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Gene Regulation

  • OmpR and LeuO Positively Regulate the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi ompS2 Porin Gene

    • Marcos Fernández-Mora,
    • José Luis Puente,
    • and Edmundo Calva
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2909-2920; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2909-2920.2004

  • TtgV Bound to a Complex Operator Site Represses Transcription of the Promoter for the Multidrug and Solvent Extrusion TtgGHI Pump

    • María-Eugenia Guazzaroni,
    • Wilson Terán,
    • Xiaodong Zhang,
    • María-Trinidad Gallegos,
    • and Juan L. Ramos
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2921-2927; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2921-2927.2004

  • Positive Control of Swarming, Rhamnolipid Synthesis, and Lipase Production by the Posttranscriptional RsmA/RsmZ System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

    • Karin Heurlier,
    • Faye Williams,
    • Stephan Heeb,
    • Corinne Dormond,
    • Gabriella Pessi,
    • Dustin Singer,
    • Miguel Cámara,
    • Paul Williams,
    • and Dieter Haas
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2936-2945; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2936-2945.2004

  • TcaR, a Putative MarR-Like Regulator of sarS Expression

    • Nadine McCallum,
    • Markus Bischoff,
    • Hideki Maki,
    • Akihito Wada,
    • and Brigitte Berger-Bächi
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2966-2972; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2966-2972.2004

  • Effects of a gerF (lgt) Mutation on the Germination of Spores of Bacillus subtilis

    • Takao Igarashi,
    • Barbara Setlow,
    • Madan Paidhungat,
    • and Peter Setlow
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2984-2991; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2984-2991.2004

  • Drastic Differences in Crh and HPr Synthesis Levels Reflect Their Different Impacts on Catabolite Repression in Bacillus subtilis

    • Boris Görke,
    • Laetitia Fraysse,
    • and Anne Galinier
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2992-2995; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2992-2995.2004

  • PhaQ, a New Class of Poly-β-Hydroxybutyrate (PHB)-Responsive Repressor, Regulates phaQ and phaP (Phasin) Expression in Bacillus megaterium through Interaction with PHB

    • Tian-Ren Lee,
    • Jer-Sheng Lin,
    • Shih-Shin Wang,
    • and Gwo-Chyuan Shaw
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3015-3021; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3015-3021.2004

  • Two Separate Quorum-Sensing Systems Upregulate Transcription of the Same ABC Transporter in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    • Eivind Knutsen,
    • Ola Ween,
    • and Leiv Sigve Håvarstein
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3078-3085; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3078-3085.2004

  • An Extracytoplasmic-Function Sigma Factor Is Involved in a Pathway Controlling β-Exotoxin I Production in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis Strain 407-1

    • Sylvain Espinasse,
    • Michel Gohar,
    • Didier Lereclus,
    • and Vincent Sanchis
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3108-3116; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3108-3116.2004

  • Regulation of Photosynthesis Genes in Rubrivivax gelatinosus: Transcription Factor PpsR Is Involved in both Negative and Positive Control

    • Anne-Soisig Steunou,
    • Chantal Astier,
    • and Soufian Ouchane
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3133-3142; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3133-3142.2004

  • Evaluation of the Kinetic Properties of the Sporulation Protein SpoIIE of Bacillus subtilis by Inclusion in a Model Membrane

    • Tim Searls,
    • Xingyong Chen,
    • Stephanie Allen,
    • and Michael D. Yudkin
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3195-3201; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3195-3201.2004

  • Nitrite-Responsive Activation of the Nitrate Assimilation Operon in Cyanobacteria Plays an Essential Role in Up-Regulation of Nitrate Assimilation Activities under Nitrate-Limited Growth Conditions

    • Makiko Aichi,
    • Shin-Ichi Maeda,
    • Kazuhiro Ichikawa,
    • and Tatsuo Omata
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3224-3229; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3224-3229.2004

  • ClgR, a Novel Regulator of clp and lon Expression in Streptomyces

    • Audrey Bellier and
    • Philippe Mazodier
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3238-3248; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3238-3248.2004

  • Contribution of the RpoA C-Terminal Domain to Stimulation of the Salmonella enterica hilA Promoter by HilC and HilD

    • Igor N. Olekhnovich and
    • Robert J. Kadner
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3249-3253; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3249-3253.2004

Molecular Biology of Pathogens

  • Mutations in Haemophilus influenzae Mismatch Repair Genes Increase Mutation Rates of Dinucleotide Repeat Tracts but Not Dinucleotide Repeat-Driven Pilin Phase Variation Rates

    • Christopher D. Bayliss,
    • Wendy A. Sweetman,
    • and E. Richard Moxon
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2928-2935; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2928-2935.2004

  • Transcription of the Staphylococcus aureus cid and lrg Murein Hydrolase Regulators Is Affected by Sigma Factor B

    • Kelly C. Rice,
    • Toni Patton,
    • Soo-Jin Yang,
    • Alexis Dumoulin,
    • Markus Bischoff,
    • and Kenneth W. Bayles
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3029-3037; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3029-3037.2004

  • Expression of magA in Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 Is Developmentally Regulated and a Marker of Formation of Mature Intracellular Forms

    • Margot F. Hiltz,
    • Gary R. Sisson,
    • Ann Karen C. Brassinga,
    • Elizabeth Garduno,
    • Rafael A. Garduno,
    • and Paul S. Hoffman
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3038-3045; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3038-3045.2004

  • Instability of Pathogenicity Islands in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli 536

    • Barbara Middendorf,
    • Bianca Hochhut,
    • Kristina Leipold,
    • Ulrich Dobrindt,
    • Gabriele Blum-Oehler,
    • and Jörg Hacker
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3086-3096; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3086-3096.2004

  • Horizontal Transfer of CS1 Pilin Genes of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

    • Barbara Froehlich,
    • Erik Holtzapple,
    • Timothy D. Read,
    • and June R. Scott
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3230-3237; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3230-3237.2004

Plant Microbiology

  • Functional Dissection of the XpsN (GspC) Protein of the Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris Type II Secretion Machinery

    • Hsien-Min Lee,
    • Juine-Ruey Chen,
    • Hai-Lun Lee,
    • Wei-Ming Leu,
    • Ling-Yun Chen,
    • and Nien-Tai Hu
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2946-2955; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2946-2955.2004

  • Identification of rhtX and fptX, Novel Genes Encoding Proteins That Show Homology and Function in the Utilization of the Siderophores Rhizobactin 1021 by Sinorhizobium meliloti and Pyochelin by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Respectively

    • Páraic Ó Cuív,
    • Paul Clarke,
    • Damien Lynch,
    • and Michael O'Connell
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2996-3005; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2996-3005.2004

  • Generation of Enhanced Competitive Root-Tip-Colonizing Pseudomonas Bacteria through Accelerated Evolution

    • Sandra de Weert,
    • Linda C. Dekkers,
    • Irene Kuiper,
    • Guido V. Bloemberg,
    • and Ben J. J. Lugtenberg
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3153-3159; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3153-3159.2004

Genetics and Molecular Biology

  • Dual Control of Helicobacter pylori Heat Shock Gene Transcription by HspR and HrcA

    • Gunther Spohn,
    • Alberto Danielli,
    • Davide Roncarati,
    • Isabel Delany,
    • Rino Rappuoli,
    • and Vincenzo Scarlato
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2956-2965; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2956-2965.2004

  • Temperature Sensitivity Caused by Mutant Release Factor 1 Is Suppressed by Mutations That Affect 16S rRNA Maturation

    • Magdalena Kaczanowska and
    • Monica Rydén-Aulin
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3046-3055; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3046-3055.2004

  • Bacillus subtilis SalA (YbaL) Negatively Regulates Expression of scoC, Which Encodes the Repressor for the Alkaline Exoprotease Gene, aprE

    • Mitsuo Ogura,
    • Atsushi Matsuzawa,
    • Hirofumi Yoshikawa,
    • and Teruo Tanaka
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3056-3064; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3056-3064.2004

  • Agrobacterium rhizogenes GALLS Protein Substitutes for Agrobacterium tumefaciens Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein VirE2

    • Larry D. Hodges,
    • Josh Cuperus,
    • and Walt Ream
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3065-3077; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3065-3077.2004

  • Organization and Expression of the Polynucleotide Phosphorylase Gene (pnp) of Streptomyces: Processing of pnp Transcripts in Streptomyces antibioticus

    • Patricia Bralley and
    • George H. Jones
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3160-3172; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3160-3172.2004

  • Complexity of Gas Vesicle Biogenesis in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1: Identification of Five New Proteins

    • Hem Dutt Shukla and
    • Shiladitya DasSarma
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3182-3186; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3182-3186.2004

  • Arsenic Resistance in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1 Examined by Using an Improved Gene Knockout System

    • Gejiao Wang,
    • Sean P. Kennedy,
    • Sabeena Fasiludeen,
    • Christopher Rensing,
    • and Shiladitya DasSarma
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3187-3194; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3187-3194.2004

  • Precise Excision of the Large Pathogenicity Island, SPI7, in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi

    • Susan M. Bueno,
    • Carlos A. Santiviago,
    • Alejandro A. Murillo,
    • Juan A. Fuentes,
    • A. Nicole Trombert,
    • Paula I. Rodas,
    • Philip Youderian,
    • and Guido C. Mora
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3202-3213; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3202-3213.2004

  • Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Strains from Which SPI7, a 134-Kilobase Island with Genes for Vi Exopolysaccharide and Other Functions, Has Been Deleted

    • Satheesh Nair,
    • Suneetha Alokam,
    • Sushma Kothapalli,
    • Steffan Porwollik,
    • Emily Proctor,
    • Carmen Choy,
    • Michael McClelland,
    • Shu-Lin Liu,
    • and Kenneth E. Sanderson
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3214-3223; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3214-3223.2004

Enzymes and Proteins

  • Assembly of the MexAB-OprM Multidrug Efflux System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Identification and Characterization of Mutations in mexA Compromising MexA Multimerization and Interaction with MexB

    • Dominic Nehme,
    • Xian-Zhi Li,
    • Rachel Elliot,
    • and Keith Poole
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 2973-2983; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.2973-2983.2004

  • Toluene 3-Monooxygenase of Ralstonia pickettii PKO1 Is a para-Hydroxylating Enzyme

    • Ayelet Fishman,
    • Ying Tao,
    • and Thomas K. Wood
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3117-3123; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3117-3123.2004

  • Lipid II-Mediated Pore Formation by the Peptide Antibiotic Nisin: a Black Lipid Membrane Study

    • Imke Wiedemann,
    • Roland Benz,
    • and Hans-Georg Sahl
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3259-3261; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3259-3261.2004

  • Characterization of a Nucleotide-Binding Domain Associated with Neisserial Iron Transport

    • Gloria H. Y. Lau,
    • Ross T. A. MacGillivray,
    • and Michael E. P. Murphy
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3266-3269; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3266-3269.2004

Signal Transduction

  • Signal Transduction Cascade between EvgA/EvgS and PhoP/PhoQ Two-Component Systems of Escherichia coli

    • Yoko Eguchi,
    • Tadashi Okada,
    • Shu Minagawa,
    • Taku Oshima,
    • Hirotada Mori,
    • Kaneyoshi Yamamoto,
    • Akira Ishihama,
    • and Ryutaro Utsumi
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3006-3014; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3006-3014.2004

Physiology and Metabolism

  • Identification of an Uptake Hydrogenase Required for Hydrogen-Dependent Reduction of Fe(III) and Other Electron Acceptors by Geobacter sulfurreducens

    • Maddalena V. Coppi,
    • Regina A. O'Neil,
    • and Derek R. Lovley
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3022-3028; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3022-3028.2004

  • Involvement of the C-Terminal Extension of the α Polypeptide and of the PucC Protein in LH2 Complex Biosynthesis in Rubrivivax gelatinosus

    • Anne-Soisig Steunou,
    • Soufian Ouchane,
    • Françoise Reiss-Husson,
    • and Chantal Astier
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3143-3152; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3143-3152.2004

  • The Nucleotide Transporter of Caedibacter caryophilus Exhibits an Extended Substrate Spectrum Compared to the Analogous ATP/ADP Translocase of Rickettsia prowazekii

    • Robin M. Daugherty,
    • Nicole Linka,
    • Jonathon P. Audia,
    • Claude Urbany,
    • H. Ekkehard Neuhaus,
    • and Herbert H. Winkler
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3262-3265; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3262-3265.2004

Population Genetics and Evolution

  • Distinctive Protein Signatures Provide Molecular Markers and Evidence for the Monophyletic Nature of the Deinococcus-Thermus Phylum

    • Emma Griffiths and
    • Radhey S. Gupta
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3097-3107; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3097-3107.2004

Microbial Communities and Interactions

  • Characterization of Monospecies Biofilm Formation by Helicobacter pylori

    • Sheri P. Cole,
    • Julia Harwood,
    • Richard Lee,
    • Rosemary She,
    • and Donald G. Guiney
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3124-3132; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3124-3132.2004

Microbial Cell Biology

  • Rusty, Jammed, and Well-Oiled Hinges: Mutations Affecting the Interdomain Region of FliG, a Rotor Element of the Escherichia coli Flagellar Motor

    • Susan M. Van Way,
    • Stephanos G. Millas,
    • Aaron H. Lee,
    • and Michael D. Manson
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3173-3181; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3173-3181.2004

Genomics and Proteomics

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of Lipoprotein Expression in Escherichia coli MG1655

    • Stephen J. Brokx,
    • Michael Ellison,
    • Troy Locke,
    • Drell Bottorff,
    • Laura Frost,
    • and Joel H. Weiner
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3254-3258; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3254-3258.2004

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

  • Isolation and Characterization of a Generalized Transducing Phage for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains PAO1 and PA14

    • Jonathan M. Budzik,
    • William A. Rosche,
    • Arne Rietsch,
    • and George A. O'Toole
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3270-3273; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3270-3273.2004

  • −1 Frameshifting at a CGA AAG Hexanucleotide Site Is Required for Transposition of Insertion Sequence IS1222

    • Nina Mejlhede,
    • Patricia Licznar,
    • Marie-Françoise Prère,
    • Norma M. Wills,
    • Raymond F. Gesteland,
    • John F. Atkins,
    • and Olivier Fayet
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3274-3277; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3274-3277.2004

  • A Phage Protein Confers Resistance to the Lactococcal Abortive Infection Mechanism AbiP

    • Susana Domingues,
    • Alain Chopin,
    • S. Dusko Ehrlich,
    • and Marie-Christine Chopin
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3278-3281; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3278-3281.2004

Errata

  • Deletion of a Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein Homologue Diminishes Germination and Affects Morphological Development of Streptomyces coelicolor

    • A. Derouaux,
    • S. Halici,
    • H. Nothaft,
    • T. Neutelings,
    • G. Moutzourelis,
    • J. Dusart,
    • F. Titgemeyer,
    • and S. Rigali
    J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186:10 3282; doi:10.1128/JB.186.10.3282.2004

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