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Contents: October 2002, Volume 184, Issue 20        Guest Commentary        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Cell Biology        Signal Transduction        Physiology and Metabolism        Plant Microbiology        Gene Regulation        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Enzymes and Proteins

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Guest Commentary:

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Growing Repertoire of AraC/XylS Activators Susan M. Egan J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5529-5532; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Mechanism of ToxT-Dependent Transcriptional Activation at the Vibrio cholerae tcpA Promoter Robin R. Hulbert and Ronald K. Taylor J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5533-5544; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct clpP Genes Control Specific Adaptive Responses in Bacillus thuringiensis Sinda Fedhila, Tarek Msadek, Patricia Nel, and Didier Lereclus J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5554-5562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Targeting of Yop Effectors by the Chromosomally Encoded Ysa Type III Secretion System of Yersinia enterocolitica Briana M. Young and Glenn M. Young J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5563-5571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of the MtrC-MtrD-MtrE Efflux Pump Due to an mtrR Mutation Is Required for Chromosomally Mediated Penicillin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Wendy L. Veal, Robert A. Nicholas, and William M. Shafer J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5619-5624; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of Transposon Insertion Mutations in Corynebacterium diphtheriae That Affect Expression of the Diphtheria Toxin Repressor (DtxR) Diana Marra Oram, Ana Avdalovic, and Randall K. Holmes J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5723-5732; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Mutation in yaaT Leads to Significant Inhibition of Phosphorelay during Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis Shigeo Hosoya, Kei Asai, Naotake Ogasawara, Michio Takeuchi, and Tsutomu Sato J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5545-5553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein-Protein Interactions That Regulate the Energy Stress Activation of B in Bacillus subtilis Olivier Delumeau, Richard J. Lewis, and Michael D. Yudkin J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5583-5589; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of a DNA Nickase in the Presence of Its Target Site Stimulates Adaptive Mutation in Escherichia coli Cesar Rodriguez, Joshua Tompkin, Jill Hazel, and Patricia L. Foster J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5599-5608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptive, or Stationary-Phase, Mutagenesis, a Component of Bacterial Differentiation in Bacillus subtilis Huang-Mo Sung and Ronald E. Yasbin J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5641-5653; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A CheW Homologue Is Required for Myxococcus xanthus Fruiting Body Development, Social Gliding Motility, and Fibril Biogenesis Kristen Bellenger, Xiaoyuan Ma, Wenyuan Shi, and Zhaomin Yang J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5654-5660; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Class of Heat and Secretion Stress-Responsive Genes Is Controlled by the Autoregulated CssRS Two-Component System of Bacillus subtilis Elise Darmon, David Noone, Anne Masson, Sierd Bron, Oscar P. Kuipers, Kevin M. Devine, and Jan Maarten van Dijl J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5661-5671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlations between Shine-Dalgarno Sequences and Gene Features Such as Predicted Expression Levels and Operon Structures Jiong Ma, Allan Campbell, and Samuel Karlin J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5733-5745; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli DegP Protease Cleaves between Paired Hydrophobic Residues in a Natural Substrate: the PapA Pilin C. Hal Jones, Paul Dexter, Amy K. Evans, Christopher Liu, Scott J. Hultgren, and Dennis E. Hruby J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5762-5771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conserved Response Regulator CtrA and IHF Binding Sites in the -Proteobacteria Caulobacter crescentus and Rickettsia prowazekii Chromosomal Replication Origins Ann Karen C. Brassinga, Rania Siam, William McSween, Herbert Winkler, David Wood, and Gregory T. Marczynski J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5789-5799; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Locus Required for Expression of High-Level Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin B Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus P. K. Martin, Y. Bao, E. Boyer, K. M. Winterberg, L. McDowell, M. B. Schmid, and J. M. Buysse J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5810-5813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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A Novel Cytology-Based, Two-Hybrid Screen for Bacteria Applied to Protein-Protein Interaction Studies of a Type IV Secretion System Zhiyong Ding, Zhenming Zhao, Simon J. Jakubowski, Atmakuri Krishnamohan, William Margolin, and Peter J. Christie J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5572-5582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion of -Amylase from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAB23: Two Different Pathways in Different Hosts Maria Luisa Tutino, Ermenegilda Parrilli, Laura Giaquinto, Angela Duilio, Giovanni Sannia, Georges Feller, and Gennaro Marino J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5814-5817; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Tactic Responses to Oxygen in the Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides WS8N Simona Romagnoli, Helen L. Packer, and Judith P. Armitage J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5590-5598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Characterization of the Depletion of 2-C-Methyl-D-Erythritol-2,4-Cyclodiphosphate Synthase in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis Tracey L. Campbell and Eric D. Brown J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5609-5618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

YfcX Enables Medium-Chain-Length Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoate) Formation from Fatty Acids in Recombinant Escherichia coli fadB Strains Kristi D. Snell, Feng Feng, Luhua Zhong, David Martin, and Lara L. Madison J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5696-5705; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Encoding Specific Nickel Transport Systems Flank the Chromosomal Urease Locus of Pathogenic Yersiniae Florent Sebbane, Marie-Andrée Mandrand-Berthelot, and Michel Simonet J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5706-5713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Two Catechol 1,2-Dioxygenases in Burkholderia sp. Strain TH2 Katsuhisa Suzuki, Atsushi Ichimura, Naoto Ogawa, Akira Hasebe, and Kiyotaka Miyashita J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5714-5722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Conformational Protection of Nitrogenase against Oxygen in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus by a Putative FeSII Protein Alejandro Ureta and Stefan Nordlund J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5805-5809; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Deficiency of a Sinorhizobium meliloti bacA Mutant in Alfalfa Symbiosis Correlates with Alteration of the Cell Envelope Gail P. Ferguson, R. Martin Roop II, and Graham C. Walker J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5625-5632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Sinorhizobium meliloti sinR/sinI Locus and the Production of Novel N-Acyl Homoserine Lactones Melanie M. Marketon, Matthew R. Gronquist, Anatol Eberhard, and Juan E. González J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5686-5695; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Divergent Structure and Regulatory Mechanism of Proline Catabolic Systems: Characterization of the putAP Proline Catabolic Operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and Its Regulation by PruR, an AraC/XylS Family Protein Yuji Nakada, Takayuki Nishijyo, and Yoshifumi Itoh J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5633-5640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the Azotobacter vinelandii Poly-ß-Hydroxybutyrate Biosynthetic phbBAC Operon Is Driven by Two Overlapping Promoters and Is Dependent on the Transcriptional Activator PhbR Martín Peralta-Gil, Daniel Segura, Josefina Guzmán, Luis Servín-González, and Guadalupe Espín J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5672-5677; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Positive Regulator, TraJ, of the Escherichia coli F Plasmid Is Unstable in a cpxA* Background Michael J. Gubbins, Isabella Lau, William R. Will, Janet M. Manchak, Tracy L. Raivio, and Laura S. Frost J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5781-5788; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Biofilm Formation and Acyl Homoserine Lactone Production in the Burkholderia cepacia Complex Barbara-Ann D. Conway, Vicnays Venu, and David P. Speert J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5678-5685; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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The Streptomyces Genome Contains Multiple Pseudo-attB Sites for the C31-Encoded Site-Specific Recombination System Patricia Combes, Rob Till, Sally Bee, and Margaret C. M. Smith J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5746-5752; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudoknot-Dependent Translational Coupling in repBA Genes of the IncB Plasmid pMU720 Involves Reinitiation J. Praszkier and A. J. Pittard J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5772-5780; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Conjugal Transfer System of the Pheromone- Independent Highly Transferable Enterococcus Plasmid pMG1: Identification of a tra Gene (traA) Up-Regulated during Conjugation Koichi Tanimoto and Yasuyoshi Ike J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5800-5804; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Molecular Characterization of DSR-E, an -1,2 Linkage-Synthesizing Dextransucrase with Two Catalytic Domains Sophie Bozonnet, Marguerite Dols-Laffargue, Emeline Fabre, Sandra Pizzut, Magali Remaud-Simeon, Pierre Monsan, and René-Marc Willemot J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5753-5761; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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