@article{BauriedlGerovacHeidrichetal.2020,
  author    = {Bauriedl, Saskia and Gerovac, Milan and Heidrich, Nadja and Bischler, Thorsten and Barquist, Lars and Vogel, J{\"o}rg and Schoen, Christoph},
  title     = {The minimal meningococcal ProQ protein has an intrinsic capacity for structure-based global RNA recognition},
  series = {Nature Communications},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Nature Communications},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41467-020-16650-6},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-230040},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {FinO-domain proteins are a widespread family of bacterial RNA-binding proteins with regulatory functions. Their target spectrum ranges from a single RNA pair, in the case of plasmid-encoded FinO, to global RNA regulons, as with enterobacterial ProQ. To assess whether the FinO domain itself is intrinsically selective or promiscuous, we determine in vivo targets of Neisseria meningitidis, which consists of solely a FinO domain. UV-CLIP-seq identifies associations with 16 small non-coding sRNAs and 166 mRNAs. Meningococcal ProQ predominantly binds to highly structured regions and generally acts to stabilize its RNA targets. Loss of ProQ alters transcript levels of >250 genes, demonstrating that this minimal ProQ protein impacts gene expression globally. Phenotypic analyses indicate that ProQ promotes oxidative stress resistance and DNA damage repair. We conclude that FinO domain proteins recognize some abundant type of RNA shape and evolve RNA binding selectivity through acquisition of additional regions that constrain target recognition. FinO-domain proteins are bacterial RNA-binding proteins with a wide range of target specificities. Here, the authors employ UV CLIP-seq and show that minimal ProQ protein of Neisseria meningitidis binds to various small non-coding RNAs and mRNAs involved in virulence.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HennighausenHuddersLangeetal.2016,
  author    = {Hennighausen, Christine and Hudders, Liselot and Lange, Benjamin P. and Fink, Hanna},
  title     = {What If the Rival Drives a Porsche? Luxury Car Spending as a Costly Signal in Male Intrasexual Competition},
  series = {Evolutionary Psychology},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {Evolutionary Psychology},
  number    = {4},
  doi       = {10.1177/1474704916678217},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-163481},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Previous research found that men conspicuously consume luxury products to attract a mate and to signal their mate value. However, these studies have yet neglected to investigate the function of male conspicuous consumption in same-sex competition. Given that intersexual selection and intrasexual selection are closely related processes, it stands to reason that a further function of male conspicuous consumption could be to impress and deter same-sex rivals. An 2 (intrasexual competition context vs. control) × 2 (conspicuous luxury vs. inconspicuous nonluxury) between-subjects experimental study conducted with an Amazon Mechanical Turk sample (N = 160) revealed that men reported both higher liking of and an intent to purchase a conspicuous luxury car compared to an inconspicuous nonluxury car due to increased feelings of social status. This effect was stronger in the intrasexual competition than in the control context. An additional perception study using a single-factor between-subjects design (conspicuous luxury vs. inconspicuous nonluxury car) among German men (N = 405) indicated that male participants rated a man who displayed a conspicuous luxury car more as a rival and mate poacher and less as a friend. They further perceived him to be superior on various mate value characteristics (i.e., attractiveness, intelligence, ambition, and status) and rated him as more oriented toward short-term mating. In sum, our findings add to previous research in the field of evolutionary consumer psychology by suggesting that male conspicuous consumption of luxuries may also serve a function in male-male competition.},
  language  = {en}
}