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Rouault, Audrey. "Etude génomique des cancers du sein familiaux liés à une mutation constitutionnelle du gène BRCA2." Thesis, Bordeaux 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013BOR22122/document.
Full textGermline BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations account for 20-30% of familial breast cancer. The main indication for BRCA2 screening is a family history, but the mutation detection rate in patients selected this way is low. The identification of characteristics common to BRCA2-associated tumors would improve the criteria used to select patients for BRCA2 screening and could identify factors implicated in BRCA2-mutant breast cancer tumorigenesis. The analysis of BRCA2-mutant breast tumor genomic profiles identified deletions of chromosomes 13q and 14q as a common feature of BRCA2-tumors. Supervised gene expression analysis of BRCA2-mutant breast tumors and familial breast tumors without germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations identified a specific BRCA2 gene signature. Exome sequencing of chromosomes 13q and 14q for 5 BRCA2-mutant tumors, and their associated germline DNA was performed in order to identify the target(s) of the specific genomic deletions in the BRCA2 tumors. This analysis characterized somatic variants that will be screened for in a larger cohort of BRCA2 and control tumors cases to explore their role in BRCA2-mutant breast cancer. Our study identified deletions of chromosomes 13q and 14q as a common feature of tumors with germline BRCA2 mutations, as has been observed in several previous studies. We suggest that FISH analysis for the deletion of these chromosomes would be a rapid and technically feasible first step to select tumors worth screening for germline BRCA2 mutations and we hypothesize that the inactivation of candidate genes located in these deleted regions allows the cell to resume division and progress thus contributing to tumorigenesis in BRCA2-mutant tumors
Solomon, Pierre. "Identification de profils omiques liés à la sévérité des maladies psychiatriques du spectre affectif à psychotiques." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Nantes Université, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024NANU1029.
Full textPsychiatric disorders (PD), such as schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, affect approximately 12.5% of the global population in 2019. These disorders are defined by a disturbance in cognition, mood, and behaviour or an individual. Today, psychiatry is the only branch of modern medicine for which no biomarker (BM) has been validated to help make the diagnosis. However, many studies show that there is a link between the immune system (IS) and PD. It should therefore be possible to identify BMs of PDs in the blood. In this thesis, I used omics methods to investigate the IS of individuals with PD after grouping them by the similarity of their disorders or by the severity of their symptoms. I identified altered miRNA signature specific or common to broad groups of PD, including miRNAs already associated with BD as well as others that were not already associated with BD. I also studied the proteome, methylome and miRNAome of PD patients after unsupervised classification into 2 groups, according to the severity of their symptoms, using phenotypic data collected during the longitudinal PsyCourse study (IPPG, Germany). While methylome and miRNA analyses did not identify differences between the 2 severity groups, proteome analysis identified specific signatures, including an up- regulation of PLAUR, a gene known to be associated with blood-brain barrier disruption and cognitive abilities. Overall, this thesis sheds light on the molecular signatures related to BD severity
Garcia, Maxime. "Découverte de biomarqueurs prédictifs en cancer du sein par intégration transcriptome-interactome." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013AIXM4109/document.
Full textHigh-throughput gene-expression profiling technologies yeild genomic signatures to predict clinical condition or patient outcome. However, such signatures have limitations, such as dependency on training set, and lack of generalization. We propose a novel algorithm, Interactome-Transcriptome Integration (ITI) (Garcia et al.) extract a generalizable signature predicting breast cancer relapse by superimposition of a large-scale protein-protein interaction data over several gene-expression data sets. This method re-implements the Chuang et al. algorithm, with the added capability to extract a genomic signature from several gene expression data sets simultaneously. A non-supervised and a supervised analysis were made with a breast cancer compendium of DNA microarray data sets. Performances of signatures found with ITI were compared with previously published signatures (Wang et al. , Van De Vijver et al. , Sotiriou et al. ). Our results show that ITI’s signatures are more stable and more generalizable, and perfom better when classifying an independant dataset. We found that subnetworks formed complexes functionally linked to biological functions related to metastasis and breast cancer. Several drivers genes were detected, including CDK1, NCK1 and PDGFB, some not previously linked to breast cancer relapse
Moison, Céline. "Signatures épigénétiques du gène suppresseur de tumeur RARβ2." Paris 6, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA066133.
Full textToday it has become clear that epigenetic alterations also are critical in the initiation and the progression of the disease. In fact tumor suppressor genes, that prevent tumorigenesis, can be abnormally silenced by epigenetic factors. As epigenetic repression is reversible, the understanding of such deregulation is of great interest and opens new therapeutic perspectives. In order to study this phenomenon, we chose as model the retinoic acid receptor beta 2 (RARβ2), a tumor suppressor gene which expression is lost in prostate and breast cancers by DNA methylation. Upon studying several cell models, we actually found that DNA methylation and polycomb repression can co-occur at this locus, although these distinct epigenetic processes are usually described as mutually exclusive. We investigated the existence of non-coding RNA associated to RARβ2 promoter that could direct epigenetic silencing. Such RNAs were not identified in our models. Then, we developed an inducible expression system of EZH2, a polycomb protein, in a pre-tumoral prostate cell line. This original model will be useful to test the hypothesis according to which polycomb protein can target DNA hypermethylation. RARβ2 will be the model gene before performing genome-wide analysis that will allow to find the genes targeted by polycomb repression in prostate tumorigenesis. Finally, we got interested in how higher order of chromatin architecture influences gene regulation. We addressed nuclear organization by microscopy studies and showed that RARβ2 position seems not to be correlated with its transcriptional level. Interestingly, we found polycomb spots in human cancer cells
Nault, Jean-Charles. "Identification de nouveaux mécanismes de carcinogénèse et facteurs pronostiques des tumeurs hépatocellulaires." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCB122/document.
Full textHepatocellular adenomas (HCA) are rare benign liver tumors occuring in young women taking oral contraception and complications as haemorrhage or malignant transformation in hepatocellular carcinomes (HCC) could occur. A genotype/phenotype classification has defined different subgroups of tumors : HCA with inactivating mutations of HNF1A, HCA with activating mutations of β-catenin and inflammatory HCA with activation of the JAK/STAT pathway. We have identified activation mutations of GNAS, that codes for the alpha subunit of the Gs protein in a subgroup of inflammatory HCA and in patients with HCA and McCune Albright syndrom, a rare disease that combined endocrine tumor, bone fibrous dysplasia and « cafe au lait » skin macula. These findings highlight the crosstalk between the cyclic AMP pathway induced by GNAS mutation with the JAK/STAT pathway. HCC are the most frequent primary liver tumors worldwide and mainly occur on cirrhosis due to various risk factor as hepatitis B and C virus, alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome. HCC is due to the accumulation of genetic and epigenetic alterations in the malignant hepatocytes. We have identified TERT (telomerase reverse transcriptase) promoter mutations as the most frequent somatic genetic alterations in HCC. These mutations were also found in cirrhotic premalignant nodules underlying their role in tumor initiation and malignant transformation. In contrast, the study of the different steps of malignant transformation of HCA into HCC using next generation sequencing and TERT promoter screening have shown that activatiing mutation of β-catenin is an early genetic alteration whereas TERT promoter mutation is required in a second step to promote a full malignant transformation. We have also identified a prognostic molecular signature, the 5-gene score, in patients with HCC treated by liver resection. The 5-gene score predicts tumor recurrence and disease specific survival and has been validated in different cohorts of patients worldwide. Finally, we have shown that adeno-associated virus type 2 is involved in liver carcinogenesis on normal liver through insertional mutagenesis in key cancer genes as TERT, CCNA2, MLL4 and TNFSF10. These results have underlined a new oncogenic virus involved in HCC development, identified new genetic alterations involved in malignant transformation on cirrhosis and normal liver and a new prognostic molecular signature that will help to guide treatment of patients with HCC in the future
Ouandaogo, Zamalou Gisele. "Identification de gènes dans les cellules du cumulus selon la maturité nucléaire ovocytaire : influence des conditions de maturation." Thesis, Montpellier 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011MON1T015/document.
Full textCumulus cells (CCs) associated with the oocyte form the cumulus-oocyte complex (COC). During folliculogenesis, interdependent dialogue governed by gap junctions is created between the oocyte and adjacent CCs. The oocyte, by secreting certain factors allows the differentiation and proliferation of CCs which, at the same time, provide nutrients to the oocyte for its maturation and development. Nuclear maturation of oocytes is defined by its transition from germinal vesicle (GV) to metaphase I (MI) up to metaphase II (MII) phase. Our team previously shown that certain genes expressed in the human CCs could predict embryo and the pregnancy outcomes. We analyzed the transcriptomic profile of CCs according to oocyte nuclear maturation stages (GV, MI and MII). The aim of this study was to identify the CCs molecular signature according to nuclear maturation oocyte under in vivo and in vitro conditions. In addition, we studied the impact of culture conditions of the COCs under in vivo and in vitro on the gene expression profile of CCs. We have demonstrated that there is a specific signature in the human CCs associated with the nuclear maturity of human oocytes whatever the culture condition. We have also observed the under-expression of genes involved in oocyte maturation and CCs expansion, and the over-expression of genes associated with cell cycle function in the CCS derived from in vitro versus in vivo oocytes. By comparing gene expression in the CCs according to oocyte nuclear maturation stages, we have identified two dominant signaling pathways: the lipids pathway (cholesterol transport and triglyceride) strongly activated in in vivo conditions, and the process of replication, recombination and DNA repair, which appear to be specific to in vitro CCs. Our results suggest that the maturation conditions of COCs have an impact on the molecular signature of CCs.Moreover, our data showed that matures oocytes can be surrounded by competent (sur-expression of the identified molecular signature of CCs derived from oocyte at MII stage) or incompetent CCs (sur-expression of the identified molecular signature of CCs derived from oocyte at GV or/and MI stages). These results open new perspectives in clinical application.Further studies are needed to identify factors influencing gene expression during oocyte maturation in vivo. These data should help to better understand how/why signaling pathways are altered by culture conditions in vitro
Scornec, Hélène. "Identification des gènes impliqués lors de l'établissement de Lactobacillus casei dans l'intestin et caractérisation de l'opéron LSEI_0219-0221." Thesis, Dijon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014DIJOS088.
Full textIn bacteria which are in direct contact with their environment, genes transcription and proteins synthesis are efficiently regulated at each change of environmental parameters to allow cell survival. For intestinal commensal bacteria, these regulations must also allow symbiotic interactions and colonization whose molecular mechanisms, so far little known, are probably related, among others, to the bacteria surface (molecules exposed and secreted…). Lactobacillus casei, a commensal bacterium, has about 330 predicted genes involved in the composition and functionality of the cell surface. To have a global view of the whole genes involved in the establishment of L. casei in the gut, a reverse genetics approach was performed. For that, a library of L. casei random labeled-mutants by Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis was generated then annotated and reassembled thanks to the sequencing of transposon insertion sites. Mutants were screened for their ability to establish themselves in the rabbit ligated ileal loop and quantified by qPCR. Among the 47 genes identified as involved in the in vivo establishment, three genes in an operon encoding a two-component system and a penicillin-binding protein were characterized. These three genes are involved in the cell surface modulation and particularly in the regulation of peptidoglycan hydrolases which are required for the bacteria protection in the intestinal environment
Edelist, Cecile. "Patron de polymorphisme et signature moléculaire de l'adaptation au mileu salin de Helianthus paradoxus." Paris 11, 2007. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00196521.
Full textThe homoploid hybrid sunflower species, Helianthus paradoxus, is derived from two sunflower species H. Annuus and H. Petiolaris, and is adapted to salt marshes. My work characterizes the genetic basis of the natural selection that created the adaptation of H. Paradoxus to this extreme habitat. I searched for signatures of selection at the whole genome scale, and at a finer scale of 20 to 90 cM within individual chromosomes. Accordingly, I analyzed the genetic diversity of populations of H. Paradoxus and its parental species using microsatellite markers. For the analysis, I used microsatellite markers that are located near three survivorship QTLs, and compared their genetic diversity to markers from putative unselected regions. Genetic diversity was significantly lower around the survivorship QTL in the hybrid species but not in the parental species, signaling for the signature of selection in the H. Paradoxus genome detectable at this scale. At the finer scale, I found a mosaic pattern of genetic diversity. To overcome unknown mapping locations of genetic markers in H. Paradoxus, a method to group and order markers based on measure of linkage disequilibrium in natural populations was developed. In addition, a physiological and gene expression study was developed to understand the mechanisms of H. Paradoxus adaptation to salty habitat. The hybrid species exhibited a high plasticity response, and performed better than its parental species in a saline habitat. Leaves of H. Paradoxus were more succulent and have a higher concentration of sodium and sulfate, compared to the parental species. Several candidate genes, implied in various salinity response pathways and located for some within the mapped QTL regions, were differentially expressed in the hybrid species and the two parental species. These results confirm that these genes are potential candidate genes for studying H. Paradoxus adaptation to saline marshes, and probably played a major role in the process of speciation
Chanrion, Maïa. "Profilage d'expression génique des cancers du sein : classification moléculaire et signature prédictive de la récurrence sous Tamoxifène." Montpellier 1, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007MON1T027.
Full textSt-Jean, Julien. "Mise en évidence de gènes de virulence chez la bactérie Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae par la méthode STM (signature-tagged mutagenesis)." Thèse, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2001. http://depot-e.uqtr.ca/2752/1/000681074.pdf.
Full textHadj-Hamou, Nabila Sandra. "Signatures fonctionnelles de la radio-induction dans des sarcomes se développant dans le champ d'irradiation après radiothérapie." Paris 11, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA11T072.
Full textBoyrie, Léa. "Détection de gènes coadaptés par analyse pangénomique de signatures de sélection épistatique : application chez la légumineuse modèle Medicago truncatula." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020TOU30224.
Full textAdaptation by natural selection is central to the evolution of species. By targeting differences in survival and/or reproduction of individuals according to changes in the environment, selection filters genetic variants in populations. Extremely conserved genes are subjected to purifying selection which eliminates deleterious mutations, while other more polymorphic genes will carry positively selected mutations in a certain environmental context. For more than 20 years, modeling in population genetics and the emergence of sequencing technologies allowing the identification of genetic variants at the genome level (e.g. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms - SNP) have allowed the development of numerous statistical methods analyzing polymorphism to identify genes or regions of the genome presenting selection signatures, while taking into account the other evolutionary forces (genetic drift, gene flow) influencing this polymorphism. However, they test the selection hypothesis independently at each locus and do not allow the interaction between the alleles of genes to be explored as a potential target for epistatic selection. Still, quantitative genetics and modern biology unquestionably show that genes are not functionally independent entities, but that they are interacting elements in larger networks allowing the expression of biological characteristics. The purpose of this thesis is to propose a new statistical test which makes it possible to identify epistatic selection signatures, therefore coadapted genes, on the basis of linkage disequilibrium (DL) using SNP markers. In the first part, we describe the proposed statistics, Trv and TcorPC1v, which compare pairs of SNPs or genomic regions. They are based on recent work showing that the correlation coefficient (r), strongly influenced by the genetic structure of populations and the degree of genetic similarity between individuals, must be corrected (rv) by the relationship matrix between individuals (V). Coupled with intensive calculations, simulations of genome-wide SNP data in structured populations have made it possible to demonstrate that Trv and TcorPC1v follow a Student distribution t(n-2), greatly reduce noisy DL background generated by non-selective evolutionary forces, and show good detection power. In a second part, we use the "Genome-Wide Epistatic Selection Scan" (GWESS) approach in the model plant Medicago truncatula, where a candidate gene is used as bait to calculate its correlation with all the other genes in the genome. Following the identification of an epistatic selection signature between MtSUNN and MtCLE02, coding respectively for a receptor and a signaling peptide, a proof of concept is provided by the experimental demonstration (collaboration) that MtCLE02 has a MtSUNN-dependent negative role on nodulation. The GWESS approach applied to SNP data in humans shows an epistatic selection signature between the SLC24A5 and EDAR genes, involved in skin pigmentation and the development of ectodermal organs (hair, teeth).[...]
Shinde, Jayendra. "Mutational signatures reveal the dynamic interplay of risk factors and cellular process during liver tumorigenesis." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCC324/document.
Full textCancer is a disease of the genome. A normal cell goes rogue and is transformed into a cancerous cell due to acquired somatic mutations in its genome. The catalogue of these somatic mutations observed in the cancer genome is the outcome of multiple mutational processes that have been operative over the lifetime of a patient. These mutational processes that have occurred throughout the development of cancer may be infidelity of the DNA replication machinery, impaired DNA repair system, enzymatic modifications of DNA, or exposures to exogenous or endogenous mutagens. Each mutational process leaves a characteristic pattern – a “mutational signature” on the cancer genome. Various genomic features related to genome architecture, including DNA replication and transcription, modulate these mutational processes. During my PhD, I analyzed whole exome and whole genome sequencing data from liver tumors to understand the mutational processes remodeling these tumor genomes, their interaction with risk factors, cellular processes, and driver genes, and their evolution along the tumor histories. For that aim, I used existing statistical methods and I developed innovative computational tools to:- extract mutational and structural variant signatures from next-generation sequencing data- identify risk factors or genetic alterations underlying each process- predict the mutational process at the origin of each somatic mutation- explore correlations between mutation rates and cellular processes like replication and transcription- reconstruct the clonal history of a tumor and the timing of mutational processes and copy-number changes These innovative analytical strategies allowed me to identify 10 mutational signatures: 5 ubiquitous signatures operative in every liver cancer but modulated by risk factors (gender, alcohol, tobacco), and 5 sporadic signatures operative in <5% of HCC and associated with specific known (aflatoxin B1, aristolochic acid) or unknown mutational processes. I also identified 6 structural variant signatures, including striking duplicator or deletor phenotypes in rare tumors. Each mutational process showed a different relationship with replication and transcription. Signatures of bulky DNA adducts (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, aflatoxin B1, aristolochic acid) strongly decreased in highly expressed genes due to transcription-coupled repair, whereas the alcohol-related signature 16 displayed a unique feature of transcription-coupled damage. A striking positive correlation between indel rate and gene expression was observed, leading to recurrent mutations in very highly expressed tissue-specific genes. Finally, reconstructing the clonal history of HCC revealed the evolution of mutational processes along tumor development and identified synchronous chromosome duplications as late events probably leading to fast tumor growth and clinical detection of the tumor. Together, these findings shed new light on the mechanisms generating DNA alterations along the natural history of liver cancers
Lopez, Pierre fabrice. "De l'analyse de la régulation transcriptionnelle à la modélisation logique des réseaux géniques." Aix-Marseille 2, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009AIX22064.
Full textThis thesis report is about bioinformatic analysis of mechanisms involved in regulation of gene expression, an ubiquitous phenomenon in all life froms, notably at the root of cellular differenciation. The use of genomic large scale datasets motivated the creation of specific algorithms and methods. These approaches led to the development of tools and databases, namely the software BZScan for the quantification of DNA microarray images, the ATD database listing polyadenylation sites in human and mouse genomes, the sofware package TranscriptomeBrowser containing a transcriptional signatures database, and the logical simultaion and modellind software signatures database, and the logical simulation and modelling software GINsim. A modular programming approach allowed us to develop efficient communication between these different tools
Stéfan, Théo, and Théo Stéfan. "Caractérisation chez l'humain de l'expression de différents gènes et fonctions biologiques associés à la dépression et signatures transcriptionnelles spécifiques au sexe à l'aide de différents modèles animaux." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/38028.
Full textLe trouble majeur de la dépression est un des troubles de santé mentale les plus fréquents dans la société d’aujourd’hui avec plus de 350 millions de personnes atteintes dans le monde. Malgré la présence de différents types de traitement, comme les antidépresseurs ou les thérapies comportementales, les causes de ce trouble ne sont pas encore complètement élucidées. Les lacunes concernant la compréhension de cette pathologie se trouve plus particulièrement au niveau de ses fondements génétiques. A partir d’un grand échantillon de 267 sujets atteints de la dépression, de 286 sujets témoins ainsi que de trois modèles animaux, la présente étude a pour objectif de mettre en évidence différents gènes et fonctions associés de façon significative à cette maladie et de caractériser les différences transcriptionnelles spécifiques au sexe. Pour ce faire, deux grandes étapes composent ce projet. Une analyse de gènes différentiellement exprimés ainsi qu’une de modules de gènes Eigengenes, toutes deux effectuées sur l’humain et sur les modèles animaux. Les résultats ont mis en exergue plusieurs gènes associés à la dépression et partagés entre l’humain et les modèles animaux. Il semblerait que le modèle animal qui reproduit le plus les observations chez l’humain soit celui de l’isolation sociale. De plus, plusieurs fonctions biologiques pertinentes avec la caractérisation du trouble étudié ont été identifiées. Par surcroît, les modules de gènes associés à la dépression chez les femelles étaient en plus grand nombre que chez les mâles et cette observation est bien reproduite dans le modèle du stress variable chronique de l’animal. Cette étude a donc permis une amélioration des connaissances concernant la génétique de la dépression. Il en ressort que les modèles animaux utilisés dans cette étude permettent de bien de reproduire un état dépressif chez l’animal.
Major depressive disorder is one of the most common mental health disorder in modern society affecting more than 350 million people worldwide. While different types of treatment are available, such as antidepressants or behavioural therapies, causes of this disorder are not yet fully understood. A better comprehension of its genetic basis could fulfil the gaps. From a large sample of 267 subjects with depression, 286 control subjects and three animal models, this study aims to identify different genes and functions significantly associated with this disorder and to characterize sex-specific transcriptional differences. This project splits in two major steps: a differentially expressed genes analysis and a gene modules analysis using Eigengenes, both performed on humans and animal models. Results highlight several genes shared between humans and animal models. The animal model that seems to better reproduce the effects observed in humans is that of social isolation. In addition, several biological functions appear to be relevant to major depressive disorder characterization. Furthermore, gene modules associated with depression are more numerous in females than in males and this observation is reproduced in the animal’s chronic variable stress model. This study therefore enhanced knowledge about depression’s genetics and shows that animal models can be effectively used to reproduce a depressive state in animals.
Major depressive disorder is one of the most common mental health disorder in modern society affecting more than 350 million people worldwide. While different types of treatment are available, such as antidepressants or behavioural therapies, causes of this disorder are not yet fully understood. A better comprehension of its genetic basis could fulfil the gaps. From a large sample of 267 subjects with depression, 286 control subjects and three animal models, this study aims to identify different genes and functions significantly associated with this disorder and to characterize sex-specific transcriptional differences. This project splits in two major steps: a differentially expressed genes analysis and a gene modules analysis using Eigengenes, both performed on humans and animal models. Results highlight several genes shared between humans and animal models. The animal model that seems to better reproduce the effects observed in humans is that of social isolation. In addition, several biological functions appear to be relevant to major depressive disorder characterization. Furthermore, gene modules associated with depression are more numerous in females than in males and this observation is reproduced in the animal’s chronic variable stress model. This study therefore enhanced knowledge about depression’s genetics and shows that animal models can be effectively used to reproduce a depressive state in animals.
Simon, Philippe. "Etude du gène uspA chez Escherichia coli et caractérisation de stress dus à des modifications de l'environnement. Application à l'étude et à la réalisation de biocapteurs multiparamétriques à signatures spécifiques : principe, expérimentation et obtention de profils caractéristiques." Aix-Marseille 3, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001AIX30104.
Full textBacteria are well adapted to respond to environmental perturbations in physico-chemical parameters. Therefore they developed adaptive mechanisms in order to survive to changing environmental conditions, and to protect themselves against multiple deleterious agents. In Escherichia coli, a hierarchical organization of the cellular activity has been recognized. At the top of this organization, the Universal stress protein A (UspA), which is synthesized in response to stress conditions, controls the adaptation of the cell to brutal environmental changes. A reporter gene coding for a variant of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and integrated in the uspA gene, coding for the UspA protein, allows the real-time and in vivo detection of the uspA gene induction process, and qualitative and quantitative evaluation of specific responses to environmental stresses as well. DNA structural constraints were found to play an architectural role in the structural definition of the uspAB domain and affect directly the expression of uspA and uspB genes. These genes are known to be general responders to diverse types of stress. Environmental changes can have important consequences on the activities of multiple accessory factors. Like the Integration Host Factor (IHF), these factors participate to complex nucleoprotein structures and transcription controls. The comparative study of the bacterial homologous of the MADS-box family of transcription factors provide us with a molecular and structural model. This model allows functional predictions about uncharacterized DNA binding domains of the UspA family of bacterial proteins. The economical stake of these studies pertains to the development of multi-parametric biological sensors, designed for the detection of stress specific signatures in bacteria