H-NS mediated repression of the Escherichia coli bgl and proU operons [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Nagarajavel Vivekananthan

H-NS mediated repression of the Escherichia coli bgl and proU operons I n a u g u r a l - D i s s e r t a t i o n zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln vorgelegt von Nagarajavel Vivekananthan aus Madurai, Indien Köln, Dezember 2006 Berichterstatter/in: Prof. Dr. Karin Schnetz PD Dr. Frank Sprenger Tag der letzten mündlichen Prüfung: 9 Februar 2007 Acknowledgements First of all I would like to thank Karin Schnetz for giving me the opportunity to work in her group to do my PhD studies. Her valuable guidance, suggestions, constructive criticism and constant encouragement during the course of work enabled me to complete my thesis. I express my sincere and deep sense of gratitude to her. I thank all the past and present members of the Schnetz lab for their all round support in the lab. Their suggestions and encouragement helped me a lot. My special thanks to Madhusudan, Andreas, Sabari and Kathleen for being very supportive and for the fun and laughter in the lab. Thanks a lot guys. I also thank Dr. Rachid Rahmoni for his help with the CAA footprinting techniques used in this work. I thank the Graduate school for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne for their support and help which enabled me to travel and attend conferences.