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Contents: June 2002, Volume 184, Issue 11        Guest Commentary        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Physiology and Metabolism        Microbial Cell Biology        Gene Regulation        Enzymes and Proteins        Plant Microbiology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genomics and Proteomics

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Guest Commentary:

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Evolving Insights: Symbiosis Islands and Horizontal Gene Transfer Turlough M. Finan J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2855-2856; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences of oriT-traM-traJ-traY-traA-traL Regions and Mobilization of Virulence Plasmids of Salmonella enterica Serovars Enteritidis, Gallinarum-Pullorum, and Typhimurium Chishih Chu, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Chi-Hong Chu, and Jonathan T. Ou J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2857-2862; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the HspR-Mediated Stress Response in Helicobacter pylori Gunther Spohn, Isabel Delany, Rino Rappuoli, and Vincenzo Scarlato J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2925-2930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Class 3 Integron and the Site-Specific Recombination System It Determines Christina M. Collis, Mi-Jurng Kim, Sally R. Partridge, H. W. Stokes, and Ruth M. Hall J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3017-3026; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Behavior of Sister Copies of Mini-F Plasmid after Synchronized Plasmid Replication in Escherichia coli Cells Toshinari Onogi, Takeyoshi Miki, and Sota Hiraga J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3142-3145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The PtlE Protein of Bordetella pertussis Has Peptidoglycanase Activity Required for Ptl-Mediated Pertussis Toxin Secretion Amy A. Rambow-Larsen and Alison A. Weiss J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2863-2869; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Analyzed in a Dictyostelium discoideum Host System Pierre Cosson, Laurence Zulianello, Olivier Join-Lambert, François Faurisson, Leigh Gebbie, Mohammed Benghezal, Christian van Delden, Lasta Kocjancic Curty, and Thilo Köhler J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3027-3033; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of a cheA Mutant of Treponema denticola Renate Lux, Jee-Hyun Sim, Jon P. Tsai, and Wenyuan Shi J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3130-3134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Salt-Dependent Expression of Glucosylglycerol-Phosphate Synthase, Involved in Osmolyte Synthesis in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Kay Marin, Jana Huckauf, Sabine Fulda, and Martin Hagemann J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2870-2877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intramolecular Regulation of the Opposing (p)ppGpp Catalytic Activities of RelSeq, the Rel/Spo Enzyme from Streptococcus equisimilis Undine Mechold, Helen Murphy, Larissa Brown, and Michael Cashel J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2878-2888; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alcohol-Induced Delay of Viability Loss in Stationary-Phase Cultures of Escherichia coli Marin Vulic and Roberto Kolter J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2898-2905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid-Encoded asp Operon Confers a Proton Motive Metabolic Cycle Catalyzed by an Aspartate-Alanine Exchange Reaction Keietsu Abe, Fumito Ohnishi, Kyoko Yagi, Tasuku Nakajima, Takeshi Higuchi, Motoaki Sano, Masayuki Machida, Rafiquel I. Sarker, and Peter C. Maloney J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2906-2913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Iron-Binding Protein, Dpr, from Streptococcus mutans Prevents Iron-Dependent Hydroxyl Radical Formation In Vitro Yuji Yamamoto, Leslie B. Poole, Roy R. Hantgan, and Yoshiyuki Kamio J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2931-2939; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Codenitrification and Denitrification Are Dual Metabolic Pathways through Which Dinitrogen Evolves from Nitrate in Streptomyces antibioticus Yasuyuki Kumon, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Isao Kato, Naoki Takaya, Hirofumi Shoun, and Teruhiko Beppu J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2963-2968; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitric Oxide Metabolism in Neisseria meningitidis Muna F. Anjum, Tânia M. Stevanin, Robert C. Read, and James W. B. Moir J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2987-2993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutant Analysis and Cellular Localization of the AlgI, AlgJ, and AlgF Proteins Required for O Acetylation of Alginate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Michael J. Franklin and Dennis E. Ohman J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3000-3007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glycerol-3-Phosphate-Induced Catabolite Repression in Escherichia coli Tanja Eppler, Pieter Postma, Alexandra Schütz, Uwe Völker, and Winfried Boos J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3044-3052; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Energetics of Helicobacter pylori and Its Implications for the Mechanism of Urease-Dependent Acid Tolerance at pH 1 Kerstin Stingl, Eva-Maria Uhlemann, Roland Schmid, Karlheinz Altendorf, and Evert P. Bakker J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3053-3060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Type of Osmoregulated Solute Transporter Identified in Halophilic Members of the Bacteria Domain: TRAP Transporter TeaABC Mediates Uptake of Ectoine and Hydroxyectoine in Halomonas elongata DSM 2581T Katrin Grammann, Angela Volke, and Hans Jörg Kunte J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3078-3085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Role for a 2-Oxo Acid Dehydrogenase in the Halophilic Archaeon Haloferax volcanii Christian Wanner and Jörg Soppa J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3114-3121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of the Erwinia herbicola tutB Gene and Its Product Takane Katayama, Hideyuki Suzuki, Takashi Koyanagi, and Hidehiko Kumagai J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3135-3141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methylation of Inorganic and Organic Selenium by the Bacterial Thiopurine Methyltransferase Lionel Ranjard, Claire Prigent-Combaret, Sylvie Nazaret, and Benoit Cournoyer J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3146-3149; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Identification of a Lycopene ß-Cyclase Required for Bacteriorhodopsin Biogenesis in the Archaeon Halobacterium salinarum Ronald F. Peck, Eric A. Johnson, and Mark P. Krebs J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2889-2897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Targeting of DMinC/MinD and DMinC/DicB Complexes to Septal Rings in Escherichia coli Suggests a Multistep Mechanism for MinC-Mediated Destruction of Nascent FtsZ Rings Jay E. Johnson, Laura L. Lackner, and Piet A. J. de Boer J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2951-2962; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sugar Transport through Maltoporin of Escherichia coli: Role of the Greasy Slide Patrick Van Gelder, Fabrice Dumas, Ingrid Bartoldus, Nathalie Saint, Alexei Prilipov, Mathias Winterhalter, Yanfei Wang, Ansgar Philippsen, Jürg P. Rosenbusch, and Tilman Schirmer J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2994-2999; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Mycoplasma pneumoniae hmw3 Mutant: Implications for Attachment Organelle Assembly Melisa J. Willby and Duncan C. Krause J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3061-3068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Internal Cysteines in the Function, Localization, and Reactivity of the TraV Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Encoded by the F Plasmid Robin L. Harris and Philip M. Silverman J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3126-3129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Identification and Physical Characterization of the HbpR Binding Sites of the hbpC and hbpD Promoters David Tropel and Jan Roelof van der Meer J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2914-2924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ArgR-Independent Induction and ArgR-Dependent Superinduction of the astCADBE Operon in Escherichia coli Alexandros K. Kiupakis and Larry Reitzer J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2940-2950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Interactions between the Transcriptional Repressor PhlF and Its Binding Site at the phlA Promoter in Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 Abdelhamid Abbas, John P. Morrissey, Pilar Carnicero Marquez, Michelle M. Sheehan, Isabel R. Delany, and Fergal O'Gara J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3008-3016; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ner Gene of Photorhabdus: Effects on Primary-Form-Specific Phenotypes and Outer Membrane Protein Composition Keith H. O'Neill, Declan M. Roche, David J. Clarke, and Barbara C. A. Dowds J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3096-3105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CcaR Is an Autoregulatory Protein That Binds to the ccaR and cefD-cmcI Promoters of the Cephamycin C-Clavulanic Acid Cluster in Streptomyces clavuligerus Irene Santamarta, Antonio Rodríguez-García, Rosario Pérez-Redondo, Juan F. Martín, and Paloma Liras J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3106-3113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Biochemical, Molecular, and Genetic Analyses of the Acetone Carboxylases from Xanthobacter autotrophicus Strain Py2 and Rhodobacter capsulatus Strain B10 Miriam K. Sluis, Rachel A. Larsen, Jonathan G. Krum, Ruth Anderson, William W. Metcalf, and Scott A. Ensign J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2969-2977; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The N Terminus of the Escherichia coli Transcription Activator MalT Is the Domain of Interaction with MalY Anja Schlegel, Olivier Danot, Evelyne Richet, Thomas Ferenci, and Winfried Boos J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3069-3077; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Redundancy in Periplasmic Binding Protein-Dependent Transport Systems for Trehalose, Sucrose, and Maltose in Sinorhizobium meliloti John Beck Jensen, N. Kent Peters, and T. V. Bhuvaneswari J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 2978-2986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Sequence Analysis of the Symbiosis Island of Mesorhizobium loti Strain R7A John T. Sullivan, Jodi R. Trzebiatowski, Ruth W. Cruickshank, Jerome Gouzy, Steven D. Brown, Rachel M. Elliot, Damien J. Fleetwood, Nadine G. McCallum, Uwe Rossbach, Gabriella S. Stuart, Julie E. Weaver, Richard J. Webby, Frans J. de Bruijn, and Clive W. Ronson J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3086-3095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Expression of Mycobacteriophage Ms6 Lysis Genes Is Driven by Two 70-Like Promoters and Is Dependent on a Transcription Termination Signal Present in the Leader RNA Miguel Garcia, Madalena Pimentel, and José Moniz-Pereira J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3034-3043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Examination of the Borrelia burgdorferi Transcriptome in Ixodes scapularis during Feeding Sukanya Narasimhan, Felix Santiago, Raymond A. Koski, Brandon Brei, John F. Anderson, Durland Fish, and Erol Fikrig J. Bacteriol. June 2002 184: 3122-3125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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