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Contents: March 2001, Volume 183, Issue 6        Minireviews        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Population Genetics and Evolution        Plant Microbiology        Physiology and Metabolism        Bacteriophages        Enzymes and Proteins        Cell Surfaces        Structure and Function        Plasmids and Transposons

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Minireviews:

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The Pleiotropic Two-Component Regulatory System PhoP-PhoQ Eduardo A. Groisman J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1835-1842; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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B Activity Depends on RsbU in Staphylococcus aureus P. Giachino, S. Engelmann, and M. Bischoff J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1843-1852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

T7 Single Strand DNA Binding Protein but Not T7 Helicase Is Required for DNA Double Strand Break Repair Man Yu and Warren Masker J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1862-1869; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitation of the Capacity of the Secretion Apparatus and Requirement for PrsA in Growth and Secretion of -Amylase in Bacillus subtilis Marika Vitikainen, Tiina Pummi, Ulla Airaksinen, Eva Wahlström, Hongyan Wu, Matti Sarvas, and Vesa P. Kontinen J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1881-1890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of a CbbR Homolog in Low CO2-Induced Activation of the Bicarbonate Transporter Operon in Cyanobacteria Tatsuo Omata, Satoshi Gohta, Yukari Takahashi, Yoshimi Harano, and Shin-ichi Maeda J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1891-1898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The 10 Region Is a Key Promoter Specificity Determinant for the Bacillus subtilis Extracytoplasmic-Function Factors X and W Jian Qiu and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1921-1927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of ResE Phosphatase Activity in Down-Regulation of ResD-Controlled Genes in Bacillus subtilis during Aerobic Growth Michiko M. Nakano and Yi Zhu J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1938-1944; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Consensus Promoter Structure Scott M. Doree and Martha H. Mulks J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1983-1989; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evidence of Iron Override Effects on Quorum Sensing and Biofilm-Specific Gene Regulation Nikki Bollinger, Daniel J. Hassett, Barbara H. Iglewski, J. William Costerton, and Timothy R. McDermott J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1990-1996; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hfq Is Necessary for Regulation by the Untranslated RNA DsrA Darren D. Sledjeski, Christina Whitman, and Aixia Zhang J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1997-2005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the varR Gene as a Transcriptional Regulator of Virginiamycin S Resistance in Streptomyces virginiae Wises Namwat, Chang-Kwon Lee, Hiroshi Kinoshita, Yasuhiro Yamada, and Takuya Nihira J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2025-2031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alternative Translation Initiation Produces a Short Form of a Spore Coat Protein in Bacillus subtilis Amanda J. Ozin, Teresa Costa, Adriano O. Henriques, and Charles P. Moran, Jr. J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2032-2040; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Programmed Cell Death in Escherichia coli: Some Antibiotics Can Trigger mazEF Lethality Boaz Sat, Ronen Hazan, Tova Fisher, Hanita Khaner, Gad Glaser, and Hanna Engelberg-Kulka J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2041-2045; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Postsegregational Killing Mediated by the P1 Phage "Addiction Module" phd-doc Requires the Escherichia coli Programmed Cell Death System mazEF Ronen Hazan, Boaz Sat, Myriam Reches, and Hanna Engelberg-Kulka J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2046-2050; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulatory Architecture of the Iron-Regulated fepD-ybdA Bidirectional Promoter Region in Escherichia coli Catherine A. Christoffersen, Timothy J. Brickman, India Hook-Barnard, and Mark A. McIntosh J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2059-2070; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for a Phage Promoter in Shiga Toxin 2 Expression from a Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strain Patrick L. Wagner, Melody N. Neely, Xiaoping Zhang, David W. K. Acheson, Matthew K. Waldor, and David I. Friedman J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2081-2085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

snr-1 Gene Is Required for Nitrate Reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Edward J. Kerschen, Vida R. Irani, Daniel J. Hassett, and John J. Rowe J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2125-2131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of Mutations at Codon 751 of the Escherichia coli gyrB Gene That Confer Resistance to the Antimicrobial Peptide Microcin B17 and Alter the Activity of DNA Gyrase Francisco J. del Castillo, Ignacio del Castillo, and Felipe Moreno J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2137-2140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DnaD Protein of Bacillus subtilis Interacts with DnaA, the Initiator Protein of Replication Daisuke Ishigo-oka, Naotake Ogasawara, and Shigeki Moriya J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2148-2150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Promoters Recognized by PvdS, an Extracytoplasmic-Function Sigma Factor Protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Megan J. Wilson, Brendan J. McMorran, and Iain L. Lamont J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2151-2155; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Degenerative Minimalism in the Genome of a Psyllid Endosymbiont Marta A. Clark, Linda Baumann, MyLo Ly Thao, Nancy A. Moran, and Paul Baumann J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1853-1861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Molecular Characterization of Global Regulatory RNA Species That Control Pathogenicity Factors in Erwinia amylovora and Erwinia herbicola pv. gypsophilae Weilei Ma, Yaya Cui, Yang Liu, C. Korsi Dumenyo, Asita Mukherjee, and Arun K. Chatterjee J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1870-1880; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the pmsCEAB Gene Cluster Involved in Biosynthesis of Salicylic Acid and the Siderophore Pseudomonine in the Biocontrol Strain Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374 Jesús Mercado-Blanco, Koen M. G. M. van der Drift, Per E. Olsson, Jane E. Thomas-Oates, Leendert C. van Loon, and Peter A. H. M. Bakker J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1909-1920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phase-Variable Expression of an Operon Encoding Extracellular Alkaline Protease, a Serine Protease Homolog, and Lipase in Pseudomonas brassicacearum Philippe Chabeaud, Arjan de Groot, Wilbert Bitter, Jan Tommassen, Thierry Heulin, and Wafa Achouak J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2117-2120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Reinvestigation of a New Type of Aerobic Benzoate Metabolism in the Proteobacterium Azoarcus evansii Magdy El-Said Mohamed, Annette Zaar, Christa Ebenau-Jehle, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1899-1908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Thioredoxin-Dependent Peroxiredoxin System from Helicobacter pylori: Genetic and Kinetic Characterization Laura M. S. Baker, Ausra Raudonikiene, Paul S. Hoffman, and Leslie B. Poole J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1961-1973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mobile Cytochrome c2 and Membrane-Anchored Cytochrome cy Are Both Efficient Electron Donors to the cbb3- and aa3-Type Cytochrome c Oxidases during Respiratory Growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Fevzi Daldal, Sevnur Mandaci, Christine Winterstein, Hannu Myllykallio, Kristen Duyck, and Davide Zannoni J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2013-2024; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MeaA, a Putative Coenzyme B12-Dependent Mutase, Provides Methylmalonyl Coenzyme A for Monensin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces cinnamonensis Weiwen Zhang and Kevin A. Reynolds J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2071-2080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of Transsulfuration in Synthesis of L-Homocysteine in an Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB8 Shuzo Yamagata, Kazuhito Ichioka, Koji Goto, Yasuko Mizuno, and Tomonori Iwama J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2086-2092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Involved in Copper Homeostasis in Escherichia coli Gregor Grass and Christopher Rensing J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2145-2147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages:

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Complete Genomic Sequence of the Lytic Bacteriophage YeO3-12 of Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O:3 Maria I. Pajunen, Saija J. Kiljunen, M. E.-Lotta Söderholm, and Mikael Skurnik J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1928-1937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Cellulosomal Scaffoldin-Like Proteins from Ruminococcus flavefaciens Shi-You Ding, Marco T. Rincon, Raphael Lamed, Jennifer C. Martin, Sheila I. McCrae, Vincenzo Aurilia, Yuval Shoham, Edward A. Bayer, and Harry J. Flint J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1945-1953; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catalytic and Molecular Properties of the Quinohemoprotein Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha Strain Bo Grit Zarnt, Thomas Schräder, and Jan R. Andreesen J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1954-1960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Ribosomes and Intracellular Solutes on Activities and Stabilities of Elongation Factor 2 Proteins from Psychrotolerant and Thermophilic Methanogens Torsten Thomas, Naresh Kumar, and Ricardo Cavicchioli J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 1974-1982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization of a Novel Xylanase from a Corn Strain of Erwinia chrysanthemi Jason C. Hurlbert and James F. Preston, III J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2093-2100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Domain 3 in Oligomerization by the Protective Antigen Moiety of Anthrax Toxin Jeremy Mogridge, Michael Mourez, and R. John Collier J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2111-2116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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SecG Function and Phospholipid Metabolism in Escherichia coli Ann M. Flower J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2006-2012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Lysophospholipase A Secreted by Legionella pneumophila Antje Flieger, Shimei Gong, Marion Faigle, Stefan Stevanovic, Nicholas P. Cianciotto, and Birgid Neumeister J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2121-2124; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Specific Residues in Colicin E1 Involved in Immunity Protein Recognition Magdalen Lindeberg and William A. Cramer J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2132-2136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structure and Function:

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D-Alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acid: Role of the D-Alanyl Carrier Protein in Acylation Michael Y. Kiriukhin and Francis C. Neuhaus J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2051-2058; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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Mobilization Function of the pBHR1 Plasmid, a Derivative of the Broad-Host-Range Plasmid pBBR1 Cédric Y. Szpirer, Michel Faelen, and Martine Couturier J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2101-2110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Symbiotic Plasmid Rearrangement in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae VF39SM Xue-Xian Zhang, Bob Kosier, and Ursula B. Priefer J. Bacteriol. March 2001 183: 2141-2144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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