Common denominators of promoter control in Pseudomonas and other bacteria

The analysis of gene regulation in bacteria is entering a new phase. Global regulatory networks, signal processing, responses of complexly regulated sets of genes, and interactions between regulatory systems are becoming a focus of intensive research efforts. Our understanding of how bacteria integrate diverse external and internal stimuli into a concerted cellular response may be the key to successfully engineer commercially important microbes, and treat medically significant bacteria. Research on Pseudomonas has contributed to the overall progress in this field.