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Contents: February 2000, Volume 182, Issue 4        Minireviews        Enzymes and Proteins        Eukaryotic Cells        Physiology and Metabolism        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plasmids and Transposons        Cell Surfaces        Structure and Function        Population Genetics and Evolution

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Minireviews:

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S-Layer Proteins Margit Sára and Uwe B. Sleytr J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 859-868; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Deoxyribokinase Lise Tourneux, Nadia Bucurenci, Cosmin Saveanu, Pierre Alexandre Kaminski, Madeleine Bouzon, Elisabeth Pistotnik, Abdelkader Namane, Philippe Marlière, Octavian Bârzu, Inès Li de la Sierra, Jan Neuhard, and Anne-Marie Gilles J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 869-873; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of 1-Deoxy-D-Xylulose 5-Phosphate Synthase from Streptomyces sp. Strain CL190, Which Uses both the Mevalonate and Nonmevalonate Pathways for Isopentenyl Diphosphate Biosynthesis Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Motoki Takagi, Shunji Takahashi, and Haruo Seto J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 891-897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Detergent-Soluble Maltose Transporter Is Activated by Maltose Binding Protein and Verapamil Ronit Reich-Slotky, Cynthia Panagiotidis, Moraima Reyes, and Howard A. Shuman J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 993-1000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Amino Terminus of Bacteriophage  Integrase Is Involved in Protein-Protein Interactions during Recombination Lea Jessop, Troy Bankhead, David Wong, and Anca M. Segall J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1024-1034; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Molecule Imaging of Interaction between Dextran and Glucosyltransferase from Streptococcus sobrinus Kuniyoshi Kaseda, Hiroaki Yokota, Yoshiharu Ishii, Toshio Yanagida, Tetsuyoshi Inoue, Kazuhiro Fukui, and Takao Kodama J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1162-1166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Eukaryotic Cells:

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WdCHS3, a Gene That Encodes a Class III Chitin Synthase in Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis, Is Expressed Differentially under Stress Conditions Zheng Wang and Paul J. Szaniszlo J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 874-881; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increase of External Osmolarity Reduces Morphogenetic Defects and Accumulation of Chitin in a gas1 Mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Anna Turchini, Laura Ferrario, and Laura Popolo J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1167-1171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Production of an Endo--N-Acetylglucosaminidase Activity Mediates Growth of Enterococcus faecalis on a High-Mannose-Type Glycoprotein Gretta Roberts, Edward Tarelli, Karen A. Homer, John Philpott-Howard, and David Beighton J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 882-890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

prpR, ntrA, and ihf Functions Are Required for Expression of the prpBCDE Operon, Encoding Enzymes That Catabolize Propionate in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LT2 Sergio Palacios and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 905-910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amino Acid Transport and Metabolism in Mycobacteria: Cloning, Interruption, and Characterization of an L-Arginine/-Aminobutyric Acid Permease in Mycobacterium bovis BCG Anjali Seth and Nancy D. Connell J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 919-927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Arginine Catabolism in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Involves the Urea Cycle and Arginase Pathway María José Quintero, Alicia María Muro-Pastor, Antonia Herrero, and Enrique Flores J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1008-1015; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Metabolic Network of Lactococcus lactis: Distribution of 14C-Labeled Substrates between Catabolic and Anabolic Pathways L. Novák and P. Loubiere J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1136-1143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Cycle Arrest in Archaea by the Hypusination Inhibitor N1-Guanyl-1,7-Diaminoheptane B. P. Mattias Jansson, Laurence Malandrin, and Hans E. Johansson J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1158-1161; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Function of a Principal Na+/H+ Antiporter, ShaA, Is Required for Initiation of Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis Saori Kosono, Yoshiaki Ohashi, Fujio Kawamura, Makio Kitada, and Toshiaki Kudo J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 898-904; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of the Flavobacterium johnsoniae Gliding-Motility Genes gldB and gldC David W. Hunnicutt and Mark J. McBride J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 911-918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Set of Genes Encoding a Second Toluene Efflux System in Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E Is Linked to the tod Genes for Toluene Metabolism Gilberto Mosqueda and Juan-Luis Ramos J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 937-943; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Operon Encoding Formaldehyde Fixation: the Ribulose Monophosphate Pathway in the Gram-Positive Facultative Methylotrophic Bacterium Mycobacterium gastri MB19 Ryoji Mitsui, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Hisashi Yasueda, and Nobuo Kato J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 944-948; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Expression, and Purification of a Thermostable Nonhomodimeric Restriction Enzyme, BslI Pei-chung Hsieh, Jian-ping Xiao, Diana O'loane, and Shuang-yong Xu J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 949-955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Evidence of Distinct Physiological Regulation Mechanisms in the 54 Pu Promoter of Pseudomonas putida Ildefonso Cases and Víctor de Lorenzo J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 956-960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The TorR High-Affinity Binding Site Plays a Key Role in Both torR Autoregulation and torCAD Operon Expression in Escherichia coli Mireille Ansaldi, Gwénola Simon, Michèle Lepelletier, and Vincent Méjean J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 961-966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutagenesis and Functional Characterization of the glnB, glnA, and nifA Genes from the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum Yaoping Zhang, Edward L. Pohlmann, Paul W. Ludden, and Gary P. Roberts J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 983-992; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cysteine-Scanning Mutagenesis of the Periplasmic Loop Regions of PomA, a Putative Channel Component of the Sodium-Driven Flagellar Motor in Vibrio alginolyticus Yukako Asai, Tomokazu Shoji, Ikuro Kawagishi, and Michio Homma J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1001-1007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insertional Inactivation of Genes Encoding Components of the Sodium-Type Flagellar Motor and Switch of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Blaise R. Boles and Linda L. McCarter J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1035-1045; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of the tagF Gene, Encoding CDP-Glycerol:Poly(glycerophosphate) Glycerophosphotransferase of Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 14990 Stephen N. Fitzgerald and Timothy J. Foster J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1046-1052; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The 70 Transcription Factor TyrR Has Zinc-Stimulated Phosphatase Activity That Is Inhibited by ATP and Tyrosine Shimin Zhao, Qin Zhu, and Ronald L. Somerville J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1053-1061; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Characterization, and Inactivation of the Gene pbpC, Encoding Penicillin-Binding Protein 3 of Staphylococcus aureus Mariana G. Pinho, Hermínia de Lencastre, and Alexander Tomasz J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1074-1079; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quorum Sensing but Not Autoinduction of Ti Plasmid Conjugal Transfer Requires Control by the Opine Regulon and the Antiactivator TraM Kevin R. Piper and Stephen K. Farrand J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1080-1088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fragmentation of 23S rRNA in Strains of Proteus and Providencia Results from Intervening Sequences in the rrn (rRNA) Genes Wayne L. Miller, Kanti Pabbaraju, and Kenneth E. Sanderson J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1109-1117; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Domains of the TOL Plasmid Transcription Factor XylS Niilo Kaldalu, Urve Toots, Victor de Lorenzo, and Mart Ustav J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1118-1126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Role for the umuDC Gene Products of Escherichia coli in Increasing Resistance to DNA Damage in Stationary Phase by Inhibiting the Transition to Exponential Growth Sumati Murli, Timothy Opperman, Bradley T. Smith, and Graham C. Walker J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1127-1135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Crc Is Involved in Catabolite Repression Control of the bkd Operons of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Kathryn L. Hester, Jodi Lehman, Fares Najar, Lin Song, Bruce A. Roe, Carolyn H. MacGregor, Paul W. Hager, Paul V. Phibbs, Jr., and John R. Sokatch J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1144-1149; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catabolite Repression Control by Crc in 2xYT Medium Is Mediated by Posttranscriptional Regulation of bkdR Expression in Pseudomonas putida Kathryn L. Hester, K. T. Madhusudhan, and John R. Sokatch J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1150-1153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Native Plasmids of Fusobacterium nucleatum: Characterization and Use in Development of Genetic Systems Susan Kinder Haake, Sean C. Yoder, Gwynne Attarian, and Kara Podkaminer J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1176-1180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Subunits, E and FecI, of Escherichia coli: Promoter Selectivity and Intracellular Levels Hiroto Maeda, Miki Jishage, Tasuku Nomura, Nobuyuki Fujita, and Akira Ishihama J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1181-1184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Resolution Physical Map of the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 pSyma Megaplasmid Frederique Barloy-Hubler, Delphine Capela, Melanie J. Barnett, Sue Kalman, Nancy A. Federspiel, Sharon R. Long, and Francis Galibert J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1185-1189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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Multiple Gene Products and Sequences Required for Excision of the Mobilizable Integrated Bacteroides Element NBU1 Nadja B. Shoemaker, Gui-Rong Wang, and Abigail A. Salyers J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 928-936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A pAD1-Encoded Small RNA Molecule, mD, Negatively Regulates Enterococcus faecalis Pheromone Response by Enhancing Transcription Termination Haruyoshi Tomita and Don B. Clewell J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1062-1073; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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Polar Clustering of the Chemoreceptor Complex in Escherichia coli Occurs in the Absence of Complete CheA Function J. M. Skidmore, D. D. Ellefson, B. P. McNamara, M. M. P. Couto, A. J. Wolfe, and J. R. Maddock J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 967-973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigen 43 and Type 1 Fimbriae Determine Colony Morphology of Escherichia coli K-12 Henrik Hasman, Mark A. Schembri, and Per Klemm J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1089-1095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SpoIIB Localizes to Active Sites of Septal Biogenesis and Spatially Regulates Septal Thinning during Engulfment in Bacillus subtilis Ana R. Perez, Angelica Abanes-De Mello, and Kit Pogliano J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1096-1108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Covalent Linkage of Polyamines to Peptidoglycan in Anaerovibrio lipolytica Takashi Hirao, Masahide Sato, Akira Shirahata, and Yoshiyuki Kamio J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1154-1157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Visualization of Phospholipid Domains in Escherichia coli by Using the Cardiolipin-Specific Fluorescent Dye 10-N-Nonyl Acridine Orange Eugenia Mileykovskaya and William Dowhan J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1172-1175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structure and Function:

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Structural Characterization of the Released Polysaccharide of Desiccation-Tolerant Nostoc commune DRH-1 Richard F. Helm, Zebo Huang, Devin Edwards, Heidi Leeson, William Peery, and Malcolm Potts J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 974-982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Barriers to Genetic Exchange between Bacterial Species: Streptococcus pneumoniae Transformation Jacek Majewski, Piotr Zawadzki, Paul Pickerill, Frederick M. Cohan, and Christopher G. Dowson J. Bacteriol. February 2000 182: 1016-1023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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