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Contents: November 2002, Volume 184, Issue 21        Minireviews        Gene Regulation        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Enzymes and Proteins        Physiology and Metabolism        Microbial Cell Biology        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Two-Component Signal Transduction in Enterococcus faecalis Lynn Hancock and Marta Perego J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5819-5825; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Recognition of DNA by Fur: a Reinterpretation of the Fur Box Consensus Sequence Noel Baichoo and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5826-5832; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription Activation by FNR: Evidence for a Functional Activating Region 2 Timo Blake, Anne Barnard, Stephen J. W. Busby, and Jeffrey Green J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5855-5861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of the Growth Phase-Dependent Expression of the lsrA Gene, Encoding Levansucrase of Rahnella aquatilis Jeong-Woo Seo, Ki-Hyo Jang, Soon Ah Kang, Ki-Bang Song, Eun Kyung Jang, Buem-Seek Park, Chul Ho Kim, and Sang-Ki Rhee J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5862-5870; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Gene yjfQ Encodes the Repressor of the yjfR-X Regulon (ula), Which Is Involved in L-Ascorbate Metabolism in Escherichia coli Evangelina Campos, Juan Aguilar, Laura Baldoma, and Josefa Badia J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6065-6068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Escherichia coli Insertion Sequence IS150: Transposition via Circular and Linear Intermediates Markus Haas and Bodo Rak J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5833-5841; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Inversion on Conjugative Plasmid pVT745 Jinbiao Chen, Donald J. Leblanc, and Dominique M. Galli J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5926-5934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Dilemma of Phage Taxonomy Illustrated by Comparative Genomics of Sfi21-Like Siphoviridae in Lactic Acid Bacteria Caroline Proux, Douwe van Sinderen, Juan Suarez, Pilar Garcia, Victor Ladero, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Frank Desiere, and Harald Brüssow J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6026-6036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Gene Encoding a Homologue of Dolichol Phosphate-ß-D-Mannose Synthase Is Required for Infection of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) by Phage C31 Deborah A. Cowlishaw and Margaret C. M. Smith J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6081-6083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Study of Second-Site Suppression in the pheP Gene for the Phenylalanine Transporter of Escherichia coli Jing Pi, H. Chow, and A. J. Pittard J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5842-5847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Truncation Analysis of TatA and TatB Defines the Minimal Functional Units Required for Protein Translocation Philip A. Lee, Grant Buchanan, Nicola R. Stanley, Ben C. Berks, and Tracy Palmer J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5871-5879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio parahaemolyticus scrABC, a Novel Operon Affecting Swarming and Capsular Polysaccharide Regulation Blaise R. Boles and Linda L. McCarter J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5946-5954; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface Diversity in Mycoplasma agalactiae Is Driven by Site-Specific DNA Inversions within the vpma Multigene Locus Michelle D. Glew, Marc Marenda, Renate Rosengarten, and Christine Citti J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5987-5998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Polysaccharide Deacetylase Gene (pdaA) Is Required for Germination and for Production of Muramic -Lactam Residues in the Spore Cortex of Bacillus subtilis Tatsuya Fukushima, Hiroki Yamamoto, Abdelmadjid Atrih, Simon J. Foster, and Junichi Sekiguchi J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6007-6015; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control by A-Factor of a Metalloendopeptidase Gene Involved in Aerial Mycelium Formation in Streptomyces griseus Jun-ya Kato, Ayano Suzuki, Haruka Yamazaki, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6016-6025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tightly Regulated Gene Expression System in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Jeffrey McKinney, Cecilia Guerrier-Takada, Jorge Galán, and Sidney Altman J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6056-6059; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of PucR, GlnR, and TnrA in Regulating Expression of the Bacillus subtilis ure P3 Promoter Jaclyn L. Brandenburg, Lewis V. Wray, Jr., Lars Beier, Hanne Jarmer, Hans H. Saxild, and Susan H. Fisher J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6060-6064; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Green Nonsulfur Bacterium, Dehalococcoides ethenogenes, with the LexA Binding Sequence Found in Gram-Positive Organisms Antonio R. Fernández de Henestrosa, Jordi Cuñé, Ivan Erill, Jon K. Magnuson, and Jordi Barbé J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6073-6080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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An ABC Transporter from Bacillus thuringiensis Is Essential for ß-Exotoxin I Production Sylvain Espinasse, Michel Gohar, Didier Lereclus, and Vincent Sanchis J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5848-5854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yersinia enterocolitica Type III Secretion: yscM1 and yscM2 Regulate yop Gene Expression by a Posttranscriptional Mechanism That Targets the 5' Untranslated Region of yop mRNA Eric D. Cambronne and Olaf Schneewind J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5880-5893; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Single Nucleotide Exchange in the wzy Gene Is Responsible for the Semirough O6 Lipopolysaccharide Phenotype and Serum Sensitivity of Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917 Lubomir Grozdanov, Ulrich Zähringer, Gabriele Blum-Oehler, Lore Brade, Anke Henne, Yuriy A. Knirel, Ursula Schombel, Jürgen Schulze, Ulrich Sonnenborn, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jörg Hacker, Ernst T. Rietschel, and Ulrich Dobrindt J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5912-5925; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inducible Control of Virulence Gene Expression in Listeria monocytogenes: Temporal Requirement of Listeriolysin O during Intracellular Infection Christina E. Dancz, Andrea Haraga, Daniel A. Portnoy, and Darren E. Higgins J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5935-5945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for a Type III Secretion System in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida Sarah E. Burr, Katja Stuber, Thomas Wahli, and Joachim Frey J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5966-5970; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental Response and Autoregulation of Clostridium difficile TxeR, a Sigma Factor for Toxin Gene Expression Nagraj Mani, Dena Lyras, Lisa Barroso, Pauline Howarth, Tracy Wilkins, Julian I. Rood, Abraham L. Sonenshein, and Bruno Dupuy J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5971-5978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conserved Filamentous Prophage in Escherichia coli O18:K1:H7 and Yersinia pestis Biovar orientalis Mark D. Gonzalez, Carol A. Lichtensteiger, Ruth Caughlan, and Eric R. Vimr J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6050-6055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

groEL Expression in gyrB Mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi Janet Alverson and D. Scott Samuels J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6069-6072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Converting the NiFeS Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase to a Hydrogenase and a Hydroxylamine Reductase Jongyun Heo, Marcus T. Wolfe, Christopher R. Staples, and Paul W. Ludden J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5894-5897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hydroxylamine Reductase Activity of the Hybrid Cluster Protein from Escherichia coli Marcus T. Wolfe, Jongyun Heo, John S. Garavelli, and Paul W. Ludden J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5898-5902; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The First Archaeal ATP-Dependent Glucokinase, from the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon Aeropyrum pernix, Represents a Monomeric, Extremely Thermophilic ROK Glucokinase with Broad Hexose Specificity Thomas Hansen, Bianca Reichstein, Roland Schmid, and Peter Schönheit J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5955-5965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

L-Malyl-Coenzyme A Lyase/ß-Methylmalyl-Coenzyme A Lyase from Chloroflexus aurantiacus, a Bifunctional Enzyme Involved in Autotrophic CO2 Fixation Sylvia Herter, Andreas Busch, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5999-6006; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Carbon Monoxide Cycling by Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Gerrit Voordouw J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5903-5911; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Real-Time Imaging of Fluorescent Flagellar Filaments of Rhizobium lupini H13-3: Flagellar Rotation and pH-Induced Polymorphic Transitions Birgit Scharf J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 5979-5986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Sequences and Cellular Factors Required for Polar Localization of a Histidine Kinase in Caulobacter crescentus Stephen A. Sciochetti, Todd Lane, Noriko Ohta, and Austin Newton J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6037-6049; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Origins of the 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Pathway Glenn R. Johnson, Rakesh K. Jain, and Jim C. Spain J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6084 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Processing Endoribonucleases and mRNA Degradation in Bacteria David Kennell J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6084 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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