Urs Jenal

Activation and polar sequestration of PopA, a c-di-GMP effector protein involved in Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle control.

Experimental evolution of aging in a bacterium.

Structure of BeF3- -modified response regulator PleD: implications for diguanylate cyclase activation, catalysis, and feedback inhibition.

Regulation of D-xylose metabolism in Caulobacter crescentus by a LacI-type repressor.

Allosteric regulation of histidine kinases by their cognate response regulator determines cell fate.

Second messenger-mediated spatiotemporal control of protein degradation regulates bacterial cell cycle progression.

Single domain response regulators: molecular switches with emerging roles in cell organization and dynamics.

Small molecule signaling.

Second messenger signalling governs Escherichia coli biofilm induction upon ribosomal stress.

Structural and mechanistic determinants of c-di-GMP signalling.

The role of proteolysis in the Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle and development.

YfiBNR mediates cyclic di-GMP dependent small colony variant formation and persistence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Second messenger-mediated adjustment of bacterial swimming velocity.

A liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry method for quantitation of cyclic di-guanosine monophosphate.

Deciphering the assembly of the Yersinia type III secretion injectisome.

Development of an aggregation assay to screen FimH antagonists.

Cyclic diguanylate signaling proteins control intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila.

Solution structure of the PilZ domain protein PA4608 complex with cyclic di-GMP identifies charge clustering as molecular readout.

Regulatory cohesion of cell cycle and cell differentiation through interlinked phosphorylation and second messenger networks.

The orphan histidine protein kinase SgmT is a c-di-GMP receptor and regulates composition of the extracellular matrix together with the orphan DNA binding response regulator DigR in Myxococcus xanthus.

A novel capture compound for the identification and analysis of cyclic di-GMP binding proteins.

The YfiBNR signal transduction mechanism reveals novel targets for the evolution of persistent Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis airways.

Crystal structure of Caulobacter crescentus polynucleotide phosphorylase reveals a mechanism of RNA substrate channelling and RNA degradosome assembly.

Allosteric activation of exopolysaccharide synthesis through cyclic di-GMP-stimulated protein-protein interaction.

RK2 plasmid dynamics in Caulobacter crescentus cells--two modes of DNA replication initiation.

Alexander Böhm (1971-2012).

Think globally, act locally: how bacteria integrate local decisions with their global cellular programme.

Structure and signaling mechanism of a zinc-sensory diguanylate cyclase.

Role of autofluorescence in flow cytometric analysis of Escherichia coli treated with bactericidal antibiotics.

Bi-modal distribution of the second messenger c-di-GMP controls cell fate and asymmetry during the caulobacter cell cycle.

De- and repolarization mechanism of flagellar morphogenesis during a bacterial cell cycle.

Inherent regulation of EAL domain-catalyzed hydrolysis of second messenger cyclic di-GMP.

Cell cycle transition from S-phase to G1 in Caulobacter is mediated by ancestral virulence regulators.

Catalytic carbene transfer allows the direct customization of cyclic purine dinucleotides.

The diguanylate cyclase SadC is a central player in Gac/Rsm-mediated biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.