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Contents: April 2001, Volume 183, Issue 7        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Cell Surfaces        Enzymes and Proteins        Eukaryotic Cells        Bacteriophages        Plasmids and Transposons

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Genomic Sequence and Transcriptional Analysis of a 23-Kilobase Mycobacterial Linear Plasmid: Evidence for Horizontal Transfer and Identification of Plasmid Maintenance Systems Corinne Le Dantec, Nathalie Winter, Brigitte Gicquel, Véronique Vincent, and Mathieu Picardeau J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2157-2164; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Viability of rep recA Mutants Depends on Their Capacity To Cope with Spontaneous Oxidative Damage and on the DnaK Chaperone Protein Marie-Florence Bredèche, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Bénédicte Michel J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2165-2171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Analysis of Escherichia coli Gene Expression during the Acetate-Induced Acid Tolerance Response Carrie N. Arnold, Justin McElhanon, Aaron Lee, Ryan Leonhart, and Deborah A. Siegele J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2178-2186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Evidence that the 5 Helix of the Receiver Domain of PhoB Is Involved in Interdomain Interactions Mindy P. Allen, Kimberly B. Zumbrennen, and William R. McCleary J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2204-2211; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Ornibactin Biosynthesis and N-Acyl-L-Homoserine Lactone Production by CepR in Burkholderia cepacia Shawn Lewenza and Pamela A. Sokol J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2212-2218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Wolbachia Genome Size by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Ling V. Sun, Jeremy M. Foster, George Tzertzinis, Midori Ono, Claudio Bandi, Barton E. Slatko, and Scott L. O'Neill J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2219-2225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SirA Orthologs Affect both Motility and Virulence Robert I. Goodier and Brian M. M. Ahmer J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2249-2258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Titration of Mitomycin C Action by Four Escherichia coli Genomic Regions on Multicopy Plasmids Yan Wei, Amy C. Vollmer, and Robert A. LaRossa J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2259-2264; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Impact of sdiA Amplification Revealed by Comprehensive Gene Expression Profiling of Escherichia coli Yan Wei, Jian-Ming Lee, Dana R. Smulski, and Robert A. LaRossa J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2265-2272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substitutions in Bacteriophage T4 AsiA and Escherichia coli 70 That Suppress T4 motA Activation Mutations Marco P. Cicero, Meghan M. Sharp, Carol A. Gross, and Kenneth N. Kreuzer J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2289-2297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Transfer to the Desiccation-Tolerant Cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis Daniela Billi, E. Imre Friedmann, Richard F. Helm, and Malcolm Potts J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2298-2305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Loss of Ribosomal Protein L11 Blocks Stress Activation of the Bacillus subtilis Transcription Factor B Shuyu Zhang, Janelle M. Scott, and W. G. Haldenwang J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2316-2321; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heteromeric Interactions among Nucleoid-Associated Bacterial Proteins: Localization of StpA-Stabilizing Regions in H-NS of Escherichia coli Jörgen Johansson, Sven Eriksson, Berit Sondén, Sun Nyunt Wai, and Bernt Eric Uhlin J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2343-2347; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella Host Cell Invasion Emerged by Acquisition of a Mosaic of Separate Genetic Elements, Including Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (SPI1), SPI5, and sopE2 Susanne Mirold, Kristin Ehrbar, Astrid Weissmüller, Rita Prager, Helmut Tschäpe, Holger Rüssmann, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2348-2358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas stutzeri Has Two Closely Related pilA Genes (Type IV Pilus Structural Protein) with Opposite Influences on Natural Genetic Transformation Stefan Graupner and Wilfried Wackernagel J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2359-2366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mutation in the 5' Untranslated Region Increases Stability of norA mRNA, Encoding a Multidrug Resistance Transporter of Staphylococcus aureus Bénédicte Fournier, Que Chi Truong-Bolduc, Xiamei Zhang, and David C. Hooper J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2367-2371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FosB, a Cysteine-Dependent Fosfomycin Resistance Protein under the Control of W, an Extracytoplasmic-Function Factor in Bacillus subtilis Min Cao, Bryan A. Bernat, Zhepeng Wang, Richard N. Armstrong, and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2380-2383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Activation of the Bacillus subtilis ackA Promoter Requires Sequences Upstream of the CcpA Binding Site Tessa R. Moir-Blais, Frank J. Grundy, and Tina M. Henkin J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2389-2393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Evidence that a Linear Megaplasmid Encodes Enzymes of Aliphatic Alkene and Epoxide Metabolism and Coenzyme M (2-Mercaptoethanesulfonate) Biosynthesis in Xanthobacter Strain Py2 Jonathan G. Krum and Scott A. Ensign J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2172-2177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Actinorhodin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces lividans by Glucose Repression of afsR2 Gene Transcription Eung-Soo Kim, Hee-Jeon Hong, Cha-Yong Choi, and Stanley N. Cohen J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2198-2203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Altered Pathway Routing in a Class of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Mutants Defective in Aminoimidazole Ribonucleotide Synthetase Julie L. Zilles, T. Joseph Kappock, JoAnne Stubbe, and Diana M. Downs J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2234-2240; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineered Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Streptomyces by Altered Catalytic Function of -Ketoacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Synthase III Natalya Smirnova and Kevin A. Reynolds J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2335-2342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Insight into the Role of the PhaP Phasin of Ralstonia eutropha in Promoting Synthesis of Polyhydroxybutyrate Gregory M. York, JoAnne Stubbe, and Anthony J. Sinskey J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2394-2397; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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Physiological Basis for Conservation of the Signal Recognition Particle Targeting Pathway in Escherichia coli Harris D. Bernstein and Janine B. Hyndman J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2187-2197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Functional Characterization of Alanine Racemase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe: a Eucaryotic Counterpart to Bacterial Alanine Racemase Takuma Uo, Tohru Yoshimura, Naotaka Tanaka, Kaoru Takegawa, and Nobuyoshi Esaki J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2226-2233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Altering Catalytic Properties of 3-Chlorocatechol-Oxidizing Extradiol Dioxygenase from Sphingomonas xenophaga BN6 by Random Mutagenesis Ulrich Riegert, Sibylle Bürger, and Andreas Stolz J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2322-2330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Eukaryotic Cells:

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Evolutionary Divergence of an Elongation Factor 3 from Cryptococcus neoformans Greg Blakely, James Hekman, Kalpana Chakraburtty, and Peter R. Williamson J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2241-2248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glucan Synthase Complex of Aspergillus fumigatus A. Beauvais, J. M. Bruneau, P. C. Mol, M. J. Buitrago, R. Legrand, and J. P. Latgé J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2273-2279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure, Expression, and Functional Analysis of the Gene Coding for Calmodulin in the Chytridiomycete Blastocladiella emersonii Rita de Cássia Garcia Simão and Suely Lopes Gomes J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2280-2288; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Domains of Yeast Plasmid-Encoded Rep Proteins A. Sengupta, K. Blomqvist, A. J. Pickett, Y. Zhang, J. S. K. Chew, and M. J. Dobson J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2306-2315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TOR Modulates GCN4-Dependent Expression of Genes Turned on by Nitrogen Limitation Lourdes Valenzuela, Cristina Aranda, and Alicia González J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2331-2334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conservative Duplication of Spindle Poles during Meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Andreas Wesp, Susanne Prinz, and Gerald R. Fink J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2372-2375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages:

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Establishing Lysogenic Transcription in the Temperate Coliphage 186 Petra J. Neufing, Keith E. Shearwin, and J. Barry Egan J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2376-2379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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In Vitro Transposition System for Efficient Generation of Random Mutants of Campylobacter jejuni Oscar R. Colegio, Thomas J. Griffin, IV, Nigel D. F. Grindley, and Jorge E. Galán J. Bacteriol. April 2001 183: 2384-2388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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