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Contents: September 2002, Volume 184, Issue 18        Minireviews        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genomics and Proteomics        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Signal Transduction        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Microbial Cell Biology        Structural Biology        Gene Regulation        Enzymes and Proteins        Microbial Communities and Interactions

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Minireviews:

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A Genetically Economical Family of Plasmid-Encoded Transcriptional Repressors Involved in Control of Plasmid Copy Number Gloria del Solar, Ana M. Hernández-Arriaga, F. Xavier Gomis-Rüth, Miquel Coll, and Manuel Espinosa J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 4943-4951; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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N4 RNA Polymerase II, a Heterodimeric RNA Polymerase with Homology to the Single-Subunit Family of RNA Polymerases S. H. Willis, K. M. Kazmierczak, R. H. Carter, and L. B. Rothman-Denes J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 4952-4961; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transposition of Cyanobacterium Insertion Element ISY100 in Escherichia coli Akihiro Urasaki, Yasuhiko Sekine, and Eiichi Ohtsubo J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5104-5112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

R391: a Conjugative Integrating Mosaic Comprised of Phage, Plasmid, and Transposon Elements Dietmar Böltner, Claire MacMahon, J. Tony Pembroke, Peter Strike, and A. Mark Osborn J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5158-5169; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amplification of the Tetracycline Resistance Determinant of pAM1 in Enterococcus faecalis Requires a Site-Specific Recombination Event Involving Relaxase M. Victoria Francia and Don B. Clewell J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5187-5193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions between Integrase and Excisionase in the Phage Lambda Excisive Nucleoprotein Complex Eun Hee Cho, Richard I. Gumport, and Jeffrey F. Gardner J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5200-5203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Comparative Proteome Analysis of Brucella melitensis Vaccine Strain Rev 1 and a Virulent Strain, 16M Michel Eschenbrenner, Mary Ann Wagner, Troy A. Horn, Jo Ann Kraycer, Cesar V. Mujer, Sue Hagius, Philip Elzer, and Vito G. DelVecchio J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 4962-4970; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Expression Profile of Bacillus subtilis Grown in the Presence of Sulfate or Methionine Sandrine Auger, Antoine Danchin, and Isabelle Martin-Verstraete J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5179-5186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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SpiC Is Required for Translocation of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 Effectors and Secretion of Translocon Proteins SseB and SseC Jeremy A. Freeman, Catherine Rappl, Volker Kuhle, Michael Hensel, and Samuel I. Miller J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 4971-4980; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus Contains Two Low-Molecular-Mass Phosphotyrosine Protein Phosphatases Didier Soulat, Elisabeth Vaganay, Bertrand Duclos, Anne-Laure Genestier, Jérôme Etienne, and Alain J. Cozzone J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5194-5199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Conserved Amplification of Chemotactic Responses through Chemoreceptor Interactions Allison C. Lamanna, Jason E. Gestwicki, Laura E. Strong, Sara L. Borchardt, Robert M. Owen, and Laura L. Kiessling J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 4981-4987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Purification and Polar Localization of Pneumococcal LytB, a Putative Endo-ß-N-Acetylglucosaminidase: the Chain-Dispersing Murein Hydrolase Blanca De Las Rivas, José L. García, Rubens López, and Pedro García J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 4988-5000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

prbA, a Gene Coding for an Esterase Hydrolyzing Parabens in Enterobacter cloacae and Enterobacter gergoviae Strains Nelly Valkova, François Lépine, Claude Bollet, Maryse Dupont, and Richard Villemur J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5011-5017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature- and H-NS-Dependent Regulation of a Plasmid-Encoded Virulence Operon Expressing Escherichia coli Hemolysin Cristina Madrid, José M. Nieto, Sònia Paytubi, Maurizio Falconi, Claudio O. Gualerzi, and Antonio Juárez J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5058-5066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of bcsA Mutations That Bypass Two Distinct Signaling Requirements for Myxococcus xanthus Development John K. Cusick, Elizabeth Hager, and Ronald E. Gill J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5141-5150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Mycobacterium smegmatis L-Alanine Dehydrogenase (Ald) Is Required for Proficient Utilization of Alanine as a Sole Nitrogen Source and Sustained Anaerobic Growth Zhengyu Feng, Nancy E. Cáceres, Gautam Sarath, and Raúl G. Barletta J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5001-5010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carbonic Anhydrase Is Essential for Growth of Ralstonia eutropha at Ambient CO2 Concentrations Bernhard Kusian, Dieter Sültemeyer, and Botho Bowien J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5018-5026; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Histidine-Rich CPx-ATPase from the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis Related to Multiple-Heavy-Metal Cotolerance Liu Tong, Susumu Nakashima, Mineo Shibasaka, Maki Katsuhara, and Kunihiro Kasamo J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5027-5035; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 Is Stimulated by Compounds of the Pentose Phosphate Cycle but Not by Pyruvate or Deoxyxylulose-5-Phosphate Yuri V. Ershov, R. Raymond Gantt, Francis X. Cunningham, Jr., and Elisabeth Gantt J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5045-5051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of ppGpp in rpoS Stationary-Phase Regulation in Escherichia coli Matthew Hirsch and Thomas Elliott J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5077-5087; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insufficient Expression of the ilv-leu Operon Encoding Enzymes of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Biosynthesis Limits Growth of a Bacillus subtilis ccpA Mutant Holger Ludwig, Christoph Meinken, Anastasija Matin, and Jörg Stülke J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5174-5178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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The MexJK Efflux Pump of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Requires OprM for Antibiotic Efflux but Not for Efflux of Triclosan Rungtip Chuanchuen, Craig T. Narasaki, and Herbert P. Schweizer J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5036-5044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fe2+-Tetracycline-Mediated Cleavage of the Tn10 Tetracycline Efflux Protein TetA Reveals a Substrate Binding Site near Glutamine 225 in Transmembrane Helix 7 Laura M. McMurry, Mila L. Aldema-Ramos, and Stuart B. Levy J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5113-5120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ExbB and ExbD Do Not Function Independently in TonB-Dependent Energy Transduction Kiara G. Held and Kathleen Postle J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5170-5173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Mutational Evidence for a Functional Connection between Two Domains of 23S rRNA in Translation Termination Alexey L. Arkov, Klas O. F. Hedenstierna, and Emanuel J. Murgola J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5052-5057; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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A LuxR Homolog Controls Production of Symbiotically Active Extracellular Polysaccharide II by Sinorhizobium meliloti Brett J. Pellock, Max Teplitski, Ryan P. Boinay, W. Dietz Bauer, and Graham C. Walker J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5067-5076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulatory Circuitry of the CsrA/CsrB and BarA/UvrY Systems of Escherichia coli Kazushi Suzuki, Xin Wang, Thomas Weilbacher, Anna-Karin Pernestig, Öjar Melefors, Dimitris Georgellis, Paul Babitzke, and Tony Romeo J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5130-5140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

barS1, a Gene for Biosynthesis of a -Butyrolactone Autoregulator, a Microbial Signaling Molecule Eliciting Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces Species Noriyasu Shikura, Junji Yamamura, and Takuya Nihira J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5151-5157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Synergistic Effects on Crystalline Cellulose Degradation between Cellulosomal Cellulases from Clostridium cellulovorans Koichiro Murashima, Akihiko Kosugi, and Roy H. Doi J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5088-5095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression and Localization of Mn and Fe Superoxide Dismutases in the Heterocystous Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Tao Li, Xu Huang, Ruanbao Zhou, Yingfang Liu, Bin Li, Chris Nomura, and Jindong Zhao J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5096-5103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Role for Phosphoglucomutase in Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes Symbiosis Cindy R. DeLoney, Therese M. Bartley, and Karen L. Visick J. Bacteriol. September 2002 184: 5121-5129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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