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Contents: December 2001, Volume 183, Issue 23        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Eukaryotic Cells        General Microbiology        Physiology and Metabolism        Enzymes and Proteins        Cell Surfaces        Plant Microbiology        Population Genetics and Evolution        Plasmids and Transposons        Bacteriophages        Author's Correction

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Twin-Arginine Translocation Pathway in Streptomyces lividans Kristien Schaerlaekens, Michaela Schierová, Elke Lammertyn, Nick Geukens, Jozef Anné, and Lieve Van Mellaert J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6727-6732; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analyses of mrp Genes during Myxococcus xanthus Development Hong Sun and Wenyuan Shi J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6733-6739; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Global Regulators GacA and S Form Part of a Cascade That Controls Alginate Production in Azotobacter vinelandii Miguel Castañeda, Judith Sánchez, Soledad Moreno, Cinthia Núñez, and Guadalupe Espín J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6787-6793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Evidence for Parallel Pathways of Chaperone Activity in the Periplasm of Escherichia coli Amy E. Rizzitello, Jill R. Harper, and Thomas J. Silhavy J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6794-6800; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Regulation of furA and katG upon Oxidative Stress in Mycobacterium smegmatis Anna Milano, Francesca Forti, Claudia Sala, Giovanna Riccardi, and Daniela Ghisotti J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6801-6806; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functions of the Mismatch Repair Gene mutS from Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 David M. Young and L. Nicholas Ornston J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6822-6831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription of the Gene Mediating Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (mecA) Is Corepressed but Not Coinduced by Cognate mecA and -Lactamase Regulators Tanya K. McKinney, Vijay K. Sharma, William A. Craig, and Gordon L. Archer J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6862-6868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding Site of Macrolide Antibiotics on the Ribosome: New Resistance Mutation Identifies a Specific Interaction of Ketolides with rRNA Georgina Garza-Ramos, Liqun Xiong, Ping Zhong, and Alexander Mankin J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6898-6907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Controlled Expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Shigella flexneri Using a Bacteriophage P1-Derived C1-Regulated Promoter System David A. Schofield, Caroline Westwater, Joseph W. Dolan, Michael G. Schmidt, and James S. Norris J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6947-6950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The LexA Protein from Deinococcus radiodurans Is Not Involved in RecA Induction following Irradiation Issay Narumi, Katsuya Satoh, Masahiro Kikuchi, Tomoo Funayama, Tadashi Yanagisawa, Yasuhiko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Watanabe, and Kazuo Yamamoto J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6951-6956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The rlmB Gene Is Essential for Formation of Gm2251 in 23S rRNA but Not for Ribosome Maturation in Escherichia coli J. Mattias Lövgren and P. Mikael Wikström J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6957-6960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Eukaryotic Cells:

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Characterization of Pneumocystis carinii PHR1, a pH-Regulated Gene Important for Cell Wall Integrity Theodore J. Kottom, Charles F. Thomas, Jr., and Andrew H. Limper J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6740-6745; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yeast PalA/AIP1/Alix Homolog Rim20p Associates with a PEST-Like Region and Is Required for Its Proteolytic Cleavage Wenjie Xu and Aaron P. Mitchell J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6917-6923; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbiology:

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Biofilms and Planktonic Cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Have Similar Resistance to Killing by Antimicrobials Amy L. Spoering and Kim Lewis J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6746-6751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Predictive and Interpretive Simulation of Green Fluorescent Protein Expression in Reporter Bacteria Johan H. J. Leveau and Steven E. Lindow J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6752-6762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Signals of Rhizobium leguminosarum Are Synthesized in a Distinct Temporal Pattern Renée S. Blosser-Middleton and Kendall M. Gray J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6771-6777; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism of Bacillus subtilis by arfM (ywiD) Marco Marino, Hugo Cruz Ramos, Tamara Hoffmann, Philippe Glaser, and Dieter Jahn J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6815-6821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane-Associated Quinoprotein Formaldehyde Dehydrogenase from Methylococcus capsulatus Bath James A. Zahn, David J. Bergmann, Jeffery M. Boyd, Ryan C. Kunz, and Alan A. DiSpirito J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6832-6840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HcwA, an Autolysin, Is Required for Heterocyst Maturation in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Jinsong Zhu, Karin Jäger, Todd Black, Kelly Zarka, Olga Koksharova, and C. Peter Wolk J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6841-6851; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Noncoupled NADH:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase of Azotobacter vinelandii Is Required for Diazotrophic Growth at High Oxygen Concentrations Yulia V. Bertsova, Alexander V. Bogachev, and Vladimir P. Skulachev J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6869-6874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Density Modulates Acid Adaptation in Streptococcus mutans: Implications for Survival in Biofilms Yung-Hua Li, Michael N. Hanna, Gunnel Svensäter, Richard P. Ellen, and Dennis G. Cvitkovitch J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6875-6884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Benzylsuccinate Synthase of Azoarcus sp. Strain T: Cloning, Sequencing, Transcriptional Organization, and Its Role in Anaerobic Toluene and m-Xylene Mineralization Gypsy R. Achong, Ana M. Rodriguez, and Alfred M. Spormann J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6763-6770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Default State of the Membrane-Localized Histidine Kinase PrrB of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 Is in the Kinase-Positive Mode Jeong-Il Oh, In-Jeong Ko, and Samuel Kaplan J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6807-6814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Ring Fission of Salicylate by a Salicylate 1,2-Dioxygenase Activity from Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans Jan-Peter Hintner, Christa Lechner, Ulrich Riegert, Andrea Elisabeth Kuhm, Thomas Storm, Thorsten Reemtsma, and Andreas Stolz J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6936-6942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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Identification and Characterization of a Novel 38.5-Kilodalton Cell Surface Protein of Staphylococcus aureus with Extended-Spectrum Binding Activity for Extracellular Matrix and Plasma Proteins Muzaffar Hussain, Karsten Becker, Christof von Eiff, Jacques Schrenzel, Georg Peters, and Mathias Herrmann J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6778-6786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Escherichia coli tolC Mutants Defective in Secreting Enzymatically Active Alpha-Hemolysin Hema Vakharia, Greg J. German, and Rajeev Misra J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6908-6916; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Phage Receptors, Versatile Tools for Display of Polypeptides on the Cell Surface Hildegard Etz, Duc Bui Minh, Carola Schellack, Eszter Nagy, and Andreas Meinke J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6924-6935; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carboxy-Terminal Region Involved in Activity of Escherichia coli TolC Hiroyasu Yamanaka, Hiroshi Izawa, and Keinosuke Okamoto J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6961-6964; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Elevated Temperature Differentially Affects Virulence, VirB Protein Accumulation, and T-Pilus Formation in Different Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Agrobacterium vitis Strains Christian Baron, Natalie Domke, Michael Beinhofer, and Siegfried Hapfelmeier J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6852-6861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Ancestral Divergence, Genome Diversification, and Phylogeographic Variation in Subpopulations of Sorbitol-Negative, -Glucuronidase-Negative Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 Jaehyoung Kim, Joseph Nietfeldt, Jingliang Ju, John Wise, Narelle Fegan, Patricia Desmarchelier, and Andrew K. Benson J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6885-6897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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IS186 Insertion at a Hot Spot in the lon Promoter as a Basis for Lon Protease Deficiency of Escherichia coli B: Identification of a Consensus Target Sequence for IS186 Transposition L. SaiSree, Manjula Reddy, and J. Gowrishankar J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6943-6946; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages:

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Analysis of Early Promoters of the Bacillus Bacteriophage GA-1 José A. Horcajadas, Wilfried J. J. Meijer, Fernando Rojo, and Margarita Salas J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6965-6970; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Cell Wall Core Galactofuran Synthesis Is Essential for Growth of Mycobacteria Fei Pan, Mary Jackson, Yufang Ma, and Michael McNeil J. Bacteriol. December 2001 183: 6971 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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