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Contents: April 1999, Volume 181, Issue 7        Minireviews        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Cell Surfaces        Enzymes and Proteins        Plasmids and Transposons        Plant Microbiology

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Minireviews:

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Two-Component Signal Transduction in Bacillus subtilis: How One Organism Sees Its World Céline Fabret, Victoria A. Feher, and James A. Hoch J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 1975-1983; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Chromosome Methylation and Measurement of Faithful, Once and Only Once per Cell Cycle Chromosome Replication in Caulobacter crescentus Gregory T. Marczynski J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 1984-1993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the phoD Promoter in Bacillus subtilis: Implications for PhoP Binding and Promoter Activation of Pho Regulon Promoters Steve Eder, Wei Liu, and F. Marion Hulett J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2017-2025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Expression of the Lactococcus lactis Histidine Operon C. Delorme, S. D. Ehrlich, and P. Renault J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2026-2037; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Twelve pil Genes Are Required for Biogenesis of the R64 Thin Pilus Tetsu Yoshida, Su-Ryang Kim, and Teruya Komano J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2038-2043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of BkdR, a Transcriptional Activator of the SigL-Dependent Isoleucine and Valine Degradation Pathway in Bacillus subtilis Michel Debarbouille, Rozenn Gardan, Maryvonne Arnaud, and George Rapoport J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2059-2066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HmbR, a Hemoglobin-Binding Outer Membrane Protein of Neisseria meningitidis, Undergoes Phase Variation Anthony R. Richardson and Igor Stojiljkovic J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2067-2074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption and Analysis of the clpB, clpC, and clpE Genes in Lactococcus lactis: ClpE, a New Clp Family in Gram-Positive Bacteria Hanne Ingmer, Finn K. Vogensen, Karin Hammer, and Mogens Kilstrup J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2075-2083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Acid-Inducible asr Gene in Escherichia coli: Transcriptional Control by the phoBR Operon Edita Suziedeliene, Kestutis Suziedelis, Vaida Garbenciute, and Staffan Normark J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2084-2093; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

BadR, a New MarR Family Member, Regulates Anaerobic Benzoate Degradation by Rhodopseudomonas palustris in Concert with AadR, an Fnr Family Member Paul G. Egland and Caroline S. Harwood J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2102-2109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding Site Recognition by Rns, a Virulence Regulator in the AraC Family George P. Munson and June R. Scott J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2110-2117; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of RNase H Genes That Are Essential for Growth of Bacillus subtilis 168 Mitsuhiro Itaya, Akira Omori, Shigenori Kanaya, Robert J. Crouch, Teruo Tanaka, and Kanae Kondo J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2118-2123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Major Phase-Variable Outer Membrane Protein of Escherichia coli Structurally Resembles the Immunoglobulin A1 Protease Class of Exported Protein and Is Regulated by a Novel Mechanism Involving Dam and OxyR Ian R. Henderson and Peter Owen J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2132-2141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Role of trans-Translation in the Requirement of tmRNA for immP22 Growth in Escherichia coli Jeffrey Withey and David Friedman J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2148-2157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Periplasmic D-Alanyl-D-Alanine Dipeptidase in the Gram-Negative Bacterium Salmonella enterica Friederike Hilbert, Francisco García del Portillo, and Eduardo A. Groisman J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2158-2165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Pyoluteorin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5 Brian Nowak-Thompson, Nancy Chaney, Jenny S. Wing, Steven J. Gould, and Joyce E. Loper J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2166-2174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RsaL, a Novel Repressor of Virulence Gene Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Teresa de Kievit, Patrick C. Seed, Jonathon Nezezon, Luciano Passador, and Barbara H. Iglewski J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2175-2184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Activation of ydeA, Which Encodes a Member of the Major Facilitator Superfamily, Interferes with Arabinose Accumulation and Induction of the Escherichia coli Arabinose PBAD Promoter Sandrine Bost, Filo Silva, and Dominique Belin J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2185-2191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Localization and Molecular Characterization of Two Key Genes (mitAB) Required for Biosynthesis of the Antitumor Antibiotic Mitomycin C Yingqing Mao, Mustafa Varoglu, and David H. Sherman J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2199-2208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Conserved Domain in Escherichia coli Lon Protease Is Involved in Substrate Discriminator Activity Wolfgang Ebel, Monica M. Skinner, Karen P. Dierksen, Janelle M. Scott, and Janine E. Trempy J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2236-2243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Prophages of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 with Norfloxacin Aizo Matsushiro, Koki Sato, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Tadashi Yamamura, and Takeshi Honda J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2257-2260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the vacA Promoter Provides Insight into Gene Transcription in Helicobacter pylori Mark H. Forsyth and Timothy L. Cover J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2261-2266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure-Function Study of MalF Protein by Random Mutagenesis María Isabel Tapia, Michaël Mourez, Maurice Hofnung, and Elie Dassa J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2267-2272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Target Joining of Duplicated Insertion Sequence IS21 Is Assisted by IstB Protein In Vitro Sergio Schmid, Bernard Berger, and Dieter Haas J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2286-2289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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The Presence of ADP-Ribosylated Fe Protein of Nitrogenase in Rhodobacter capsulatus Is Correlated with Cellular Nitrogen Status Alexander F. Yakunin, Tatyana V. Laurinavichene, Anatoly A. Tsygankov, and Patrick C. Hallenbeck J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 1994-2000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Membrane Protein Influencing Cell Shape and Multicellular Swarming of Proteus mirabilis Nicole A. Hay, Donald J. Tipper, Daniel Gygi, and Colin Hughes J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2008-2016; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Acid pH and Deficient Efflux of Pyrazinoic Acid in Unique Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pyrazinamide Ying Zhang, Angelo Scorpio, Hiroshi Nikaido, and Zhonghe Sun J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2044-2049; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of 1,2-Dibromoethane by Mycobacterium sp. Strain GP1 Gerrit J. Poelarends, Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg, Julian R. Marchesi, Luisa M. Freitas Dos Santos, and Dick B. Janssen J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2050-2058; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron Reductase for Magnetite Synthesis in the Magnetotactic Bacterium Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum Yasushi Noguchi, Taketomo Fujiwara, Katsuhiko Yoshimatsu, and Yoshihiro Fukumori J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2142-2147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The bspA Locus of Lactobacillus fermentum BR11 Encodes an L-Cystine Uptake System Mark S. Turner, Tonia Woodberry, Louise M. Hafner, and Philip M. Giffard J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2192-2198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acid- and Base-Induced Proteins during Aerobic and Anaerobic Growth of Escherichia coli Revealed by Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis Darcy Blankenhorn, Judith Phillips, and Joan L. Slonczewski J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2209-2216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations That Confer Resistance to 2-Deoxyglucose Reduce the Specific Activity of Hexokinase from Myxococcus xanthus Philip Youderian, Matthew C. Lawes, Chad Creighton, Jessica C. Cook, and Milton H. Saier, Jr. J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2225-2235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oxygen Depletion-Induced Dormancy in Mycobacterium bovis BCG Amanda Lim, Marianne Eleuterio, Bernd Hutter, Bernadette Murugasu-Oei, and Thomas Dick J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2252-2256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Choline-Converting Pathway in Staphylococcus xylosus C2A: Genetic and Physiological Characterization Ralf Rosenstein, Detlinde Futter-Bryniok, and Friedrich Götz J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2273-2278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of mdcR, a Regulatory Gene of the Malonate Catabolic System in Klebsiella pneumoniae Hwei-Ling Peng, Sheng-Ru Shiou, and Hwan-You Chang J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2302-2306; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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acs1 of Haemophilus influenzae Type a Capsulation Locus Region II Encodes a Bifunctional Ribulose 5-Phosphate Reductase- CDP-Ribitol Pyrophosphorylase Anja Follens, Maria Veiga-da-Cunha, Rita Merckx, Emile van Schaftingen, and Johan van Eldere J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2001-2007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Organization of the Escherichia coli K10 Capsule Gene Cluster: Identification and Characterization of Two Conserved Regions in Group III Capsule Gene Clusters Encoding Polysaccharide Transport Functions Bradley R. Clarke, Rowan Pearce, and Ian S. Roberts J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2279-2285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure of a New Glycolipid from the Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare Complex Motoko Watanabe, Akihiro Ohta, Shun-ichi Sasaki, and David E. Minnikin J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2293-2297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Locations of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae HrcC and HrcJ Proteins, Required for Harpin Secretion via the Type III Pathway Wen-Ling Deng and Hsiou-Chen Huang J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2298-2301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conserved Organization in the cps Gene Clusters for Expression of Escherichia coli Group 1 K Antigens: Relationship to the Colanic Acid Biosynthesis Locus and the cps Genes from Klebsiella pneumoniae Andrea Rahn, Jolyne Drummelsmith, and Chris Whitfield J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2307-2313; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Purification of a Glutathione S-Transferase and a Glutathione Conjugate-Specific Dehydrogenase Involved in Isoprene Metabolism in Rhodococcus sp. Strain AD45 Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg, Jaap Kingma, Wim Kruizinga, and Dick B. Janssen J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2094-2101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of a Novel Methanesulfonic Acid Monooxygenase from the Methylotroph Methylosulfonomonas methylovora Paolo de Marco, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira, Timothy P. Higgins, Ian McDonald, Elizabeth M. Kenna, and J. Colin Murrell J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2244-2251; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of an Active Catalytic Core of Streptococcus downei MFe28 GTF-I Glucosyltransferase Vincent Monchois, Martha Arguello-Morales, and Roy R. B. Russell J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2290-2292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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Stabilization of the Relaxosome and Stimulation of Conjugal Transfer Are Genetically Distinct Functions of the R1162 Protein MobB Tariq Perwez and Richard J. Meyer J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2124-2131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Genes Coding for Phosphotransacetylase and Acetate Kinase in Sinorhizobium meliloti Are in an Operon That Is Inducible by Phosphate Stress and Controlled by PhoB Michael L. Summers, Michael C. Denton, and Timothy R. McDermott J. Bacteriol. April 1999 181: 2217-2224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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