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Contents: November 2001, Volume 183, Issue 21        Enzymes and Proteins        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Plasmids and Transposons        Cell Surfaces        Bacteriophages        Eukaryotic Cells        Plant Microbiology        Errata

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Molecular Cloning and Functional Analysis of the MutY Homolog of Deinococcus radiodurans Xianghong Li and A-Lien Lu J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6151-6158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron-Sulfur Flavoprotein (Isf) from Methanosarcina thermophila Is the Prototype of a Widely Distributed Family Tong Zhao, Francisco Cruz, and James G. Ferry J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6225-6233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Functional Characterization of Three GlnB Homologs in the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum: Roles in Sensing Ammonium and Energy Status Yaoping Zhang, Edward L. Pohlmann, Paul W. Ludden, and Gary P. Roberts J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6159-6168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Definition of the Bacillus subtilis PurR Operator Using Genetic and Bioinformatic Tools and Expansion of the PurR Regulon with glyA, guaC, pbuG, xpt-pbuX, yqhZ-folD, and pbuO Hans H. Saxild, Katja Brunstedt, Karin I. Nielsen, Hanne Jarmer, and Per Nygaard J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6175-6183; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation of Intermediate Transcription Initiation Complexes at pfliD and pflgM by 28 RNA Polymerase Jennifer R. Givens, Colleen L. McGovern, and Alicia J. Dombroski J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6244-6252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Sequencing, and Characterization of the Iturin A Operon Kenji Tsuge, Takanori Akiyama, and Makoto Shoda J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6265-6273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA as a Nutrient: Novel Role for Bacterial Competence Gene Homologs Steven E. Finkel and Roberto Kolter J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6288-6293; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contributions of UP Elements and the Transcription Factor FIS to Expression from the Seven rrn P1 Promoters in Escherichia coli Christine A. Hirvonen, Wilma Ross, Christopher E. Wozniak, Erin Marasco, Jennifer R. Anthony, Sarah E. Aiyar, Vanessa H. Newburn, and Richard L. Gourse J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6305-6314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of rRNA Transcription Correlates with Nucleoside Triphosphate Sensing Melanie M. Barker and Richard L. Gourse J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6315-6323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of D-Alanyl-Lipoteichoic Acid Biosynthesis in Streptococcus agalactiae Involves a Novel Two-Component Regulatory System Claire Poyart, Marie Cécile Lamy, Claire Boumaila, Franz Fiedler, and Patrick Trieu-Cuot J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6324-6334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TspO as a Modulator of the Repressor/Antirepressor (PpsR/AppA) Regulatory System in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 Xiaohua Zeng and Samuel Kaplan J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6355-6364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conditional-Replication, Integration, Excision, and Retrieval Plasmid-Host Systems for Gene Structure-Function Studies of Bacteria Andreas Haldimann and Barry L. Wanner J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6384-6393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structures of Bacterial Flagellar Motors from Two FliF-FliG Gene Fusion Mutants Dennis Thomas, David Gene Morgan, and David J. DeRosier J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6404-6412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Two-Hybrid Analysis of Interactions between Region 4 of the 70 Subunit of RNA Polymerase and the Transcriptional Regulators Rsd from Escherichia coli and AlgQ from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Simon L. Dove and Ann Hochschild J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6413-6421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catalytic Function of an / Hydrolase Is Required for Energy Stress Activation of the B Transcription Factor in Bacillus subtilis Margaret S. Brody, Kamni Vijay, and Chester W. Price J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6422-6428; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localization of Cold Shock Proteins to Cytosolic Spaces Surrounding Nucleoids in Bacillus subtilis Depends on Active Transcription Michael H. W. Weber, Arsen V. Volkov, Ingo Fricke, Mohamed A. Marahiel, and Peter L. Graumann J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6435-6443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of Genes for Biosynthesis of Pyocyanin and Phenazine-1-Carboxamide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Robert F. Bonsall, Shannon M. Delaney, Marilyn J. Soule, Greg Phillips, and Linda S. Thomashow J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6454-6465; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of a Gene Cluster for Cyclododecanone Oxidation in Rhodococcus ruber SC1 Kristy Kostichka, Stuart M. Thomas, Katharine J. Gibson, Vasantha Nagarajan, and Qiong Cheng J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6478-6486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of MutS and Vsr: Some Dominant-Negative mutS Mutations That Disable Methyladenine-Directed Mismatch Repair Are Active in Very-Short-Patch Repair Margaret Lieb, Shehnaz Rehmat, and Ashok S. Bhagwat J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6487-6490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription-Induced Cytosine-to-Thymine Mutations Are Not Dependent on Sequence Context of the Target Cytosine Anton Beletskii and Ashok S. Bhagwat J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6491-6493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Killing Effect and Antitoxic Activity of the Leptospira interrogans Toxin-Antitoxin System in Escherichia coli Mathieu Picardeau, Shuangxi Ren, and Isabelle Saint Girons J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6494-6497; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Azotobacter vinelandii Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Regulated by 54: Role in Alcohol Catabolism and Encystment Socorro Gama-Castro, Cinthia Núñez, Daniel Segura, Soledad Moreno, Josefina Guzmán, and Guadalupe Espín J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6169-6174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of relA Strains of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Suggests a Role for ppGpp in Attenuation Regulation of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Biosynthesis K. Tedin and F. Norel J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6184-6196; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the crc Gene in Catabolic Repression of the Pseudomonas putida GPo1 Alkane Degradation Pathway Luis Yuste and Fernando Rojo J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6197-6206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Kills Caenorhabditis elegans by Cyanide Poisoning Larry A. Gallagher and Colin Manoil J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6207-6214; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat-Shock-Induced Proteins from Myxococcus xanthus Mieko Otani, Junko Tabata, Toshiyuki Ueki, Keiji Sano, and Sumiko Inouye J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6282-6287; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemical Structure of a Novel Aminophospholipid from Hydrogenobacter thermophilus Strain TK-6 Jun-ichiro Yoshino, Yasumasa Sugiyama, Shohei Sakuda, Tohru Kodama, Hiromichi Nagasawa, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6302-6304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactive Control of Rhodobacter capsulatus Redox-Balancing Systems during Phototrophic Metabolism Mary A. Tichi and F. Robert Tabita J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6344-6354; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Archaeal Photosignal-Transducing Module Mediates Phototaxis in Escherichia coli Kwang-Hwan Jung, Elena N. Spudich, Vishwa D. Trivedi, and John L. Spudich J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6365-6371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Homologues of Neisserial Heme Oxygenase in Gram-Negative Bacteria: Degradation of Heme by the Product of the pigA Gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Melanie Ratliff, Wenming Zhu, Rahul Deshmukh, Angela Wilks, and Igor Stojiljkovic J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6394-6403; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The coxBAC Operon Encodes a Cytochrome c Oxidase Required for Heterotrophic Growth in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis Strain ATCC 29413 Georg Schmetterer, Ana Valladares, Dietmar Pils, Susanne Steinbach, Margit Pacher, Alicia M. Muro-Pastor, Enrique Flores, and Antonia Herrero J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6429-6434; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acetate and Formate Stress: Opposite Responses in the Proteome of Escherichia coli Christopher Kirkpatrick, Lisa M. Maurer, Nikki E. Oyelakin, Yuliya N. Yoncheva, Russell Maurer, and Joan L. Slonczewski J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6466-6477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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Identification and Characterization of Tn4656, a Novel Class II Transposon Carrying a Set of Toluene-Degrading Genes from TOL Plasmid pWW53 Masataka Tsuda and Hiroyuki Genka J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6215-6224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Partitioning Site within the repABC-Type Replicon of the Composite Paracoccus versutus Plasmid pTAV1 Dariusz Bartosik, Michal Szymanik, and Edyta Wysocka J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6234-6243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Two Proteins Encoded by the Bacteroides Mobilizable Transposon NBU1 Correlates with Time-Dependent Accumulation of the Excised NBU1 Circular Form Jun Wang, Gui-Rong Wang, Nadja B. Shoemaker, and Abigail A. Salyers J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6335-6343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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Gonococcal MinD Affects Cell Division in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Escherichia coli and Exhibits a Novel Self-Interaction Jason Szeto, Sandra Ramirez-Arcos, Claude Raymond, Leslie D. Hicks, Cyril M. Kay, and Jo-Anne R. Dillon J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6253-6264; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface Display of Recombinant Proteins on Bacillus subtilis Spores Rachele Isticato, Giuseppina Cangiano, Hoa T. Tran, Annalisa Ciabattini, Donata Medaglini, Marco R. Oggioni, Maurilio De Felice, Gianni Pozzi, and Ezio Ricca J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6294-6301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages:

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DNA Inversion in the Tail Fiber Gene Alters the Host Range Specificity of Carotovoricin Er, a Phage-Tail-Like Bacteriocin of Phytopathogenic Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora Er Hoa Anh Nguyen, Toshio Tomita, Morihiko Hirota, Jun Kaneko, Tetsuya Hayashi, and Yoshiyuki Kamio J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6274-6281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Eukaryotic Cells:

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Peroxisomal Catalase in the Methylotrophic Yeast Candida boidinii: Transport Efficiency and Metabolic Significance Hirofumi Horiguchi, Hiroya Yurimoto, Toh-Kheng Goh, Tomoyuki Nakagawa, Nobuo Kato, and Yasuyoshi Sakai J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6372-6383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Genetic Analysis of the Sinorhizobium meliloti BacA Protein: Differential Effects of Mutations on Phenotypes Kristin LeVier and Graham C. Walker J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6444-6453; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Polymer Stability Plays an Important Role in the Positional Regulation of FtsZ Petra Anne Levin, Rachel L. Schwartz, and Alan D. Grossman J. Bacteriol. November 2001 183: 6498 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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