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Guest Commentary:

Ralph S. Wolfe

Anaerobic Lifea Centennial View
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3317-3320. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Doyle V. Ward and Austin Newton

Cell Cycle Expression and Transcriptional Regulation of DNA Topoisomerase IV Genes in Caulobacter
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3321-3329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madan Paidhungat and Peter Setlow

Isolation and Characterization of Mutations in Bacillus subtilis That Allow Spore Germination in the Novel Germinant D-Alanine
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3341-3350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary T. Kelly and Timothy R. Hoover

Mutant Forms of Salmonella typhimurium ⁵⁴ Defective in Transcription Initiation but Not Promoter Binding Activity
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3351-3357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier Dussurget, Juliano Timm, Manuel Gomez, Benjamin Gold, Shengwei Yu, Sue Z. Sabol, Randall K. Holmes, William R. Jacobs, Jr., and Issar Smith

Transcriptional Control of the Iron-Responsive fxbA Gene by the Mycobacterial Regulator IdeR
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3402-3408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabrizio Beltrametti, Andreas U. Kresse, and Carlos A. Guzmán

Transcriptional Regulation of the esp Genes of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3409-3418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pascal Poupin, Véronique Ducrocq, Sylvie Hallier-Soulier, and Nicole Truffaut

Cloning and Characterization of the Genes Encoding a Cytochrome P450 (PipA) Involved in Piperidine and Pyrrolidine Utilization and Its Regulatory Protein (PipR) in Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3419-3426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chris R. Harris and Thomas J. Silhavy

Mapping an Interface of SecY (PrlA) and SecE (PrlG) by Using Synthetic Phenotypes and In Vivo Cross-Linking
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3438-3444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Armengaud, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Rolf-Michael Wittich

A Functional 4-Hydroxysalicylate/Hydroxyquinol Degradative Pathway Gene Cluster Is Linked to the Initial Dibenzo-p-Dioxin Pathway Genes in Sphingomonas sp. Strain RW1
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3452-3461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan J. Caguiat, Alice L. Watson, and Anne O. Summers

Cd(II)-Responsive and Constitutive Mutants Implicate a Novel Domain in MerR
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3462-3471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carole Vincent, Patricia Doublet, Christophe Grangeasse, Elisabeth Vaganay, Alain J. Cozzone, and Bertrand Duclos

Cells of Escherichia coli Contain a Protein-Tyrosine Kinase, Wzc, and a Phosphotyrosine-Protein Phosphatase, Wzb
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3472-3477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed K. Fakhr, Alejandro Peñaloza-Vázquez, Ananda M. Chakrabarty, and Carol L. Bender

Regulation of Alginate Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3478-3485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yanmin Hu, Philip D. Butcher, Joseph A. Mangan, Marie-Adele Rajandream, and Anthony R. M. Coates

Regulation of hmp Gene Transcription in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Effects of Oxygen Limitation and Nitrosative and Oxidative Stress
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3486-3493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. D'Argenio, Ana Segura, Wayne M. Coco, Patricia V. Bünz, and L. Nicholas Ornston

The Physiological Contribution of Acinetobacter PcaK, a Transport System That Acts upon Protocatechuate, Can Be Masked by the Overlapping Specificity of VanK
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3505-3515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitsunori Katayama, Nicholas F. Tsinoremas, Takao Kondo, and Susan S. Golden

cpmA, a Gene Involved in an Output Pathway of the Cyanobacterial Circadian System
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3516-3524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy F. Braun, Susan Poulson, Jonathan B. Gully, J. Courtney Empey, Susan Van Way, Angélica Putnam, and David F. Blair

Function of Proline Residues of MotA in Torque Generation by the Flagellar Motor of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3542-3551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florence Arsène, Toshifumi Tomoyasu, Axel Mogk, Christiane Schirra, Agnes Schulze-Specking, and Bernd Bukau

Role of Region C in Regulation of the Heat Shock Gene-Specific Sigma Factor of Escherichia coli, ³²
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3552-3561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clifton V. Franklund and Joanna B. Goldberg

Cloning of the Glutamyl-tRNA Synthetase (gltX) Gene from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3582-3586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela L. Bricker and Joel G. Belasco

Importance of a 5' Stem-Loop for Longevity of papA mRNA in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3587-3590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judy K. Morona, Renato Morona, and James C. Paton

Analysis of the 5' Portion of the Type 19A Capsule Locus Identifies Two Classes of cpsC, cpsD, and cpsE Genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3599-3605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eukaryotic Cells:

Troy Ketela, Robin Green, and Howard Bussey

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mid2p Is a Potential Cell Wall Stress Sensor and Upstream Activator of the PKC1-MPK1 Cell Integrity Pathway
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3330-3340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Stewart and Daniel Cullen

Organization and Differential Regulation of a Cluster of Lignin Peroxidase Genes of Phanerochaete chrysosporium
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3427-3432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhi-Mei Liu and Pappachan E. Kolattukudy

Early Expression of the Calmodulin Gene, Which Precedes Appressorium Formation in Magnaporthe grisea, Is Inhibited by Self-Inhibitors and Requires Surface Attachment
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3571-3577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Karina B. Xavier, Ralf Peist, Marina Kossmann, Winfried Boos, and Helena Santos

Maltose Metabolism in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus litoralis: Purification and Characterization of Key Enzymes
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3358-3367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor V. Bartsevich and Himadri B. Pakrasi

Membrane Topology of MntB, the Transmembrane Protein Component of an ABC Transporter System for Manganese in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3591-3593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plasmids and Transposons:

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Guy Gerbaud, and Patrice Courvalin

Conjugative Mobilization of the Rolling-Circle Plasmid pIP823 from Listeria monocytogenes BM4293 among Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3368-3374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akira Yamagata, Junichi Kato, Ryuichi Hirota, Akio Kuroda, Tsukasa Ikeda, Noboru Takiguchi, and Hisao Ohtake

Isolation and Characterization of Two Cryptic Plasmids in the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosomonas sp. Strain ENI-11
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3375-3381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Kiyoshi Matsuno, Tessa Blais, Alisa W. Serio, Tyrrell Conway, Tina M. Henkin, and Abraham L. Sonenshein

Metabolic Imbalance and Sporulation in an Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Mutant of Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3382-3391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kiyoshi Matsuno and Abraham L. Sonenshein

Role of SpoVG in Asymmetric Septation in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3392-3401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Urban Lundberg, Ursula Vinatzer, Daniela Berdnik, Alexander von Gabain, and Manuela Baccarini

Growth Phase-Regulated Induction of Salmonella-Induced Macrophage Apoptosis Correlates with Transient Expression of SPI-1 Genes
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3433-3437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Segura, Patricia V. Bünz, David A. D'Argenio, and L. Nicholas Ornston

Genetic Analysis of a Chromosomal Region Containing vanA and vanB, Genes Required for Conversion of Either Ferulate or Vanillate to Protocatechuate in Acinetobacter
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3494-3504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Pierre Castanie-Cornet, Thomas A. Penfound, Dean Smith, John F. Elliott, and John W. Foster

Control of Acid Resistance in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3525-3535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert E. London, Devon L. Allen, Scott A. Gabel, and Eugene F. DeRose

Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Metabolism of Propionate by Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3562-3570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. M. O'Malley, S. L. Mouton, D. A. Occhino, M. T. Deanda, J. R. Rashidi, K. L. Fuson, C. E. Rashidi, M. Y. Mora, S. M. Payne, and D. P. Henderson

Comparison of the Heme Iron Utilization Systems of Pathogenic Vibrios
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3594-3598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paula I. Watnick, Karla Jean Fullner, and Roberto Kolter

A Role for the Mannose-Sensitive Hemagglutinin in Biofilm Formation by Vibrio cholerae El Tor
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3606-3609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Knut Rudi and Kjetill S. Jakobsen

Complex Evolutionary Patterns of tRNA_UAA^Leu Group I Introns in Cyanobacterial Radiation
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3445-3451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivy Ng, Shu-Lin Liu, and Kenneth E. Sanderson

Role of Genomic Rearrangements in Producing New Ribotypes of Salmonella typhi
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3536-3541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cell Surfaces:

Holger Pilsl, David Smajs, and Volkmar Braun

Characterization of Colicin S4 and Its Receptor, OmpW, a Minor Protein of the Escherichia coli Outer Membrane
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3578-3581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wolfgang Rabsch, Wolfgang Voigt, Rolf Reissbrodt, Renée M. Tsolis, and Andreas J. Bäumler

Salmonella typhimurium IroN and FepA Proteins Mediate Uptake of Enterobactin but Differ in Their Specificity for Other Siderophores
J. Bacteriol. 1999 181: 3610-3612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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