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Minireviews:

Gladys Alexandre and Igor B. Zhulin

More Than One Way To Sense Chemicals
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4681-4686. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Eugenio I. Vivas and Heidi Goodrich-Blair

Xenorhabdus nematophilus as a Model for Host-Bacterium Interactions: rpoS Is Necessary for Mutualism with Nematodes
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4687-4693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan Graupner, Nicole Weger, Monika Sohni, and Wilfried Wackernagel

Requirement of Novel Competence Genes pilT and pilU of Pseudomonas stutzeri for Natural Transformation and Suppression of pilT Deficiency by a Hexahistidine Tag on the Type IV Pilus Protein PilAI
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4694-4701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annie Lambert, Magne Østerås, Karine Mandon, Marie-Christine Poggi, and Daniel Le Rudulier

Fructose Uptake in Sinorhizobium meliloti Is Mediated by a High-Affinity ATP-Binding Cassette Transport System
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4709-4717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holly L. Hamilton, Kevin J. Schwartz, and Joseph P. Dillard

Insertion-Duplication Mutagenesis of Neisseria: Use in Characterization of DNA Transfer Genes in the Gonococcal Genetic Island
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4718-4726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin C. Hansen, Allan K. Nielsen, Søren Molin, Karin Hammer, and Mogens Kilstrup

Changes in rRNA Levels during Stress Invalidates Results from mRNA Blotting: Fluorescence In Situ rRNA Hybridization Permits Renormalization for Estimation of Cellular mRNA Levels
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4747-4751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian H. Eggers, Betsy J. Kimmel, James L. Bono, Abdallah F. Elias, Patricia Rosa, and D. Scott Samuels

Transduction by BB-1, a Bacteriophage of Borrelia burgdorferi
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4771-4778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong Sun and Wenyuan Shi

Genetic Studies of mrp, a Locus Essential for Cellular Aggregation and Sporulation of Myxococcus xanthus
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4786-4795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jesús Navas, Bruno González-Zorn, Néstor Ladrón, Patricia Garrido, and José A. Vázquez-Boland

Identification and Mutagenesis by Allelic Exchange of choE, Encoding a Cholesterol Oxidase from the Intracellular Pathogen Rhodococcus equi
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4796-4805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurie G. Dixon, Steve Seredick, Martin Richer, and George B. Spiegelman

Developmental Gene Expression in Bacillus subtilis crsA47 Mutants Reveals Glucose-Activated Control of the Gene for the Minor Sigma Factor ^H
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4814-4822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jörk Nölling, Gary Breton, Marina V. Omelchenko, Kira S. Makarova, Qiandong Zeng, Rene Gibson, Hong Mei Lee, JoAnn Dubois, Dayong Qiu, Joseph Hitti, GTC Sequencing Center Production, Finishing, and Bioinformatics Teams, Yuri I. Wolf, Roman L. Tatusov, Fabrice Sabathe, Lynn Doucette-Stamm, Philippe Soucaille, Michael J. Daly, George N. Bennett, Eugene V. Koonin, and Douglas R. Smith

Genome Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Solvent-Producing Bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4823-4838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth C. Keiler and Lucy Shapiro

Conserved Promoter Motif Is Required for Cell Cycle Timing of dnaX Transcription in Caulobacter
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4860-4865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Phoebe Lostroh and Catherine A. Lee

The HilA Box and Sequences outside It Determine the Magnitude of HilA-Dependent Activation of P_prgH from Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4876-4885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madan Paidhungat, Katerina Ragkousi, and Peter Setlow

Genetic Requirements for Induction of Germination of Spores of Bacillus subtilis by Ca²⁺-Dipicolinate
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4886-4893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Setlow, Elizabeth Melly, and Peter Setlow

Properties of Spores of Bacillus subtilis Blocked at an Intermediate Stage in Spore Germination
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4894-4899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryan S. McQuade, Natalia Comella, and Alan D. Grossman

Control of a Family of Phosphatase Regulatory Genes (phr) by the Alternate Sigma Factor Sigma-H of Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4905-4909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sally M. Hoffer, Hans V. Westerhoff, Klaas J. Hellingwerf, Pieter W. Postma, and Jan Tommassen

Autoamplification of a Two-Component Regulatory System Results in "Learning" Behavior
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4914-4917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tamara M. Maier and Charles R. Myers

Isolation and Characterization of a Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 Electron Transport Regulator etrA Mutant: Reassessment of the Role of EtrA
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4918-4926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabel Delany, Ana Beatriz F. Pacheco, Gunther Spohn, Rino Rappuoli, and Vincenzo Scarlato

Iron-Dependent Transcription of the frpB Gene of Helicobacter pylori Is Controlled by the Fur Repressor Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4932-4937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Stéphane Benoit, James E. Posey, Matthew R. Chenoweth, and Frank C. Gherardini

Treponema pallidum 3-Phosphoglycerate Mutase Is a Heat-Labile Enzyme That May Limit the Maximum Growth Temperature for the Spirochete
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4702-4708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silke I. Patzer and Klaus Hantke

Dual Repression by Fe²⁺-Fur and Mn²⁺-MntR of the mntH Gene, Encoding an NRAMP-Like Mn²⁺ Transporter in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4806-4813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morten H. H. Nørholm and Gert Dandanell

Specificity and Topology of the Escherichia coli Xanthosine Permease, a Representative of the NHS Subfamily of the Major Facilitator Superfamily
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4900-4904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cell Surfaces:

Riitta Pouttu, Benita Westerlund-Wikström, Hannu Lång, Krista Alsti, Ritva Virkola, Ulla Saarela, Anja Siitonen, Nisse Kalkkinen, and Timo K. Korhonen

matB, a Common Fimbrillin Gene of Escherichia coli, Expressed in a Genetically Conserved, Virulent Clonal Group
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4727-4736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nick Geukens, Elke Lammertyn, Lieve Van Mellaert, Sabine Schacht, Kristien Schaerlaekens, Victor Parro, Sierd Bron, Yves Engelborghs, Rafael P. Mellado, and Jozef Anné

Membrane Topology of the Streptomyces lividans Type I Signal Peptidases
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4752-4760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Q. May Wang, Robert B. Peery, Robert B. Johnson, William E. Alborn, Wu-Kuang Yeh, and Paul L. Skatrud

Identification and Characterization of a Monofunctional Glycosyltransferase from Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4779-4785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Yves Paquet, Maria A. Diaz, Stephanie Genevrois, Maggy Grayon, Jean-Michel Verger, Xavier De Bolle, Jeremy H. Lakey, Jean-Jacques Letesson, and Axel Cloeckaert

Molecular, Antigenic, and Functional Analyses of Omp2b Porin Size Variants of Brucella spp.
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4839-4847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah A. Schmidt, David Bieber, Sandra W. Ramer, Jaiweon Hwang, Cheng-Yen Wu, and Gary Schoolnik

Structure-Function Analysis of BfpB, a Secretin-Like Protein Encoded by the Bundle-Forming-Pilus Operon of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4848-4859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles O. Rock, Richard J. Heath, Hee-Won Park, and Suzanne Jackowski

The licC Gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae Encodes a CTP:Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4927-4931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages:

Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Soumen Chakraborty, Yoshifumi Takeda, G. Balakrish Nair, and Douglas E. Berg

Characterization of VPI Pathogenicity Island and CTX Prophage in Environmental Strains of Vibrio cholerae
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4737-4746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eukaryotic Cells:

Juan M. Falcón-Pérez, Mónica Martínez-Burgos, Jesús Molano, María J. Mazón, and Pilar Eraso

Domain Interactions in the Yeast ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Ycf1p: Intragenic Suppressor Analysis of Mutations in the Nucleotide Binding Domains
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4761-4770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Lecoq, I. Belloc, C. Desgranges, M. Konrad, and B. Daignan-Fornier

YLR209c Encodes Saccharomyces cerevisiae Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4910-4913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Chulhwan Kim, W. Walter Lorenz, J. Todd Hoopes, and Jeffrey F. D. Dean

Oxidation of Phenolate Siderophores by the Multicopper Oxidase Encoded by the Escherichia coli yacK Gene
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4866-4875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Ohkawa, Masatoshi Sonoda, Mari Shibata, and Teruo Ogawa

Localization of NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
J. Bacteriol. 2001 183: 4938-4939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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