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1. Original research publications
Brass, J.M., W. Boos, and R. Hengge (1981) Reconstitution of maltose transport in malB mutants of Escherichia coli through calcium-induced disruptions of the outer membrane. J. Bacteriol. 146, 10-17.
Larson, T.J., D. Ludtke, R. Hengge, and W. Boos (1982) sn-Glycerol- 3-phosphate transport in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Tokai J. Exp. Clin. Med. 7, Supplement, 149-155.
Hengge, R., T.J. Larson, and W. Boos (1983) sn-Glycerol-3-phosphate transport in Salmonella typhimurium. J. Bacteriol. 155, 186-195.
Hengge, R. and W. Boos (1985) Defective secretion of maltose- and ribose-binding proteins caused by a truncated periplasmic protein in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 162, 972-978.
Hengge, R. (1986) Studies of secretion of periplasmic proteins in Escherichia coli. Dissertation, Universität Konstanz. Hartung-Gorre Verlag, Konstanz.
Hengge-Aronis, R. and W. Boos (1986) Translational control of exported proteins in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 167, 462-466.
Lange, R. and R. Hengge-Aronis (1991) Identification of a central regulator of stationary phase gene expression in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 5, 49-59.
Lange, R. and R. Hengge-Aronis (1991) Growth phase-regulated expression of bolA and morphology of stationary phase Escherichia coli cells is controlled by the novel sigma factor σS (rpoS). J. Bacteriol. 173, 4474-4481.
Hengge-Aronis, R., W. Klein, R. Lange, M. Rimmele and W. Boos (1991) Trehalose synthesis genes are controlled by the putative sigma factor encoded by rpoS and are involved in stationary phase thermotolerance in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 173, 7918-7924.
Hengge-Aronis, R. and D. Fischer (1992) Identification and molecular analysis of glgS, a novel growth phase-regulated and rpoS-dependent gene involved in glycogen synthesis in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 6, 1877-1886.
Hengge-Aronis, R., R. Lange, N. Henneberg and D. Fischer (1993) Osmotic regulation of rpoS-dependent genes in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 175, 259-265.
Weichart, D., R. Lange, N. Henneberg and R. Hengge-Aronis (1993) Identification and characterization of stationary phase-inducible genes in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 10, 408-420.
Lange, R., M. Barth and R. Hengge-Aronis (1993) Complex transcriptional control of the stationary phase-induced and osmotically regulated σS-dependent osmY (csi-5) gene suggests novel roles for Lrp, IHF and cAMP-CRP in the stationary phase response in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 175, 7910-7917.
Lange, R. and R. Hengge-Aronis (1994) The cellular concentration of the σS subunit of RNA-polymerase in Escherichia coli is controlled at the levels of transcription, translation and protein stability. Genes Dev. 8, 1600-1612.
Lange, R. and R. Hengge-Aronis (1994) The nlpD gene is located in an operon with rpoS on the Escherichia coli chromosome and encodes a novel lipoprotein with a potential function in cell wall formation. Mol. Microbiol. 13, 733-743
Böhringer, J., D. Fischer, G. Mosler, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1995) UDP-glucose is a potential intracellular signal in the control of σS and σS-dependent genes in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 177, 413-422.
Barth, M., C. Marschall, A. Muffler, D. Fischer, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1995) A role for the histone-like protein H-NS in growth phase-dependent and osmotic regulation of σS and many σS-dependent genes in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 177, 3455-3464.
Lange, R. and R. Hengge-Aronis (1995) Identification of transcriptional start sites and the role of ppGpp in the expression of rpoS, the structural gene for the σS subunit of RNA-polymerase in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 177, 4676-4680.
Marschall, C. and R. Hengge-Aronis (1995) Regulatory characteristics and promoter analysis of csiE, a stationary phase-inducible gene under positive control of σS and the cAMP-CRP complex in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 18, 175-184.
Muffler, A., D. Fischer, S. Altuvia, G. Storz, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1996) The response regulator RssB controls stability of the σS subunit of RNA-polymerase in Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 15, 1333-1339.
Muffler, A., D.D. Traulsen, R. Lange, and Hengge-Aronis, R. (1996) Posttranscriptional osmotic regulation of the σS subunit of RNA-polymerase in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 178, 1607-1613.
Muffler, A., D. Fischer, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1996) The RNA-binding protein HF-I, known as a host factor for phage Qb RNA replication, is essential for the translational regulation of rpoS in Escherichia coli. Genes Dev. 10, 1143-1151.
Muffler, A., D.D. Traulsen, R. Lange, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1997) The RNA-binding protein HF-I plays a global regulatory role which is largely but not exclusively due to its role in the expression of the σS subunit of RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 179, 297-300.
Muffler, A., M. Barth, C. Marschall, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1997) Heat shock regulation of σS turnover: A role for DnaK and relationship between stress responses mediated by σS and σ32 in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 179, 445-452.
Beglova, N., D. Fischer, R. Hengge-Aronis, and K. B. Gehring (1997) 1H, 15N and 13C NMR assignments, secondary structure and overall topology of the E.coli GlgS protein. Eur. J. Biochem. 246, 301-310.
Klauck, E., J. Böhringer, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1997) The LysR-like regulator LeuO in Escherichia coli is involved in the translational regulation of rpoS by affecting the expression of the small regulatory DsrA-RNA, and is itself under the control of H-NS. Mol. Microbiol. 25, 559-569.
Bouché, S., E. Klauck, D. Fischer, M. Lucassen, K. Jung, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1998) Regulation of RssB-dependent proteolysis in Escherichia coli: A role for acetyl phosphate in a response regulator-controlled process. Mol. Microbiol. 27, 787-795.
Marschall, C., V. Labrousse, M. Kreimer, D. Weichart, A. Kolb, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1998) Molecular analysis of the regulation of csiD, a carbon starvation-inducible gene in Escherichia coli that is exclusively dependent on σS and requires activation by cAMP-CRP and Lrp. J. Mol. Biol. 276, 339-353.
Germer, J., A. Muffler, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1998) Trehalose is not relevant for in-vivo activity of σS-containing RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 180, 1603-1606.
Bouvier, J., S. Gordia, G. Kampmann, R. Lange, R. Hengge-Aronis, and C. Gutierrez (1998) Interplay between global regulators of Escherichia coli: effect of RpoS, H-NS and Lrp on transcription of the gene osmC. Mol. Microbiol. 28, 971-980.
Zhang, A., S. Altuvia, A. Tiwari, R. Hengge-Aronis and G. Storz (1998) The oxyS regulatory RNA represses translation of the σS subunit of RNA polymerase by titrating HF-I activity. EMBO J. 17, 6061-6068.
Fischer, D., A. Teich, P. Neubauer, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1998) The general stress sigma factor σS is induced during the diauxic lag phase of Escherichia coli grown on glucose and lactose. J. Bacteriol. 180, 6203-6206.
Becker, G., E. Klauck, and R. Hengge-Aronis (1999) Regulation of RpoS (σS) proteolysis in Escherichia coli: The response regulator RssB is a recognition factor that interacts with the turnover element in RpoS. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 6439-6444.
Biran, I., L. Klimentiy, R. Hengge-Aronis, E.Z. Ron, and J. Rishpon (1999) On-line monitoring of gene expression. Microbiology 145, 2129-2133.
Becker, G., E. Klauck, and R. Hengge-Aronis (2000) The response regulator RssB, a recognition factor for σS proteolysis in Escherichia coli, can act like an anti-σS factor. Mol. Microbiol. 35, 657-666.
Colland, F., M. Barth, R. Hengge-Aronis, and A. Kolb (2000) Sigma factor selectivity of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: role for CRP, IHF and Lrp transcription factors. EMBO J. 19, 3028-3037.
Balandina, A., L. Claret, R. Hengge-Aronis, and J. Rouvière-Yaniv (2001) The Escherichia coli histone-like protein HU regulates rpoS translation. Mol. Microbiol. 39, 1069-1079.
Becker, G., and R. Hengge-Aronis (2001) What makes an Escherichia coli promoter σS-dependent? Role of the -13/-14 nucleotide promoter positions and region 2.5 of σS. Mol. Microbiol. 39, 1153-1165.
Klauck, E., M. Lingnau, and R. Hengge-Aronis (2001) Role of the response regulator RssB in σS recognition and initiation of σS proteolysis in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 40, 1381-1390.
Germer, J., G. Becker, M. Metzner, and R. Hengge-Aronis (2001) Role of activator site position and a distal UP-element half-site for sigma factor selectivity at a CRP/H-NS-activated σS-dependent promoter in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 41, 705-716.
Pruteanu, M., and R. Hengge-Aronis (2002) The cellular level of the recognition factor RssB is rate-limiting for σS proteolysis: Implications for RssB regulation and signal transduction in σS turnover in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 45, 1701-1714.
Weichart, D., N. Querfurth, M. Dreger, and R. Hengge-Aronis (2003) A global role for ClpP-containing proteases in stationary phase adaptation of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 185, 115-125.
Stüdemann, A., M. Noirclerc-Savoye, E. Klauck, G. Becker, D. Schneider, and R. Hengge (2003) Sequential recognition of two distinct elements in σS (RpoS) by the proteolytic targeting factor RssB and the ClpX chaperone. EMBO J. 22, 4111-4120.
Stephani, K., D. Weichart, and R. Hengge (2003) Dynamic control of Dps protein levels by the ClpXP and ClpAP proteases in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 49, 1605-1614.
Metzner, M., J. Germer, and R. Hengge (2004) Multiple stress signal integration in the regulation of the complex σS-dependent csiD-ygaF-gabDTP operon in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 51, 799-811.
Typas, A., and R. Hengge (2005) Differential ability of σS and σ70 of Escherichia coli to utilise promoters containing half or full UP-element sites. Mol. Microbiol. 55, 250-260.
Weber, H., T. Polen, J. Heuveling, V. Wendisch, and R. Hengge (2005) Genome-wide analysis of the general stress response network in Escherichia coli: σS-dependent genes, promoters and sigma factor selectivity. J. Bacteriol. 187, 1591-1603.
Backfisch, T., M. Pruteanu, R. Hengge, E.D. Gilles (2005) Mathematical modeling of RpoS regulation in E.coli. Foundations of Systems Biology and Engineering, 239-242.
Mika, F., and R. Hengge (2005) A two-component phosphotransfer network involving ArcB, ArcA and RssB coordinates synthesis and proteolysis of σs in Escherichia coli. Genes Dev. 19, 2770-2781.
Typas, A., and R. Hengge (2006) Role of the spacer between the -35 and -10 region in σs promoter selectivity in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 59, 1037-1051.
Santos, J.M., P. Freire, F. Mika, R. Hengge, and C.M. Arraiano (2006) Bacterial polyadenylation links transcription and mRNA degradation. Mol. Microbiol. 60, 177-188.
Weber, H., C. Pesavento, A. Possling, G. Tischendorf, and R. Hengge (2006) Cyclic-diGMP signaling within the σs network of Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 62, 1014-1034.
(Comment in Nature Rev. Microbiol. 4 (2006), 878-879).
Typas, A., S. Stella, R.C. Johnson, and R. Hengge (2007) The –35 sequence location and the Fis-sigma factor interface determine σS selectivity of the proP(P2) promoter in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 63, 780-796.
Typas, A., C. Barembruch, A. Possling, and R. Hengge(2007) Stationary phase reorganisation of the E.coli transcription machinery by Crl protein, a fine-tuner of σS activity and levels. EMBO J. 26, 1569-1578.
Barembruch, C., and R. Hengge (2007) Cellular levels and activity of the flagellar sigma factor FliA of Escherichia coli are regulated by FlgM-modulated proteolysis. Mol. Microbiol. 65, 76-89.
Obrist, M., S. Milek, E. Klauck, R. Hengge, and F. Narberhaus (2007) Region 2.1 of the Escherichia coli heat shock sigma factor RpoH (σ32) is necessary but not sufficient for degradation by the FtsH protease. Microbiology 153, 2560-2571.
Heuveling, J. , A. Possling, and R. Hengge (2008) A role for Lon protease in the control of acid resistance genes in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 69, 534-547.
Culham D.E., Y. Vernikovska, N. Tschowri, R.A. Keates, J.M. Wood J.M. Boggs (2008) Plasmic loops of osmosensory transporter ProP in Escherichia coli are sensitive to osmolality. Biochemistry 23, 13584-93.
Pesavento, C., G. Becker, N. Sommerfeldt, A. Possling, N. Tschowri, A. Mehlis, and R. Hengge (2008) Inverse regulatory coordination of motility and curli-mediated adhesion of E. coli. Genes Dev. 22, 2434-2446.
Tschowri, N., S. Busse, and R. Hengge (2009) The BLUF-EAL protein YcgF acts as a direct anti-repressor in a blue light stress response of E.coli. Genes Dev. 23, 522-534.
Sommerfeldt, N., A. Possling, N. Tschowri, G. Becker, C. Pesavento, H. Weber, and R. Hengge (2009) Gene expression patterns and differential input into curli fimbriae regulation of all GGDEF/EAL domain proteins in Escherichia coli. Microbiology 155, 1318-1331.
Basineni, S.R., R. Madhugiri, T. Kolmsee, R. Hengge, and G. Klug (2009) The influence of Hfq and ribonucleases on the stability of the small non-coding RNA OxyS and its target rpoS in E. coli is growth phase dependent. RNA Biology 6(5): 584-594.
Singh, S.S., A. Typas, R. Hengge, and D.C. Grainger (2011) Sigma-70 domain 3 senses sequence and conformation of the promoter spacer region. Nucl. Acids Res. 39, 5109-5118.
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Kolmsee, T., and R. Hengge (2011) Rare codons play a positive role in the expression of the stationary phase sigma factor (RpoS) Sigma-S in Escherichia coli. RNA Biol. 8, 913-921.
Pesavento, C., and R. Hengge (2012) The global repressor FliZ antagonizes gene expression by sS–containing RNA polymerase due to overlapping DNA binding specificity. Nucleic Acids Research 40(11):4783-93.. Epub ahead of print on Feb 9, print version: 40(11): 4783-4793 doi:10.1093/nar/gks055. Full Text as PDF
Mika, F., S. Busse, A. Possling, J. Berkholz, N. Tschowri, N. Sommerfeldt, M. Pruteanu, and R. Hengge (2012) Targeting of csgD by the small regulatory RNA RprA links stationary phase, cell envelope stress and biofilm formation in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. Epub ahead of print on Feb 22. 84(1)51-65, April 2012. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08002.x.
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Tschowri, N., S. Lindenberg, R. Hengge (2012) Molecular function and potential evolution of the biofilm-modulating blue light-signaling pathway of Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology 85(5):893-906. Article first published online: 12 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08147.x. Full Text as PDF.
Karch, H., Denamur ,E, Dobrindt, U., Finlay, B.B., Hengge, R., Johannes L., Ron, E.Z., Tønjum, T., Sansonett, P.J., Vicente, M. (2012) The enemy within us: lessons from the 2011 European Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak.EMBO Mol Med. 2012 Sep;4(9):841-8. doi: 10.1002/emmm.201201662. Epub 2012 Aug 24. Full Text as PDF
Serra D.O., Richter A.M., Klauck G., Mika F., Hengge R. (2013) Microanatomy at cellular resolution and spatial order of physiological differentiation in a bacterial biofilm. MBio. 2013 Mar 19;4(2). doi:pii: e00103-13. 10.1128/mBio.00103-13. Full Text as PDF.
Hengge, R. (2013) Novel tricks played by the second messenger c-di-GMP in bacterial biofilm formation. EMBO Journal (2013), 32, - 322 - 323, DOI:10.1038/emboj.2012.351.
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Hengge R, Sourjik V. (2013) Bacterial regulatory networks - from self-organizing molecules to cell shape and patterns in vbacterial communities. EMBO Rep. 2013 Jul 12. doi: 10.1038/embor.2013.93. [Epub ahead of print]
Lindenberg S, Klauck G, Pesavento C, Klauck E, Hengge R. (2013) The EAL domain protein YciR acts as a trigger enzyme in a c-di-GMP signalling cascade in E.coli biofilm control. EMBO J. 2013 Jul 17;32(14):2001-14. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2013.120. Epub 2013 May 24. Full Text.
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2. Reviews
Hengge, R. and W. Boos (1983) Maltose and lactose transport in Escherichia coli: Examples of two different types of concentrative transport systems. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 737, 443-478.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (1993) Survival of hunger and stress: the role of rpoS in early stationary phase gene regulation in E.coli. Cell 72, 165-168.
Loewen, P., and R. Hengge-Aronis (1994) The role of the alternative sigma factor σS in bacterial global gene regulation. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 48, 53-80.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (1996) Back to log phase: σS as a global regulator in the osmotic control of gene expression in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 21, 887-893.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (1999) Interplay of global regulators and physiology in the general stress response in Escherichia coli. Curr. Op. Microbiol. 2, 148-152.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (2002) Recent insights into the general stress response regulatory network in Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechn. 4, 341-346.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (2002) Signal transduction and regulatory mechanisms in the control of the σS (RpoS) subunit of RNA polymerase. Microbiol. Molec. Biol. Rev. 66, 373-395.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (2002) Stationary phase gene regulation: what makes an Escherichia coli promoter σS-selective? Curr. Op. Microbiol. 5, 591-595.
Jenal, U. and R. Hengge-Aronis (2003) Regulation by proteolysis in bacteria. Curr. Op. Microbiol. 6, 163-172.
Hengge, R., and B. Bukau (2003) Proteolysis in prokaryotes: protein quality control and regulatory principles. Mol. Microbiol. 49, 1451-1462.
Weichart, D., and R. Hengge (2003) Physiologische Flexibilität durch regulierten Proteinabbau: Neue Dimensionen der Stressanpassung in Bakterien. BIOforum 11, 722-723.
Hengge, R., and R.L. Gourse (2004) Tying together the cellular regulatory network. Curr. Op. Microbiol. 7, 99-102.
Klauck, E., G. Becker, and R. Hengge (2005) Proteolyse als Regulationsprinzip in Prokaryonten. Biospektrum 11, 166-168.
Typas, A., G. Becker, and R. Hengge (2007) The molecular basis of selective promoter activation by the σS subunit of RNA polymerase. Mol. Microbiol. 63, 1296-1306.
Klauck, E., A. Typas, and R. Hengge (2007) The σS subunit of RNA polymerase as a signal integrator and network master regulator in the general stress response in Escherichia coli. Sci. Prog. 90 (Pt 2-3), 103-127.
Hengge, R. (2008)The two-component network and the general stress sigma factor RpoS (óS) in Escherichia coli. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 631, 40-53 (review).
Hengge, R. (2009) Principles of cyclic-di-GMP signaling. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 7, 263-273.
Pesavento, C., and R. Hengge (2009) Nucleotide-based second messengers in bacteria. Curr. Op. Microbiol. 12, 170-176.
Hengge, R., Turgay, K. (2009) Proteolysis in prokaryotes - from molecular machines to a systems perspective. Research in Microbiology 160: 615-617.
Hengge, R., (2009) Proteolysis of σS (RpoS) and the general stress response in Escherichia coli. Research in Microbiology 160: 667-676.
Hengge, R. (2010) Cyclic-di-GMP Reaches Out into the Bacterial RNA World. Science Signaling 3 (149), pe44. Abstract Reprint Full Text
Hengge, R. (2010) Role of the Second Messenger Cyclic-di-GMP in the Coordination of Growth Phases, the General Stress Response and Biofilm Formation of Escherichia coli. Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 111, 378: 59-64.
Hengge, R. (2011) Stationary phase gene regulation in Escherichia coli. Chapter 5.6.3. in: EcoSal – Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology (A. Böck, R. Curtiss III, J.B. Kaper, P.D. Karp, F.C. Neidhardt, J.M. Slauch, and C.L. Squires, eds.). http://www.ecosal.org. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/ecosal.5.6.3
Povolotsky, T.L., and R. Hengge (2012) ‘Life-style’ control networks in Escherichia coli: Signaling by the second messenger cyclic-di-GMP. Journal of Biotechnology 160(1-2):10-16. Epub ahead of print on Dec 31. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.12.024. Full Text as PDF
Mika, F. and R. Hengge (2013) Small Regulatory RNAs in the Control of Motility and Biofilm Formation in E. coli and Salmonella. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2013, 14, 4560-4579; doi:10.3390/ijms14034560. Full Text as PDF
3. Book chapters
Hengge-Aronis, R. (1993) The role of rpoS in early stationary phase gene regulation in E.coli. In: Starvation in Bacteria (S. Kjelleberg, ed.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 171-200.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (1996) Regulation of gene expression during entry into stationary phase in Escherichia coli. In: Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology (F. Neidhardt et al., ed.), ASM Press (Washington D.C.), pp. 1497-1512.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (1999) Integration of control devices: A global regulatory network in Escherichia coli. In: Prokaryotic Gene Expression (S. Baumberg, ed.), Oxford University Press (Oxford), pp. 169-193.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (2000) The general stress response in Escherichia coli. In: Bacterial Stress Responses (G. Storz and R. Hengge-Aronis, eds.), ASM Press (Washington D.C.), pp. 161-178.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (2000) A role for the σS subunit of RNA polymerase in the regulation of bacterial virulence. In: Genes and Proteins Underlying Microbial Urinary Tract Virulence: Basic Aspects and Applications (L. Emödy, ed.), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, London, pp. 85-93.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (2000) Bakterielle Überlebensstrategien bei Hunger und Stress. In: Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 39, pp. 63-74.
Dersch, P. and R. Hengge-Aronis (2003) Survival of environmental and host-associated stress. In: Stationary Phase and Disease (A.R.M. Coates, ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 37-73.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (2003) The general stress response regulatory network in Escherichia coli. In: Regulatory Networks in Prokaryotes (P. Dürre, ed.), Horizon Scientific Press, London, pp. 173-179.
Hengge-Aronis, R. (2004) Molecular mechanisms of heat resistance and stress responses in bacteria. In: Revisiting Heat Resistance of Microorganisms in Milk. Bulletin of the International Dairy Federation, 392, pp. 31-33.
Hengge, R. (2007) Stressbewältigungsstrategien bei Bakterien. Jahrbuch 2006 der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, LEOPOLDINA (R.3) 52 (2007), 423-429.
Hengge, R. (2008) The two-component network and RpoS (σS) in Escherichia coli. In: Bacterial Two-Component Signal Transduction: Network and Drug Targets (ed. R. Utsumi), Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, USA, pp. 40-53.
Hengge, R. (2008) Cyclic-di-GMP signaling in “life-style“ switching of Escherichia coli. Nova Acta Leopoldina (Neue Folge) 98 (395), 53-58.
Pesavento, C., and R. Hengge (2010) Cyclic-di-GMP signaling. In: Bacterial Signaling (eds. K. Jung and R. Kraemer), Wiley VHC, pp. 377-394.
Hengge, R. (2010) The role of c-di-GMP in the regulatory networks of Escherichia coli. In: The Second Messenger Cyclic Diguanylate (eds. K. Visick and A. Wolfe), ASM Press, pp. 230-252.
Hengge, R. (2011) The general stress response in Gram-negative bacteria. In: Bacterial Stress Responses (Second Edition, eds. G. Storz and R. Hengge), ASM Press, Washington D.C., pp. 251-289.
Klauck, E., Hengge, R. (2012) σS-controlling Networks in Escherichia coli. In: Bacterial Regulatory Neworks, Editor: A. Filloux. Horizon Scientific Press, Nowrich, U.K., D.C., pp. 1-25.
Hengge, R. (2012) Molekulare Entdeckungsreisen in der bakteriellen Zelle. In: Mikrobiologie. Editors: J. Slonczewski, J. Foster et al. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 252-254.
4. Books
Storz, G. and R. Hengge-Aronis (2000) Bacterial Stress Responses. ASM Press (Washington D.C.).
Storz, G. and R. Hengge (2011) Bacterial Stress Responses. (2nd edition), 506 pages. ASM Press, Washington D.C..
5. Other Publications
Hengge, R. and G. Grosser (2010) Wissenschaft auf der Theaterbühne. Biospektrum 16, 604.
Hengge, R. (2013) Neue Inhalte und Formen der Wissenschaftskommunikation: Das Science&Theatre-Projekt. http://www.research-arts.net (Apr/Jul 2013) Link zum Text
Hengge, R. (2013) Reply to “Precedence for the Structural Role of Flagella in Biofilms”. mBio 4(2):e00245-13. doi:10.1128/mBio.00245-13. Link zum Text