellular processes under spatiotemporal control. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 13(30), 35545–35560. mla: Zisis, Themistoklis, et al. “Sequential and Switchable Patterning for Studying Cellular Processes under Spatiotemporal Control.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 13, no. 30, American Chemical Society, 2021, pp. 35545–35560, doi:10.1021/acsami.1c09850. short: T. Zisis, J. Schwarz, M. Balles, M. Kretschmer, M. Nemethova, R.P. Chait, R. Hauschild, J. Lange, C.C. Guet, M.K. Sixt, S. Zahler, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 (2021) 35545–35560. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2021-08-08T22:01:28Z date_published: 2021-08-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-07-10T12:02:02Z day: '04' ddc: - '620' - '570' department: - _id: MiSi - _id: GaTk - _id: Bio - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c09850 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000683741400026' pmid: - '34283577' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b043a91d9f9200e467b970b692687ed3 content_type: application/pdf creator: asandaue date_created: 2021-08-09T09:44:03Z date_updated: 2021-08-09T09:44:03Z file_id: '9833' file_name: 2021_ACSAppliedMaterialsAndInterfaces_Zisis.pdf file_size: 7123293 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-08-09T09:44:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 13' isi: 1 issue: '30' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 35545–35560 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 25FE9508-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '724373' name: Cellular Navigation Along Spatial Gradients publication: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces publication_identifier: eissn: - 1944-8252 issn: - 1944-8244 publication_status: published publisher: American Chemical Society quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Sequential and switchable patterning for studying cellular processes under spatiotemporal control tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 13 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10316' abstract: - lang: eng text: A key attribute of persistent or recurring bacterial infections is the ability of the pathogen to evade the host’s immune response. Many Enterobacteriaceae express type 1 pili, a pre-adapted virulence trait, to invade host epithelial cells and establish persistent infections. However, the molecular mechanisms and strategies by which bacteria actively circumvent the immune response of the host remain poorly understood. Here, we identified CD14, the major co-receptor for lipopolysaccharide detection, on dendritic cells as a previously undescribed binding partner of FimH, the protein located at the tip of the type 1 pilus of Escherichia coli. The FimH amino acids involved in CD14 binding are highly conserved across pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains. Binding of pathogenic bacteria to CD14 lead to reduced dendritic cell migration and blunted expression of co-stimulatory molecules, both rate-limiting factors of T cell activation. While defining an active molecular mechanism of immune evasion by pathogens, the interaction between FimH and CD14 represents a potential target to interfere with persistent and recurrent infections, such as urinary tract infections or Crohn’s disease. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: PreCl - _id: EM-Fac acknowledgement: We thank Ulrich Dobrindt for providing UPEC strain CFT073, Vlad Gavra and Maximilian Götz, Bor Kavčič, Jonna Alanko and Eva Kiermaier for help with experiments and Robert Hauschild, Julian Stopp and Saren Tasciyan for help with data analysis. We thank the IST Austria Scientific Service Units, especially the Bioimaging facility, the Preclinical facility and the Electron microscopy facility for technical support, Jakob Wallner and all members of the Guet and Sixt lab for fruitful discussions and Daria Siekhaus for critically reading the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FEMtech 868984) to I.G., the European Research Council (CoG 724373) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF P29911) to M.S. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Kathrin full_name: Tomasek, Kathrin id: 3AEC8556-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tomasek orcid: 0000-0003-3768-877X - first_name: Alexander F full_name: Leithner, Alexander F id: 3B1B77E4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Leithner orcid: 0000-0002-1073-744X - first_name: Ivana full_name: Glatzová, Ivana id: 727b3c7d-4939-11ec-89b3-b9b0750ab74d last_name: Glatzová - first_name: Michael S. full_name: Lukesch, Michael S. last_name: Lukesch - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-4561-241X citation: ama: Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2021.10.18.464770 apa: Tomasek, K., Leithner, A. F., Glatzová, I., Lukesch, M. S., Guet, C. C., & Sixt, M. K. (n.d.). Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14. bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.18.464770 chicago: Tomasek, Kathrin, Alexander F Leithner, Ivana Glatzová, Michael S. Lukesch, Calin C Guet, and Michael K Sixt. “Type 1 Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response by Binding to CD14.” BioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.18.464770. ieee: K. Tomasek, A. F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M. S. Lukesch, C. C. Guet, and M. K. Sixt, “Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14,” bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. ista: Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2021.10.18.464770. mla: Tomasek, Kathrin, et al. “Type 1 Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response by Binding to CD14.” BioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, doi:10.1101/2021.10.18.464770. short: K. Tomasek, A.F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M.S. Lukesch, C.C. Guet, M.K. Sixt, BioRxiv (n.d.). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2021-11-19T12:24:16Z date_published: 2021-10-18T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-05-04T22:30:43Z day: '18' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: MiSi doi: 10.1101/2021.10.18.464770 ec_funded: 1 language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.18.464770v1 month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint project: - _id: 25FE9508-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '724373' name: Cellular Navigation Along Spatial Gradients - _id: 26018E70-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P29911 name: Mechanical adaptation of lamellipodial actin publication: bioRxiv publication_status: draft publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory related_material: record: - id: '11843' relation: later_version status: public - id: '10307' relation: dissertation_contains status: public status: public title: Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14 type: preprint user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '7652' abstract: - lang: eng text: Organisms cope with change by taking advantage of transcriptional regulators. However, when faced with rare environments, the evolution of transcriptional regulators and their promoters may be too slow. Here, we investigate whether the intrinsic instability of gene duplication and amplification provides a generic alternative to canonical gene regulation. Using real-time monitoring of gene-copy-number mutations in Escherichia coli, we show that gene duplications and amplifications enable adaptation to fluctuating environments by rapidly generating copy-number and, therefore, expression-level polymorphisms. This amplification-mediated gene expression tuning (AMGET) occurs on timescales that are similar to canonical gene regulation and can respond to rapid environmental changes. Mathematical modelling shows that amplifications also tune gene expression in stochastic environments in which transcription-factor-based schemes are hard to evolve or maintain. The fleeting nature of gene amplifications gives rise to a generic population-level mechanism that relies on genetic heterogeneity to rapidly tune the expression of any gene, without leaving any genomic signature. acknowledgement: We thank L. Hurst, N. Barton, M. Pleska, M. Steinrück, B. Kavcic and A. Staron for input on the manuscript, and To. Bergmiller and R. Chait for help with microfluidics experiments. I.T. is a recipient the OMV fellowship. R.G. is a recipient of a DOC (Doctoral Fellowship Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Isabella full_name: Tomanek, Isabella id: 3981F020-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tomanek orcid: 0000-0001-6197-363X - first_name: Rok full_name: Grah, Rok id: 483E70DE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Grah orcid: 0000-0003-2539-3560 - first_name: M. full_name: Lagator, M. last_name: Lagator - first_name: A. M. C. full_name: Andersson, A. M. C. last_name: Andersson - first_name: Jonathan P full_name: Bollback, Jonathan P id: 2C6FA9CC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bollback orcid: 0000-0002-4624-4612 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Tomanek I, Grah R, Lagator M, et al. Gene amplification as a form of population-level gene expression regulation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2020;4(4):612-625. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1132-7 apa: Tomanek, I., Grah, R., Lagator, M., Andersson, A. M. C., Bollback, J. P., Tkačik, G., & Guet, C. C. (2020). Gene amplification as a form of population-level gene expression regulation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1132-7 chicago: Tomanek, Isabella, Rok Grah, M. Lagator, A. M. C. Andersson, Jonathan P Bollback, Gašper Tkačik, and Calin C Guet. “Gene Amplification as a Form of Population-Level Gene Expression Regulation.” Nature Ecology & Evolution. Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1132-7. ieee: I. Tomanek et al., “Gene amplification as a form of population-level gene expression regulation,” Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 4, no. 4. Springer Nature, pp. 612–625, 2020. ista: Tomanek I, Grah R, Lagator M, Andersson AMC, Bollback JP, Tkačik G, Guet CC. 2020. Gene amplification as a form of population-level gene expression regulation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(4), 612–625. mla: Tomanek, Isabella, et al. “Gene Amplification as a Form of Population-Level Gene Expression Regulation.” Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 4, no. 4, Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 612–25, doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1132-7. short: I. Tomanek, R. Grah, M. Lagator, A.M.C. Andersson, J.P. Bollback, G. Tkačik, C.C. Guet, Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 (2020) 612–625. date_created: 2020-04-08T15:20:53Z date_published: 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-05-04T22:30:50Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: GaTk - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1132-7 external_id: isi: - '000519008300005' pmid: - '32152532' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: ef3bbf42023e30b2c24a6278025d2040 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-10-09T09:56:01Z date_updated: 2020-10-09T09:56:01Z file_id: '8640' file_name: 2020_NatureEcolEvo_Tomanek.pdf file_size: 745242 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2020-10-09T09:56:01Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 4' isi: 1 issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 612-625 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 267C84F4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Biophysically realistic genotype-phenotype maps for regulatory networks publication: Nature Ecology & Evolution publication_identifier: issn: - 2397-334X publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on IST Homepage relation: press_release url: https://ist.ac.at/en/news/how-to-thrive-without-gene-regulation/ record: - id: '7016' relation: research_data status: public - id: '7383' relation: research_data status: public - id: '8155' relation: dissertation_contains status: public - id: '8653' relation: used_in_publication status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Gene amplification as a form of population-level gene expression regulation type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 4 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '9786' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Jakob full_name: Ruess, Jakob id: 4A245D00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Ruess orcid: 0000-0003-1615-3282 - first_name: Maros full_name: Pleska, Maros id: 4569785E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pleska orcid: 0000-0001-7460-7479 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 citation: ama: Ruess J, Pleska M, Guet CC, Tkačik G. Supporting text and results. 2019. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.s001 apa: Ruess, J., Pleska, M., Guet, C. C., & Tkačik, G. (2019). Supporting text and results. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.s001 chicago: Ruess, Jakob, Maros Pleska, Calin C Guet, and Gašper Tkačik. “Supporting Text and Results.” Public Library of Science, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.s001. ieee: J. Ruess, M. Pleska, C. C. Guet, and G. Tkačik, “Supporting text and results.” Public Library of Science, 2019. ista: Ruess J, Pleska M, Guet CC, Tkačik G. 2019. Supporting text and results, Public Library of Science, 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.s001. mla: Ruess, Jakob, et al. Supporting Text and Results. Public Library of Science, 2019, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.s001. short: J. Ruess, M. Pleska, C.C. Guet, G. Tkačik, (2019). date_created: 2021-08-06T08:23:43Z date_published: 2019-07-02T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-04-15T07:33:55Z day: '02' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168.s001 month: '07' oa_version: Published Version publisher: Public Library of Science related_material: record: - id: '6784' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: Supporting text and results type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2019' ... --- _id: '6784' abstract: - lang: eng text: Mathematical models have been used successfully at diverse scales of biological organization, ranging from ecology and population dynamics to stochastic reaction events occurring between individual molecules in single cells. Generally, many biological processes unfold across multiple scales, with mutations being the best studied example of how stochasticity at the molecular scale can influence outcomes at the population scale. In many other contexts, however, an analogous link between micro- and macro-scale remains elusive, primarily due to the challenges involved in setting up and analyzing multi-scale models. Here, we employ such a model to investigate how stochasticity propagates from individual biochemical reaction events in the bacterial innate immune system to the ecology of bacteria and bacterial viruses. We show analytically how the dynamics of bacterial populations are shaped by the activities of immunity-conferring enzymes in single cells and how the ecological consequences imply optimal bacterial defense strategies against viruses. Our results suggest that bacterial populations in the presence of viruses can either optimize their initial growth rate or their population size, with the first strategy favoring simple immunity featuring a single restriction modification system and the second strategy favoring complex bacterial innate immunity featuring several simultaneously active restriction modification systems. article_number: e1007168 article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Jakob full_name: Ruess, Jakob id: 4A245D00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Ruess orcid: 0000-0003-1615-3282 - first_name: Maros full_name: Pleska, Maros id: 4569785E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pleska orcid: 0000-0001-7460-7479 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 citation: ama: Ruess J, Pleska M, Guet CC, Tkačik G. Molecular noise of innate immunity shapes bacteria-phage ecologies. PLoS Computational Biology. 2019;15(7). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168 apa: Ruess, J., Pleska, M., Guet, C. C., & Tkačik, G. (2019). Molecular noise of innate immunity shapes bacteria-phage ecologies. PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168 chicago: Ruess, Jakob, Maros Pleska, Calin C Guet, and Gašper Tkačik. “Molecular Noise of Innate Immunity Shapes Bacteria-Phage Ecologies.” PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library of Science, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168. ieee: J. Ruess, M. Pleska, C. C. Guet, and G. Tkačik, “Molecular noise of innate immunity shapes bacteria-phage ecologies,” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 15, no. 7. Public Library of Science, 2019. ista: Ruess J, Pleska M, Guet CC, Tkačik G. 2019. Molecular noise of innate immunity shapes bacteria-phage ecologies. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(7), e1007168. mla: Ruess, Jakob, et al. “Molecular Noise of Innate Immunity Shapes Bacteria-Phage Ecologies.” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 15, no. 7, e1007168, Public Library of Science, 2019, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168. short: J. Ruess, M. Pleska, C.C. Guet, G. Tkačik, PLoS Computational Biology 15 (2019). date_created: 2019-08-11T21:59:19Z date_published: 2019-07-02T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-04-14T13:46:26Z day: '02' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007168 external_id: isi: - '000481577700032' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 7ded4721b41c2a0fc66a1c634540416a content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-08-12T12:27:26Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:40Z file_id: '6803' file_name: 2019_PlosComputBiology_Ruess.pdf file_size: 2200003 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:40Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 15' isi: 1 issue: '7' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 251D65D8-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24210' name: Effects of Stochasticity on the Function of Restriction-Modi cation Systems at the Single-Cell Level - _id: 251BCBEC-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: RGY0079/2011 name: Multi-Level Conflicts in Evolutionary Dynamics of Restriction-Modification Systems publication: PLoS Computational Biology publication_identifier: eissn: - 1553-7358 publication_status: published publisher: Public Library of Science quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '9786' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Molecular noise of innate immunity shapes bacteria-phage ecologies tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 15 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '7147' abstract: - lang: eng text: "The expression of a gene is characterised by its transcription factors and the function processing them. If the transcription factors are not affected by gene products, the regulating function is often represented as a combinational logic circuit, where the outputs (product) are determined by current input values (transcription factors) only, and are hence independent on their relative arrival times. However, the simultaneous arrival of transcription factors (TFs) in genetic circuits is a strong assumption, given that the processes of transcription and translation of a gene into a protein introduce intrinsic time delays and that there is no global synchronisation among the arrival times of different molecular species at molecular targets.\r\n\r\nIn this paper, we construct an experimentally implementable genetic circuit with two inputs and a single output, such that, in presence of small delays in input arrival, the circuit exhibits qualitatively distinct observable phenotypes. In particular, these phenotypes are long lived transients: they all converge to a single value, but so slowly, that they seem stable for an extended time period, longer than typical experiment duration. We used rule-based language to prototype our circuit, and we implemented a search for finding the parameter combinations raising the phenotypes of interest.\r\n\r\nThe behaviour of our prototype circuit has wide implications. First, it suggests that GRNs can exploit event timing to create phenotypes. Second, it opens the possibility that GRNs are using event timing to react to stimuli and memorise events, without explicit feedback in regulation. From the modelling perspective, our prototype circuit demonstrates the critical importance of analysing the transient dynamics at the promoter binding sites of the DNA, before applying rapid equilibrium assumptions." alternative_title: - LNCS article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Thomas A full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Henzinger orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724 - first_name: Claudia full_name: Igler, Claudia id: 46613666-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Igler orcid: 0000-0001-7777-546X - first_name: Tatjana full_name: Petrov, Tatjana id: 3D5811FC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Petrov orcid: 0000-0002-9041-0905 - first_name: Ali full_name: Sezgin, Ali id: 4C7638DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sezgin citation: ama: 'Guet CC, Henzinger TA, Igler C, Petrov T, Sezgin A. Transient memory in gene regulation. In: 17th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology. Vol 11773. Springer Nature; 2019:155-187. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31304-3_9' apa: 'Guet, C. C., Henzinger, T. A., Igler, C., Petrov, T., & Sezgin, A. (2019). Transient memory in gene regulation. In 17th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology (Vol. 11773, pp. 155–187). Trieste, Italy: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31304-3_9' chicago: Guet, Calin C, Thomas A Henzinger, Claudia Igler, Tatjana Petrov, and Ali Sezgin. “Transient Memory in Gene Regulation.” In 17th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology, 11773:155–87. Springer Nature, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31304-3_9. ieee: C. C. Guet, T. A. Henzinger, C. Igler, T. Petrov, and A. Sezgin, “Transient memory in gene regulation,” in 17th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology, Trieste, Italy, 2019, vol. 11773, pp. 155–187. ista: 'Guet CC, Henzinger TA, Igler C, Petrov T, Sezgin A. 2019. Transient memory in gene regulation. 17th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology. CMSB: Computational Methods in Systems Biology, LNCS, vol. 11773, 155–187.' mla: Guet, Calin C., et al. “Transient Memory in Gene Regulation.” 17th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology, vol. 11773, Springer Nature, 2019, pp. 155–87, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31304-3_9. short: C.C. Guet, T.A. Henzinger, C. Igler, T. Petrov, A. Sezgin, in:, 17th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology, Springer Nature, 2019, pp. 155–187. conference: end_date: 2019-09-20 location: Trieste, Italy name: 'CMSB: Computational Methods in Systems Biology' start_date: 2019-09-18 date_created: 2019-12-04T16:07:50Z date_published: 2019-09-17T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-16T10:26:49Z day: '17' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: ToHe doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-31304-3_9 external_id: isi: - '000557875100009' intvolume: ' 11773' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa_version: None page: 155-187 project: - _id: 25F42A32-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Z211 name: Formal methods for the design and analysis of complex systems - _id: 251EE76E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24573' name: Design principles underlying genetic switch architecture publication: 17th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology publication_identifier: eisbn: - '9783030313043' eissn: - 1611-3349 isbn: - '9783030313036' issn: - 0302-9743 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Transient memory in gene regulation type: conference user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd volume: 11773 year: '2019' ... --- _id: '161' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Which properties of metabolic networks can be derived solely from stoichiometry? Predictive results have been obtained by flux balance analysis (FBA), by postulating that cells set metabolic fluxes to maximize growth rate. Here we consider a generalization of FBA to single-cell level using maximum entropy modeling, which we extend and test experimentally. Specifically, we define for Escherichia coli metabolism a flux distribution that yields the experimental growth rate: the model, containing FBA as a limit, provides a better match to measured fluxes and it makes a wide range of predictions: on flux variability, regulation, and correlations; on the relative importance of stoichiometry vs. optimization; on scaling relations for growth rate distributions. We validate the latter here with single-cell data at different sub-inhibitory antibiotic concentrations. The model quantifies growth optimization as emerging from the interplay of competitive dynamics in the population and regulation of metabolism at the level of single cells.' article_number: '2988' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Daniele full_name: De Martino, Daniele id: 3FF5848A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: De Martino orcid: 0000-0002-5214-4706 - first_name: Andersson Anna full_name: Mc, Andersson Anna last_name: Mc - first_name: Tobias full_name: Bergmiller, Tobias id: 2C471CFA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bergmiller orcid: 0000-0001-5396-4346 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Gasper full_name: Tkacik, Gasper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkacik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 citation: ama: De Martino D, Mc AA, Bergmiller T, Guet CC, Tkačik G. Statistical mechanics for metabolic networks during steady state growth. Nature Communications. 2018;9(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05417-9 apa: De Martino, D., Mc, A. A., Bergmiller, T., Guet, C. C., & Tkačik, G. (2018). Statistical mechanics for metabolic networks during steady state growth. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05417-9 chicago: De Martino, Daniele, Andersson Anna Mc, Tobias Bergmiller, Calin C Guet, and Gašper Tkačik. “Statistical Mechanics for Metabolic Networks during Steady State Growth.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05417-9. ieee: D. De Martino, A. A. Mc, T. Bergmiller, C. C. Guet, and G. Tkačik, “Statistical mechanics for metabolic networks during steady state growth,” Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2018. ista: De Martino D, Mc AA, Bergmiller T, Guet CC, Tkačik G. 2018. Statistical mechanics for metabolic networks during steady state growth. Nature Communications. 9(1), 2988. mla: De Martino, Daniele, et al. “Statistical Mechanics for Metabolic Networks during Steady State Growth.” Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1, 2988, Springer Nature, 2018, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05417-9. short: D. De Martino, A.A. Mc, T. Bergmiller, C.C. Guet, G. Tkačik, Nature Communications 9 (2018). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:44:57Z date_published: 2018-07-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-04-15T06:50:08Z day: '30' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: GaTk - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05417-9 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000440149300021' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 3ba7ab27b27723c7dcf633e8fc1f8f18 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2018-12-17T16:44:28Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:06Z file_id: '5728' file_name: 2018_NatureComm_DeMartino.pdf file_size: 1043205 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:06Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 9' isi: 1 issue: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 254E9036-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: P28844-B27 name: Biophysics of information processing in gene regulation - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme publication: Nature Communications publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature publist_id: '7760' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '5587' relation: popular_science status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Statistical mechanics for metabolic networks during steady state growth tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 9 year: '2018' ... --- _id: '82' abstract: - lang: eng text: In experimental cultures, when bacteria are mixed with lytic (virulent) bacteriophage, bacterial cells resistant to the phage commonly emerge and become the dominant population of bacteria. Following the ascent of resistant mutants, the densities of bacteria in these simple communities become limited by resources rather than the phage. Despite the evolution of resistant hosts, upon which the phage cannot replicate, the lytic phage population is most commonly maintained in an apparently stable state with the resistant bacteria. Several mechanisms have been put forward to account for this result. Here we report the results of population dynamic/evolution experiments with a virulent mutant of phage Lambda, λVIR, and Escherichia coli in serial transfer cultures. We show that, following the ascent of λVIR-resistant bacteria, λVIRis maintained in the majority of cases in maltose-limited minimal media and in all cases in nutrient-rich broth. Using mathematical models and experiments, we show that the dominant mechanism responsible for maintenance of λVIRin these resource-limited populations dominated by resistant E. coli is a high rate of either phenotypic or genetic transition from resistance to susceptibility—a hitherto undemonstrated mechanism we term "leaky resistance." We discuss the implications of leaky resistance to our understanding of the conditions for the maintenance of phage in populations of bacteria—their “existence conditions.”. article_number: '2005971' article_processing_charge: Yes author: - first_name: Waqas full_name: Chaudhry, Waqas last_name: Chaudhry - first_name: Maros full_name: Pleska, Maros id: 4569785E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pleska orcid: 0000-0001-7460-7479 - first_name: Nilang full_name: Shah, Nilang last_name: Shah - first_name: Howard full_name: Weiss, Howard last_name: Weiss - first_name: Ingrid full_name: Mccall, Ingrid last_name: Mccall - first_name: Justin full_name: Meyer, Justin last_name: Meyer - first_name: Animesh full_name: Gupta, Animesh last_name: Gupta - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Bruce full_name: Levin, Bruce last_name: Levin citation: ama: Chaudhry W, Pleska M, Shah N, et al. Leaky resistance and the conditions for the existence of lytic bacteriophage. PLoS Biology. 2018;16(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971 apa: Chaudhry, W., Pleska, M., Shah, N., Weiss, H., Mccall, I., Meyer, J., … Levin, B. (2018). Leaky resistance and the conditions for the existence of lytic bacteriophage. PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971 chicago: Chaudhry, Waqas, Maros Pleska, Nilang Shah, Howard Weiss, Ingrid Mccall, Justin Meyer, Animesh Gupta, Calin C Guet, and Bruce Levin. “Leaky Resistance and the Conditions for the Existence of Lytic Bacteriophage.” PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971. ieee: W. Chaudhry et al., “Leaky resistance and the conditions for the existence of lytic bacteriophage,” PLoS Biology, vol. 16, no. 8. Public Library of Science, 2018. ista: Chaudhry W, Pleska M, Shah N, Weiss H, Mccall I, Meyer J, Gupta A, Guet CC, Levin B. 2018. Leaky resistance and the conditions for the existence of lytic bacteriophage. PLoS Biology. 16(8), 2005971. mla: Chaudhry, Waqas, et al. “Leaky Resistance and the Conditions for the Existence of Lytic Bacteriophage.” PLoS Biology, vol. 16, no. 8, 2005971, Public Library of Science, 2018, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971. short: W. Chaudhry, M. Pleska, N. Shah, H. Weiss, I. Mccall, J. Meyer, A. Gupta, C.C. Guet, B. Levin, PLoS Biology 16 (2018). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:44:32Z date_published: 2018-08-16T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-13T08:45:41Z day: '16' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971 external_id: isi: - '000443383300024' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 527076f78265cd4ea192cd1569851587 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2018-12-17T12:55:31Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:10Z file_id: '5706' file_name: 2018_Plos_Chaudhry.pdf file_size: 4007095 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:10Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 16' isi: 1 issue: '8' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: PLoS Biology publication_status: published publisher: Public Library of Science publist_id: '7972' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '9810' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Leaky resistance and the conditions for the existence of lytic bacteriophage tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 16 year: '2018' ... --- _id: '9810' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Waqas full_name: Chaudhry, Waqas last_name: Chaudhry - first_name: Maros full_name: Pleska, Maros id: 4569785E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pleska orcid: 0000-0001-7460-7479 - first_name: Nilang full_name: Shah, Nilang last_name: Shah - first_name: Howard full_name: Weiss, Howard last_name: Weiss - first_name: Ingrid full_name: Mccall, Ingrid last_name: Mccall - first_name: Justin full_name: Meyer, Justin last_name: Meyer - first_name: Animesh full_name: Gupta, Animesh last_name: Gupta - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Bruce full_name: Levin, Bruce last_name: Levin citation: ama: Chaudhry W, Pleska M, Shah N, et al. Numerical data used in figures. 2018. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971.s008 apa: Chaudhry, W., Pleska, M., Shah, N., Weiss, H., Mccall, I., Meyer, J., … Levin, B. (2018). Numerical data used in figures. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971.s008 chicago: Chaudhry, Waqas, Maros Pleska, Nilang Shah, Howard Weiss, Ingrid Mccall, Justin Meyer, Animesh Gupta, Calin C Guet, and Bruce Levin. “Numerical Data Used in Figures.” Public Library of Science, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971.s008. ieee: W. Chaudhry et al., “Numerical data used in figures.” Public Library of Science, 2018. ista: Chaudhry W, Pleska M, Shah N, Weiss H, Mccall I, Meyer J, Gupta A, Guet CC, Levin B. 2018. Numerical data used in figures, Public Library of Science, 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971.s008. mla: Chaudhry, Waqas, et al. Numerical Data Used in Figures. Public Library of Science, 2018, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971.s008. short: W. Chaudhry, M. Pleska, N. Shah, H. Weiss, I. Mccall, J. Meyer, A. Gupta, C.C. Guet, B. Levin, (2018). date_created: 2021-08-06T12:43:44Z date_published: 2018-08-16T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-13T08:45:41Z day: '16' department: - _id: CaGu doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005971.s008 month: '08' oa_version: Published Version publisher: Public Library of Science related_material: record: - id: '82' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: Numerical data used in figures type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2018' ...