William Ryan Will

This study identifies aromatic carboxylates as endogenous ligands for SlyA, a MarR family transcription factor, showing it senses iron availability, respiration, and metabolic state in enteric bacteria.

The paper investigates protein overabundance in Acinetobacter baylyi by analyzing proliferation dynamics of essential-gene knockouts, finding that most essential proteins are overabundant and that overabundance increases as expression levels decrease.