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Cloning and characterization of the Helicobacter pylori flbA gene, which codes for a membrane protein involved in coordinated expression of flagellar genes
A Schmitz, C Josenhans, and S Suerbaum
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 987-997;
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A role for cpeYZ in cyanobacterial phycoerythrin biosynthesis
K Kahn, D Mazel, J Houmard, N Tandeau de Marsac, and MR Schaefer
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 998-1006;
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Survival during exposure to the electrophilic reagent N-ethylmaleimide in Escherichia coli: role of KefB and KefC potassium channels
GP Ferguson, Y Nikolaev, D McLaggan, M Maclean, and IR Booth
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1007-1012;
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Genetic characterization of the pdu operon: use of 1,2-propanediol in Salmonella typhimurium
D Walter, M Ailion, and J Roth
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1013-1022;
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X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of whole cells and isolated cell walls of gram-positive bacteria: comparison with biochemical analysis
YF Dufrene, A van der Wal, W Norde, and PG Rouxhet
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1023-1028;
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The Cpx two-component signal transduction pathway is activated in Escherichia coli mutant strains lacking phosphatidylethanolamine
E Mileykovskaya and W Dowhan
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1029-1034;
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Altered transcription activation specificity of a mutant form of Bacillus subtilis GltR, a LysR family member
BR Belitsky and AL Sonenshein
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1035-1043;
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Enzymology of oxidation of tropic acid to phenylacetic acid in metabolism of atropine by Pseudomonas sp. strain AT3
MT Long, BA Bartholomew, MJ Smith, PW Trudgill, and DJ Hopper
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1044-1050;
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Critical base pairs and amino acid residues for protein-DNA interaction between the TyrR protein and tyrP operator of Escherichia coli
JS Hwang, J Yang, and AJ Pittard
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1051-1058;
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Mutational analysis of protein binding sites involved in formation of the bacteriophage lambda attL complex
M MacWilliams, RI Gumport, and JF Gardner
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1059-1067;
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AUT1, a gene essential for autophagocytosis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
M Schlumpberger, E Schaeffeler, M Straub, M Bredschneider, DH Wolf, and M Thumm
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1068-1076;
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Carbon source-dependent synthesis of SecB, a cytosolic chaperone involved in protein translocation across Escherichia coli membranes
HK Seoh and PC Tai
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1077-1081;
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Conservation of msp, the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein of oral Treponema spp
JC Fenno, GW Wong, PM Hannam, KH Muller, WK Leung, and BC McBride
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1082-1089;
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Characterization and regulation of the gene encoding nitrite reductase in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.3
IE Tosques, AV Kwiatkowski, J Shi, and JP Shapleigh
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1090-1095;
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae exhibits a yAP-1-mediated adaptive response to malondialdehyde
HE Turton, IW Dawes, and CM Grant
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1096-1101;
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Differential inactivation of alcohol dehydrogenase isoenzymes in Zymomonas mobilis by oxygen
J Tamarit, E Cabiscol, J Aguilar, and J Ros
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1102-1104;
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Analysis of the boundaries of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 and the corresponding chromosomal region of Escherichia coli K-12
M Hensel, JE Shea, AJ Baumler, C Gleeson, F Blattner, and DW Holden
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1105-1111;
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Cloning, sequencing, and analysis of a gene cluster from Chelatobacter heintzii ATCC 29600 encoding nitrilotriacetate monooxygenase and NADH:flavin mononucleotide oxidoreductase
Y Xu, MW Mortimer, TS Fisher, ML Kahn, FJ Brockman, and L Xun
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1112-1116;
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Specific DNA cleavage mediated by the integrase of conjugative transposon Tn916
KL Taylor and G Churchward
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1117-1125;
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Biological function of the dTDP-rhamnose synthesis pathway in Streptococcus mutans
Y Tsukioka, Y Yamashita, T Oho, Y Nakano, and T Koga
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1126-1134;
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A conserved glutamate residue, Glu-257, is important for substrate binding and transport by the Escherichia coli mannitol permease
CA Saraceni-Richards and GR Jacobson
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1135-1142;
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Cloning and sequence of cymA, a gene encoding a tetraheme cytochrome c required for reduction of iron(III), fumarate, and nitrate by Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1
CR Myers and JM Myers
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1143-1152;
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The dnaK operon of Bacillus subtilis is heptacistronic
G Homuth, S Masuda, A Mogk, Y Kobayashi, and W Schumann
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1153-1164;
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Functional domains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens single-stranded DNA- binding protein VirE2
P Dombek and W Ream
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1165-1173;
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Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of isopropylmalate dehydrogenase of a thermoacidophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus sp. strain 7
T Suzuki, Y Inoki, A Yamagishi, T Iwasaki, T Wakagi, and T Oshima
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1174-1179;
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Biochemical and serological evidence for an RNase E-like activity in halophilic Archaea
B Franzetti, B Sohlberg, G Zaccai, and A von Gabain
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1180-1185;
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Utilization of phosphocholine from extracellular complex polysaccharide as a source of cytoplasmic choline derivatives in Penicillium fellutanum
YI Park, ML Buszko, and JE Gander
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1186-1192;
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Purification and molecular characterization of glycylglycine endopeptidase produced by Staphylococcus capitis EPK1
M Sugai, T Fujiwara, T Akiyama, M Ohara, H Komatsuzawa, S Inoue, and H Suginaka
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1193-1202;
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VirB1, a component of the T-complex transfer machinery of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, is processed to a C-terminal secreted product, VirB1
C Baron, M Llosa, S Zhou, and PC Zambryski
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1203-1210;
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The lipoprotein VirB7 interacts with VirB9 in the membranes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
C Baron, YR Thorstenson, and PC Zambryski
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1211-1218;
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Role of enzymes of homologous recombination in illegitimate plasmid recombination in Bacillus subtilis
R Meima, BJ Haijema, H Dijkstra, GJ Haan, G Venema, and S Bron
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1219-1229;
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Sequence analysis and recombinant expression of a 28-kilodalton Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum rare outer membrane protein (Tromp2)
CI Champion, DR Blanco, MM Exner, H Erdjument-Bromage, RE Hancock, P Tempst, JN Miller, and MA Lovett
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1230-1238;
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DNA-binding determinants of sigma 54 as deduced from libraries of mutations
Y Guo and JD Gralla
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1239-1245;
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Further characterization and in situ localization of chain-like aggregates of the gliding bacteria Myxococcus fulvus and Myxococcus xanthus
A Freese, H Reichenbach, and H Lunsdorf
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1246-1252;
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Dimerization specificity of P22 and 434 repressors is determined by multiple polypeptide segments
AL Donner, PA Carlson, and GB Koudelka
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1253-1261;
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Identification and characterization of the dTDP-rhamnose biosynthesis and transfer genes of the lipopolysaccharide-related rfb locus in Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni
M Mitchison, DM Bulach, T Vinh, K Rajakumar, S Faine, and B Adler
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1262-1267;
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Hook-length control of the export-switching machinery involves a double- locked gate in Salmonella typhimurium flagellar morphogenesis
K Kutsukake
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1268-1273;
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An Na+-pumping V1V0-ATPase complex in the thermophilic bacterium Clostridium fervidus
K Honer zu Bentrup, T Ubbink-Kok, JS Lolkema, and WN Konings
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1274-1279;
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Characterization of the fimA gene encoding bundle-forming fimbriae of the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria
T Ojanen-Reuhs, N Kalkkinen, B Westerlund-Wikstrom, J van Doorn, K Haahtela, EL Nurmiaho-Lassila, K Wengelnik, U Bonas, and TK Korhonen
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1280-1290;
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Ti plasmid conjugation is independent of vir: reconstitution of the tra functions from pTiC58 as a binary system
DM Cook, PL Li, F Ruchaud, S Padden, and SK Farrand
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1291-1297;
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Molecular characterization of glucokinase from Escherichia coli K-12
D Meyer, C Schneider-Fresenius, R Horlacher, R Peist, and W Boos
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1298-1306;
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Yersinia pestis LcrV forms a stable complex with LcrG and may have a secretion-related regulatory role in the low-Ca2+ response
ML Nilles, AW Williams, E Skrzypek, and SC Straley
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1307-1316;
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Cloning and functional analysis of the P97 swine cilium adhesin gene of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
T Hsu, S Artiushin, and FC Minion
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1317-1323;
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Translation of the mRNA for the sporulation gene spoIIID of Bacillus subtilis is dependent upon translation of a small upstream open reading frame
A Decatur, MT McMurry, BN Kunkel, and R Losick
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1324-1328;
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Expression, inducer spectrum, domain structure, and function of MopR, the regulator of phenol degradation in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus NCIB8250
F Schirmer, S Ehrt, and W Hillen
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1329-1336;
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MalFGK complex assembly and transport and regulatory characteristics of MalK insertion mutants
J Lippincott and B Traxler
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1337-1343;
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The terminal quinol oxidase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens exhibits a novel subunit structure and gene organization
WG Purschke, CL Schmidt, A Petersen, and G Schafer
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1344-1353;
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Characterization of the rcsB gene from Erwinia amylovora and its influence on exoploysaccharide synthesis and virulence of the fire blight pathogen
S Bereswill and K Geider
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1354-1361;
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Nitrogenase activity and regeneration of the cellular ATP pool in Azotobacter vinelandii adapted to different oxygen concentrations
K Linkerhagner and J Oelze
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1362-1367;
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Investigation of ribosome binding by the Shiga toxin A1 subunit, using competition and site-directed mutagenesis
LM Skinner and MP Jackson
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1368-1374;
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The 32-kilobase exp gene cluster of Rhizobium meliloti directing the biosynthesis of galactoglucan: genetic organization and properties of the encoded gene products
A Becker, S Ruberg, H Kuster, AA Roxlau, M Keller, T Ivashina, HP Cheng, GC Walker, and A Puhler
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1375-1384;
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Purification and preliminary characterization of (E)-3-(2,4-dioxo-6- methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)acrylic acid synthase, an enzyme involved in biosynthesis of the antitumor agent sparsomycin
RJ Parry and JC Hoyt
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1385-1392;
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Replication and segregation of a miniF plasmid during the division cycle of Escherichia coli
CE Helmstetter, M Thornton, P Zhou, JA Bogan, AC Leonard, and JE Grimwade
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1393-1399;
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Evidence that KpsT, the ATP-binding component of an ATP-binding cassette transporter, is exposed to the periplasm and associates with polymer during translocation of the polysialic acid capsule of Escherichia coli K1
JM Bliss and RP Silver
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1400-1403;
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Identification of the epitope for a highly cross-reactive monoclonal antibody on the major sigma factor of bacterial RNA polymerase
MJ Breyer, NE Thompson, and RR Burgess
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1404-1408;
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Plasmid virulence gene expression induced by short-chain fatty acids in Salmonella dublin: identification of rpoS-dependent and rpo-S- independent mechanisms
A El-Gedaily, G Paesold, CY Chen, DG Guiney, and M Krause
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1409-1412;
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Role of His243 in the phosphatase activity of EnvZ in Escherichia coli
K Skarphol, J Waukau, and SA Forst
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1413-1416;
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Two cistrons of the gerC operon of Bacillus subtilis encode the two subunits of heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase
YW Zhang, T Koyama, and K Ogura
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1417-1419;
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The inactivated plasmid inititator protein RepC/RepC* may have a regulatory role
A Rasooly and RS Rasooly
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1420-1422;
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bmr3, a third multidrug transporter gene of Bacillus subtilis
R Ohki and M Murata
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1423-1427;
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Turn angle and run time distributions characterize swimming behavior for Pseudomonas putida
KJ Duffy and RM Ford
J. Bacteriol. February 1997 179: 1428-1430;
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