Deciphering the rules underlying xenogeneic silencing and counter-silencing of Lsr2-like proteins

Abstract

193, Importance: 141 15 Main text: 5415 16 17 18 2 ABSTRACT 19 Lsr2-like nucleoid-associated proteins play an important role as xenogeneic silencers (XS) 20 of horizontally acquired genomic regions in actinobacteria. In this study, we systematically 21 analyzed the in vivo constraints underlying silencing and counter-silencing of the Lsr2-like 22