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Contents: September 2000, Volume 182, Issue 18        Minireviews        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Physiology and Metabolism        Population Genetics and Evolution        Bacteriophages        Eukaryotic Cells        Cell Surfaces

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Minireviews:

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Vectorial Metabolism and the Evolution of Transport Systems Milton H. Saier, Jr. J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5029-5035; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Characterization of the Operon Encoding the Alternative B Factor from Bacillus anthracis and Its Role in Virulence Agnès Fouet, Olivier Namy, and Guillaume Lambert J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5036-5045; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Transcription of the mph(A) Gene for Macrolide 2'-Phosphotransferase I in Escherichia coli: Characterization of the Regulatory Gene mphR(A) Norihisa Noguchi, Katsutoshi Takada, Jin Katayama, Ayako Emura, and Masanori Sasatsu J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5052-5058; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Redox-Sensitive Transcriptional Activator OxyR Regulates the Peroxide Response Regulon in the Obligate Anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis Edson R. Rocha, Gary Owens, Jr., and C. Jeffrey Smith J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5059-5069; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recognition of Overlapping Nucleotides by AraC and the Sigma Subunit of RNA Polymerase Anjali Dhiman and Robert Schleif J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5076-5081; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in cspL, cspP, and cspC mRNA Abundance as a Function of Cold Shock and Growth Phase in Lactobacillus plantarum Sylviane Derzelle, Bernard Hallet, Kevin P. Francis, Thierry Ferain, Jean Delcour, and Pascal Hols J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5105-5113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid-Located Pathogenicity Determinants of Serratia entomophila, the Causal Agent of Amber Disease of Grass Grub, Show Similarity to the Insecticidal Toxins of Photorhabdus luminescens Mark R. H. Hurst, Travis R. Glare, Trevor A. Jackson, and Clive W. Ronson J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5127-5138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Escherichia coli ubiB, a Gene Required for the First Monooxygenase Step in Ubiquinone Biosynthesis Wayne W. Poon, Diana E. Davis, Huan T. Ha, Tanya Jonassen, Philip N. Rather, and Catherine F. Clarke J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5139-5146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ZipA-Induced Bundling of FtsZ Polymers Mediated by an Interaction between C-Terminal Domains Cynthia A. Hale, Amy C. Rhee, and Piet A. J. de Boer J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5153-5166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Positive cis-Acting DNA Element Is Required for High-Level Transcription in Chlamydia Chris S. Schaumburg and Ming Tan J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5167-5171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations in Multidrug Efflux Homologs, Sugar Isomerases, and Antimicrobial Biosynthesis Genes Differentially Elevate Activity of the X and W Factors in Bacillus subtilis Mark S. Turner and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5202-5210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Escherichia coli DNA Lesions Generated within J774 Macrophages Eliana Schlosser-Silverman, Maya Elgrably-Weiss, Ilan Rosenshine, Ron Kohen, and Shoshy Altuvia J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5225-5230; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Predicted Highly Expressed Genes of Diverse Prokaryotic Genomes Samuel Karlin and Jan Mrázek J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5238-5250; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lantibiotic Biosynthesis: Interactions between Prelacticin 481 and Its Putative Modification Enzyme, LctM Patricia Uguen, Jean-Paul Le Pennec, and Alain Dufour J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5262-5266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of Genes Encoding the Early Flagellar Components of Helicobacter pylori: Evidence for Transcriptional Regulation of Flagellin A Biosynthesis Elaine Allan, Nick Dorrell, Susan Foynes, Martin Anyim, and Brendan W. Wren J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5274-5277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Analysis of an Incomplete mutS Gene from Pseudomonas putida Yasurou Kurusu, Tomoaki Narita, Makoto Suzuki, and Taeko Watanabe J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5278-5279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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A Hydrogen Peroxide-Forming NADH Oxidase That Functions as an Alkyl Hydroperoxide Reductase in Amphibacillus xylanus Youichi Niimura, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Daisuke Saito, Hirokazu Tsuji, Makoto Hidaka, Tatsurou Miyaji, Toshiro Watanabe, and Vincent Massey J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5046-5051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of the Glucooligosaccharide Catabolic Pathway -Glucan Glucohydrolase and Cellobiose Phosphorylase in the Marine Hyperthermophile Thermotoga neapolitana Dinesh A. Yernool, James K. McCarthy, Douglas E. Eveleigh, and Jin-Duck Bok J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5172-5179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphorylation-Induced Signal Propagation in the Response Regulator NtrC Jonghui Lee, Jeffrey T. Owens, Ingyu Hwang, Claude Meares, and Sydney Kustu J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5188-5195; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The NosX and NirX Proteins of Paracoccus denitrificans Are Functional Homologues: Their Role in Maturation of Nitrous Oxide Reductase Neil F. W. Saunders, Jorrit J. Hornberg, Willem N. M. Reijnders, Hans V. Westerhoff, Simon de Vries, and Rob J. M. van Spanning J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5211-5217; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis YvrK Is an Acid-Induced Oxalate Decarboxylase Adam Tanner and Stephen Bornemann J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5271-5273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Recovery of Hydrogen Peroxide-Sensitive Culturable Cells of Vibrio vulnificus Gives the Appearance of Resuscitation from a Viable but Nonculturable State Gregg Bogosian, Noelle D. Aardema, Edward V. Bourneuf, Patricia J. L. Morris, and Julia P. O'Neil J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5070-5075; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essentiality, Expression, and Characterization of the Class II 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase of Staphylococcus aureus E. Imogen Wilding, Dong-Yul Kim, Alexander P. Bryant, Michael N. Gwynn, R. Dwayne Lunsford, Damien McDevitt, Joseph E. Myers, Jr., Martin Rosenberg, Daniel Sylvester, Cynthia V. Stauffacher, and Victor W. Rodwell J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5147-5152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lesions in gshA (Encoding -L-Glutamyl-L-Cysteine Synthetase) Prevent Aerobic Synthesis of Thiamine in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LT2 Jeffrey Gralnick, Eric Webb, Brian Beck, and Diana Downs J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5180-5187; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cholate Resistance in Lactococcus lactis Is Mediated by an ATP-Dependent Multispecific Organic Anion Transporter Atsushi Yokota, Marloes Veenstra, Peter Kurdi, Hendrik W. van Veen, and Wil N. Konings J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5196-5201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Function of the E Regulon in Dead-Cell Lysis in Stationary-Phase Escherichia coli Takeshi Nitta, Hiroshi Nagamitsu, Masayuki Murata, Hanae Izu, and Mamoru Yamada J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5231-5237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Sequential Inactivation of rdxA (HP0954) and frxA (HP0642) Nitroreductase Genes Causes Moderate and High-Level Metronidazole Resistance in Helicobacter pylori Jin-Yong Jeong, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Daiva Dailidiene, Yipeng Wang, Billie Velapatiño, Robert H. Gilman, Alan J. Parkinson, G. Balakrish Nair, Benjamin C. Y. Wong, Shiu Kum Lam, Rajesh Mistry, Isidore Segal, Yuan Yuan, Hua Gao, Teresa Alarcon, MaNuel Lopez Brea, Yoshiyuki Ito, Dangeruta Kersulyte, Hae-Kyung Lee, Yan Gong, Avery Goodwin, Paul S. Hoffman, and Douglas E. Berg J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5082-5090; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metronidazole Activation Is Mutagenic and Causes DNA Fragmentation in Helicobacter pylori and in Escherichia coli Containing a Cloned H. pylori rdxA+ (Nitroreductase) Gene Gary Sisson, Jin-Yong Jeong, Avery Goodwin, Louis Bryden, Norma Rossler, Sabrina Lim-Morrison, Ausra Raudonikiene, Douglas E. Berg, and Paul S. Hoffman J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5091-5096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Escherichia coli O111 and Salmonella enterica O35 Gene Clusters: Gene Clusters Encoding the Same Colitose-Containing O Antigen Are Highly Conserved Lei Wang and Peter R. Reeves J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5256-5261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages:

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Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 Antigen as the Bacteriophage K139 Receptor and Identification of IS1004 Insertions Aborting O1 Antigen Biosynthesis Jutta Nesper, Dagmar Kapfhammer, Karl E. Klose, Hilde Merkert, and Joachim Reidl J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5097-5104; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophage YeO3-12, Specific for Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O:3, Is Related to Coliphages T3 and T7 Maria Pajunen, Saija Kiljunen, and Mikael Skurnik J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5114-5120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Eukaryotic Cells:

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Cooperative Regulation of DOG2, Encoding 2-Deoxyglucose-6-Phosphate Phosphatase, by Snf1 Kinase and the High-Osmolarity Glycerol-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade in Stress Responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yoshiyuki Tsujimoto, Shingo Izawa, and Yoshiharu Inoue J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5121-5126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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The Flagellar Filament of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: pH-Induced Polymorphic Transitions and Analysis of the fliC Gene Deepan S. H. Shah, Tania Perehinec, Susan M. Stevens, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, and R. Elizabeth Sockett J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5218-5224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Amino Terminus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outer Membrane Protein OprF Forms Channels in Lipid Bilayer Membranes: Correlation with a Three-Dimensional Model Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Manjeet Bains, and Robert E. W. Hancock J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5251-5255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Multimerization of Neu Proteins Involved in Polysialic Acid Synthesis in Escherichia coli K1 Using Improved LexA-Based Vectors Dayle A. Daines and Richard P. Silver J. Bacteriol. September 2000 182: 5267-5270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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