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Contents: January 2001, Volume 183, Issue 2

       Minireviews

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Cell Surfaces

       Structure and Function

       Population Genetics and Evolution

       Eukaryotic Cells

       Errata

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Minireviews:

Nitrogen Control in Cyanobacteria
Antonia Herrero, Alicia M. Muro-Pastor, and Enrique Flores
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 411-425;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Identification of the nik Gene Cluster of Brucella suis: Regulation and Contribution to Urease Activity
Véronique Jubier-Maurin, Agnès Rodrigue, Safia Ouahrani-Bettache, Marion Layssac, Marie-Andrée Mandrand-Berthelot, Stephan Köhler, and Jean-Pierre Liautard
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 426-434;
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FimW Is a Negative Regulator Affecting Type 1 Fimbrial Expression in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Juliette K. Tinker, Lisa S. Hancox, and Steven Clegg
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 435-442;
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Specificities of Eleven Different DNA Methyltransferases of Helicobacter pylori Strain 26695
Jolanta Vitkute, Kornelijus Stankevicius, Giedre Tamulaitiene, Zita Maneliene, Albertas Timinskas, Douglas E. Berg, and Arvydas Janulaitis
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 443-450;
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Specificity and Genetic Polymorphism of the Bacillus Competence Quorum-Sensing System
P. Tortosa, L. Logsdon, B. Kraigher, Y. Itoh, I. Mandic-Mulec, and D. Dubnau
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 451-460;
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In Staphylococcus aureus, Fur Is an Interactive Regulator with PerR, Contributes to Virulence, and Is Necessary for Oxidative Stress Resistance through Positive Regulation of Catalase and Iron Homeostasis
Malcolm J. Horsburgh, Eileen Ingham, and Simon J. Foster
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 468-475;
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GerN, an Antiporter Homologue Important in Germination of Bacillus cereus Endospores
Penny D. Thackray, Javad Behravan, Thomas W. Southworth, and Anne Moir
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 476-482;
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Transcriptional Activation of Bordetella Alcaligin Siderophore Genes Requires the AlcR Regulator with Alcaligin as Inducer
Timothy J. Brickman, Ho Young Kang, and Sandra K. Armstrong
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 483-489;
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Evidence for Horizontal Transfer of SsuDAT1I Restriction-Modification Genes to the Streptococcus suis Genome
Tsutomu Sekizaki, Yoshiko Otani, Makoto Osaki, Daisuke Takamatsu, and Yoshihiro Shimoji
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 500-511;
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Negative Control of rpoS Expression by Phosphoenolpyruvate:Carbohydrate Phosphotransferase System in Escherichia coli
Chiharu Ueguchi, Naoko Misonou, and Takeshi Mizuno
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 520-527;
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Genetic and Biochemical Analyses of BvgA Interaction with the Secondary Binding Region of the fha Promoter of Bordetella pertussis
Philip E. Boucher, Mei-Shin Yang, Deanna M. Schmidt, and Scott Stibitz
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 536-544;
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ihfA Gene of the Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus and Its Role in Activation of Carotenoid Genes by Blue Light
Alberto J. Moreno, Marta Fontes, and Francisco J. Murillo
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 557-569;
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Regulation of Escherichia coli RelA Requires Oligomerization of the C-Terminal Domain
Michal Gropp, Yael Strausz, Miriam Gross, and Gad Glaser
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 570-579;
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Analysis of Catabolite Control Protein A-Dependent Repression in Staphylococcus xylosus by a Genomic Reporter Gene System
Ivana Jankovic, Oliver Egeter, and Reinhold Brückner
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 580-586;
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Specificity of Signal Peptide Recognition in Tat-Dependent Bacterial Protein Translocation
Natascha Blaudeck, Georg A. Sprenger, Roland Freudl, and Thomas Wiegert
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 604-610;
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Characterization of grvA, an Antivirulence Gene on the Gifsy-2 Phage in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Theresa D. Ho and James M. Slauch
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 611-620;
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Urea Utilization in the Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus Is Regulated by the Transcriptional Activator NtrC
Bernd Masepohl, Björn Kaiser, Nazila Isakovic, Cynthia L. Richard, Robert G. Kranz, and Werner Klipp
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 637-643;
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YkdA and YvtA, HtrA-Like Serine Proteases in Bacillus subtilis, Engage in Negative Autoregulation and Reciprocal Cross-Regulation of ykdA and yvtA Gene Expression
David Noone, Alistair Howell, Ross Collery, and Kevin M. Devine
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 654-663;
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Two-Component System That Regulates Methanol and Formaldehyde Oxidation in Paracoccus denitrificans
N. Harms, W. N. M. Reijnders, S. Koning, and R. J. M. van Spanning
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 664-670;
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Substitutions in the Periplasmic Domain of Low-Abundance Chemoreceptor Trg That Induce or Reduce Transmembrane Signaling: Kinase Activation and Context Effects
Bryan D. Beel and Gerald L. Hazelbauer
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 671-679;
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nag Genes of Ralstonia (Formerly Pseudomonas) sp. Strain U2 Encoding Enzymes for Gentisate Catabolism
Ning-Yi Zhou, Sergio L. Fuenmayor, and Peter A. Williams
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 700-708;
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Temporal Regulation of Genes Encoding the Flagellar Proximal Rod in Caulobacter crescentus
Charles H. Boyd and James W. Gober
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 725-735;
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Physiology and Metabolism:

Oxygen- and Growth Rate-Dependent Regulation of Escherichia coli Fumarase (FumA, FumB, and FumC) Activity
Ching-Ping Tseng, Chin-Chu Yu, Hsiao-Hsien Lin, Chi-Yen Chang, and Jong-Tar Kuo
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 461-467;
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High-Density Microarray-Mediated Gene Expression Profiling of Escherichia coli
Yan Wei, Jian-Ming Lee, Craig Richmond, Frederick R. Blattner, J. Antoni Rafalski, and Robert A. LaRossa
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 545-556;
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DsbA and DsbC Affect Extracellular Enzyme Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Andreas Urban, Martina Leipelt, Thorsten Eggert, and Karl-Erich Jaeger
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 587-596;
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Disulfide Bond in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipase Stabilizes the Structure but Is Not Required for Interaction with Its Foldase
Klaus Liebeton, Annette Zacharias, and Karl-Erich Jaeger
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 597-603;
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pbpB, a Gene Coding for a Putative Penicillin-Binding Protein, Is Required for Aerobic Nitrogen Fixation in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC7120
Sara Lázaro, Francisca Fernández-Piñas, Eduardo Fernández-Valiente, Amaya Blanco-Rivero, and Francisco Leganés
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 628-636;
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Key Role for Sulfur in Peptide Metabolism and in Regulation of Three Hydrogenases in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus
Michael W. W. Adams, James F. Holden, Angeli Lal Menon, Gerrit J. Schut, Amy M. Grunden, Chun Hou, Andrea M. Hutchins, Francis E. Jenney, Jr., Chulhwan Kim, Kesen Ma, Guangliang Pan, Roopali Roy, Rajat Sapra, Sherry V. Story, and Marc F. J. M. Verhagen
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 716-724;
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Initiation of Anaerobic Degradation of p-Cresol by Formation of 4-Hydroxybenzylsuccinate in Desulfobacterium cetonicum
Jochen A. Müller, Alexander S. Galushko, Andreas Kappler, and Bernhard Schink
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 752-757;
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SmcR-Dependent Regulation of Adaptive Phenotypes in Vibrio vulnificus
Diane McDougald, Scott A. Rice, and Staffan Kjelleberg
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 758-762;
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exhibits Directed Twitching Motility Up Phosphatidylethanolamine Gradients
Daniel B. Kearns, Jayne Robinson, and Lawrence J. Shimkets
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 763-767;
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Competence Modulation by the NADH Oxidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae Involves Signal Transduction
José R. Echenique and Marie C. Trombe
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 768-772;
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Genetic and Physiological Characterization of ohr, Encoding a Protein Involved in Organic Hydroperoxide Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Urs A. Ochsner, Daniel J. Hassett, and Michael L. Vasil
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 773-778;
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Heat Shock Proteins Do Not Influence Wet Heat Resistance of Bacillus subtilis Spores
Elizabeth Melly and Peter Setlow
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 779-784;
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Enzymes and Proteins:

The gdhB Gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Encodes an Arginine-Inducible NAD⁺-Dependent Glutamate Dehydrogenase Which Is Subject to Allosteric Regulation
Chung-Dar Lu and Ahmed T. Abdelal
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 490-499;
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Biochemical Characterization of Signal Peptidase I from Gram-Positive Streptococcus pneumoniae
Sheng-Bin Peng, Li Wang, John Moomaw, Robert B. Peery, Pei-Ming Sun, Robert B. Johnson, Jin Lu, Patti Treadway, Paul L. Skatrud, and Q. May Wang
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 621-627;
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Gene Cluster of Rhodothermus marinus High-Potential Iron-Sulfur Protein:Oxygen Oxidoreductase, a caa₃-Type Oxidase Belonging to the Superfamily of Heme-Copper Oxidases
Margarida Santana, Manuela M. Pereira, Nuno P. Elias, Cláudio M. Soares, and Miguel Teixeira
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 687-699;
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Phosphoenolpyruvate Synthetase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus
Andrea M. Hutchins, James F. Holden, and Michael W. W. Adams
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 709-715;
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Thermotoga maritima Phosphofructokinases: Expression and Characterization of Two Unique Enzymes
Yan-Huai R. Ding, Ron S. Ronimus, and Hugh W. Morgan
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 791-794;
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Cell Surfaces:

The gaf Fimbrial Gene Cluster of Escherichia coli Expresses a Full-Size and a Truncated Soluble Adhesin Protein
Jarna Tanskanen, Sirkku Saarela, Sanna Tankka, Nisse Kalkkinen, Mikael Rhen, Timo K. Korhonen, and Benita Westerlund-Wikström
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 512-519;
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Involvement of the XpsN Protein in Formation of the XpsL-XpsM Complex in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris Type II Secretion Apparatus
Hsien-Ming Lee, Shiaw-Wei Tyan, Wei-Ming Leu, Ling-Yun Chen, David Chanhen Chen, and Nien-Tai Hu
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 528-535;
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Transcription of nhaA, the Main Na⁺/H⁺ Antiporter of Escherichia coli, Is Regulated by Na⁺ and Growth Phase
Nir Dover and Etana Padan
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 644-653;
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Identification of the Outer Membrane Porin of Thermus thermophilus HB8: the Channel-Forming Complex Has an Unusually High Molecular Mass and an Extremely Large Single-Channel Conductance
Elke Maier, Georg Polleichtner, Birgit Boeck, Reinhard Schinzel, and Roland Benz
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 800-803;
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Structure and Function:

Urkinase: Structure of Acetate Kinase, a Member of the ASKHA Superfamily of Phosphotransferases
Kathryn A. Buss, David R. Cooper, Cheryl Ingram-Smith, James G. Ferry, David Avram Sanders, and Miriam S. Hasson
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 680-686;
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Population Genetics and Evolution:

Clonal Population Structure of Pseudomonas stutzeri, a Species with Exceptional Genetic Diversity
Núria Rius, M. Carme Fusté, Caterina Guasp, Jorge Lalucat, and José G. Lorén
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 736-744;
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Vertical Transmission of Biosynthetic Plasmids in Aphid Endosymbionts (Buchnera)
Jennifer J. Wernegreen and Nancy A. Moran
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 785-790;
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Eukaryotic Cells:

O2R, a Novel Regulatory Element Mediating Rox1p-Independent O₂ and Unsaturated Fatty Acid Repression of OLE1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Youji Nakagawa, Shigemi Sugioka, Yoshinobu Kaneko, and Satoshi Harashima
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 745-751;
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Characterization of the Promoter of PRS1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Identifies Three Regions Potentially Involved in Control of Expression
Yolanda Hernando, Andrew T. Carter, Stefan Sickinger, and Michael Schweizer
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 795-799;
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Errata:

Revised Translation Start Site for secM Defines an Atypical Signal Peptide That Regulates Escherichia coli secA Expression
Shameema Sarker, Kenneth E. Rudd, and Donald Oliver
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 804
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Pseudobactin Biogenesis in the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas Strain B10: Identification and Functional Analysis of the L-Ornithine N⁵-Oxygenase (psbA) Gene
C. Ambrosi, L. Leoni, L. Putignani, N. Orsi, and P. Visca
J. Bacteriol. January 2001 183: 804
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