Publications

Fragel, S. M., A. Montada, R. Heermann, U. Baumann, M. Schacherl & K. Schnetz (2019)
Characterization of the pleiotropic LysR-type transcription regulator LeuO of Escherichia coli.
Nucleic Acids Res. 47, 7363–7379. doi: /10.1093/nar/gkz506

Schnetz K. (2018)
Genetic Approaches to Study the Interplay Between Transcription and Nucleoid-Associated Proteins in Escherichia coli.
In: Dame R. (eds) Bacterial Chromatin. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1837. Humana Press, New York, NY

Rangarajan, A.A. and K. Schnetz (2018)
Interference of transcription across H-NS binding sites and repression by H-NS.
Mol. Microbiol. 108(3): 226-239.

Breddermann, H. & K. Schnetz (2017)
Activation of leuO by LrhA in Escherichia coli.
Mol. Microbiol. 104, 664-676

Breddermann, H. & K. Schnetz (2016)
Correlation of Antagonistic Regulation of leuO Transcription with the Cellular Levels of BglJ-RcsB and LeuO in Escherichia coli.
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 6.

Pannen, D., M. Fabisch, L. Gausling & K. Schnetz (2016)
Interaction of the RcsB response regulator with auxiliary transcription regulators in Escherichia coli.
J. Biol. Chem. 291: 2357-2370.

Westermayer, S. A., G. Fritz, J. Gutiérrez, J. A. Megerle, M. P. S. Weißl, K. Schnetz, U. Gerland and J. O. Rädler (2016)
Single-cell characterization of metabolic switching in the sugar phosphotransferase system of Escherichia coli.
Mol. Microbiol. 100: 472-485.

Mader, A., B. von Bronk, B. Ewald, S. Kesel, K. Schnetz, E. Frey & M. Opitz, (2015)
Amount of Colicin release in Escherichia coli is regulated by lysis gene expression of the Colicin E2 operon.
PLoS ONE 10: e0119124.

Wiebe, H., D. Gürlebeck, J. Groß, K. Dreck, D. Pannen, C. Ewers, L. H. Wieler & K. Schnetz (2015)
YjjQ represses transcription of flhDC and additional loci in Escherichia coli.
J. Bacteriol. 197: 2713-2720.

Salscheider, S. L., A. Jahn and K. Schnetz (2014)
Transcriptional regulation by BglJ–RcsB, a pleiotropic heteromeric activator in Escherichia coli.
Nucleic Acids Res. 42: 2999-3008.

Arslan, Z., Stratmann, T., Wurm, R., Wagner, R., Schnetz, K., and Pul, Ü. (2013).
RcsB-BglJ-mediated activation of Cascade operon does not induce the maturation of CRISPR RNAs in E. coli K12.
RNA Biology 10, 708–715.

Stratmann, T., Pul, Ü., Wurm, R., Wagner, R., and Schnetz, K. (2012).
RcsB-BglJ activates the Escherichia coli leuO gene, encoding an H-NS antagonist and pleiotropic regulator of virulence determinants.
Mol Microbiol 83, 1109–1123.

Kavalchuk, K., Madhusudan, S., and Schnetz, K. (2012). PDF-file supplement
RNase III initiates rapid degradation of proU mRNA upon hypo-osmotic stress in Escherichia coli.
RNA Biology 9, 98-109.

Perfeito, L., Ghozzi, S., Berg, J., Schnetz, K., and Lässig, M. (2011)
Nonlinear Fitness Landscape of a Molecular Pathway.
PLoS Genet 7, e1002160.

Venkatesh G.R., Kembou Koungni F.C., Paukner A., Stratmann T., Blissenbach B., and Schnetz K. (2010)
BglJ-RcsB heterodimers relieve repression of the Escherichia coli bgl operon by H-NS.
J. Bacteriol. 192, 6456-6464

Westra, E.R., Pul, U., Heidrich, N., Jore, M.M., Lundgren, M., Stratmann, T., Wurm, R., Raine, A., Mescher, M., van Heereveld L., Mastop, M., Wagner, E. G., Schnetz, K., van der Oost, J., Wagner, R., and Brouns, S. J. (2010)
H-NS-mediated repression of CRISPR-based immunity in Escherichia coli K12 can be relieved by the transcription activator LeuO.
Mol Microbiol 77, 1380-1393.

Neelakanta G., Sankar S.T., and Schnetz K. (2009)
Characterization of a β-glucoside operon (bgc) prevalent in septicemic and uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75,2284-2293.

Sankar S.T., Neelakanta G., Sangal V., Plum G., Achtman M., and Schnetz K. (2009)
Fate of the H-NS repressed bgl operon in evolution of Escherichia coli.
PLoS Genetics 5:e1000405.

Schnetz K. (2008)
Fine-tuned growth phase control of dps, encoding a DNA protection protein, by FIS and H-NS.
Mol. Microbiol. 68(6):1345-1347. Epub 2008 Apr 21.

Li G., Ewers C., Laturnus C., Diehl I., Alt K., Dai J., Antao E.M., Schnetz K., Wieler L.H. (2008)
Characterization of a yjjQ mutant of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC).
Microbiology 154:1082-1093.

Radde N., Gebert J., Faigle U., Schrader R., and Schnetz K. (2008)
Modeling feedback loops in the H-NS mediated regulation of the Escherichia coli bgl operon.
J. Theor. Biol. 250(2):298-306. Epub 2007 Nov 5. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.033.

Stratmann T., Madhusudan S., and Schnetz K. (2008)
Regulation of the yjjQ-bglJ operon encoding LuxR-type transcription factors and the divergent yjjP gene by H-NS and LeuO.
J. Bacteriol., 190(3):926-935. Epub 2007 Nov 30.

Nagarajavel V., Madhusudan S., Dole S., Rahmouni A.R., and Schnetz K. (2007)
Repression by binding of H-NS within the transcription unit.
J. Biol. Chem. 282 (32):23622-23630, 2007.

Wolf, T., Janzen, W., Blum, C. and Schnetz, K. (2006)
Differential dependence of StpA on H-NS in auto-regulation of stpA and in regulation of bgl.
J. Bacteriol 188 (19): 6728-6838.

Madhusudan, S., Paukner, A., Klingen, Y. and Schnetz, K. (2005)
Independent regulation of H-NS-mediated silencing of the bgl operon at two levels: upstream by BglJ and LeuO and downstream by DnaKJ.
Microbiology 151: 3349-3359.

Dole, S., Klingen, Y., Nagarajavel, V., and Schnetz, K. (2004)
The protease Lon and the RNA-binding protein Hfq reduce silencing of the E.coli bgl operon by H-NS.
J. Bact. 186, 2708-2716.

Dole, S., Nagarajavel, V., and Schnetz, K. (2004)
The histone-like nucleoid structuring protein H-NS represses the Escherichia coli bgl operon downstream of the promoter.
Mol. Microbiol. 52, 589-600.

Schnetz, K. (2002)
Silencing of the Escherichia coli bgl operon by RpoS requires Crl.
Microbiology 148, 2573-2578.

Dole, S., Kühn, S., and Schnetz, K. (2002)
Post-transcriptional enhancement of Escherichia coli bgl operon silencing by limitation of BglG-mediated antitermination at low transcription rates.
Mol. Microbiol. 43, 217-226.

Caramel, A. and Schnetz, K. (2000)
Antagonistic control of the E. coli bgl promoter by FIS and CAP in vitro.
Mol. Microbiol. 36, 85-92.

Caramel, A. and Schnetz, K. (1998)
Lac and Lambda repressor relieve silencing of the Escherichia coli bgl promoter. Activation by alteration of a repressing nucleoprotein complex.
J. Mol. Biol. 284, 875-883.

Schnetz, K. and Wang, J.C. (1996)
Silencing of the Escherichia coli bgl promoter: Effects of template supercoiling and cell extracts on promoter activity in vitro.
Nucleic. Acids. Res. 24, 2422-2429.

Koch, S., Sutrina, S.L., Wu, L.-F., Reizer, J., Schnetz, K., Rak, B., and Saier, M.H., Jr. (1996)
Identification of a site in the phosphocarrier protein, HPr, which influences its interactions with sugar permeases of the bacterial phosphotransferase system: kinetic analyses employing site-specific mutants.
J. Bacteriol. 178, 1126-1133.

Schnetz, K., Stülke, J., Gertz, S., Krüger, S., Krieg, M., Hecker, M., and Rak, B. (1996)
LicT, a Bacillus subtilis transcriptional antiterminator protein of the BglG family.
J. Bacteriol. 178, 1971-1979.

Schnetz, K. (1995)
Silencing of Escherichia coli bgl promoter by flanking sequence elements.
EMBO J. 14, 2545-2550.