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Contents: November 2002, Volume 184, Issue 22        Meeting Reviews        Microbial Cell Biology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Physiology and Metabolism        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genomics and Proteomics        Gene Regulation        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Meeting Presentations

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Meeting Reviews:

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Genetics of Streptococci, Lactococci, and Enterococci: Review of the Sixth International Conference Janet Yother, Patrick Trieu-Cuot, Todd R. Klaenhammer, and Willem M. de Vos J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6085-6092; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Effects of Multiple Deletions of Murein Hydrolases on Viability, Septum Cleavage, and Sensitivity to Large Toxic Molecules in Escherichia coli Christoph Heidrich, Astrid Ursinus, Jürgen Berger, Heinz Schwarz, and Joachim-Volker Höltje J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6093-6099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Demonstration and Characterization of a Specific Interaction between Gonococcal Transferrin Binding Protein A and TonB Christopher D. Kenney and Cynthia Nau Cornelissen J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6138-6145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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A DNA Methyltransferase Can Protect the Genome from Postdisturbance Attack by a Restriction-Modification Gene Complex Noriko Takahashi, Yasuhiro Naito, Naofumi Handa, and Ichizo Kobayashi J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6100-6108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The PrpC Serine-Threonine Phosphatase and PrkC Kinase Have Opposing Physiological Roles in Stationary-Phase Bacillus subtilis Cells Tatiana A. Gaidenko, Tae-Jong Kim, and Chester W. Price J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6109-6114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis bcrC Bacitracin Resistance Gene by Two Extracytoplasmic Function Factors Min Cao and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6123-6129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteins Released by Helicobacter pylori In Vitro Nayoung Kim, David L. Weeks, Jai Moo Shin, David R. Scott, Mary K. Young, and George Sachs J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6155-6162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Poly-ß-Hydroxybutyrate Biosynthesis in the Facultative Methylotroph Methylobacterium extorquens AM1: Identification and Mutation of gap11, gap20, and phaR Natalia Korotkova, Ludmila Chistoserdova, and Mary E. Lidstrom J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6174-6181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inversions over the Terminus Region in Salmonella and Escherichia coli: IS200s as the Sites of Homologous Recombination Inverting the Chromosome of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Suneetha Alokam, Shu-Lin Liu, Kamal Said, and Kenneth E. Sanderson J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6190-6197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The IrrE Protein of Deinococcus radiodurans R1 Is a Novel Regulator of recA Expression Ashlee M. Earl, Michael M. Mohundro, I. Saira Mian, and John R. Battista J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6216-6224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Gene Expression Responsive to Levels of the Response Regulator EvgA Nobuhisa Masuda and George M. Church J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6225-6234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis YhaM, a Member of a New Family of 3'-to-5' Exonucleases in Gram-Positive Bacteria Irina A. Oussenko, Roberto Sanchez, and David H. Bechhofer J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6250-6259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Structure, Organization, Expression, and Potential Regulatory Mechanisms of Arginine Catabolism in Enterococcus faecalis Belén Barcelona-Andrés, Alberto Marina, and Vicente Rubio J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6289-6300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Splicing of the Deinococcus radiodurans Strain R1 Snf2 Intein Maurice W. Southworth and Francine B. Perler J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6387-6388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bex, the Bacillus subtilis Homolog of the Essential Escherichia coli GTPase Era, Is Required for Normal Cell Division and Spore Formation Natalie Minkovsky, Arash Zarimani, Vasant K. Chary, Brian H. Johnstone, Bradford S. Powell, Pamela D. Torrance, Donald L. Court, Robert W. Simons, and Patrick J. Piggot J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6389-6394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Expression, Purification, and Characterization of AknX Anthrone Oxygenase, Which Is Involved in Aklavinone Biosynthesis in Streptomyces galilaeus Jin-young Chung, Isao Fujii, Shigeharu Harada, Ushio Sankawa, and Yutaka Ebizuka J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6115-6122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Expresses an Autolytic Enzyme: Gene Identification, Cloning, and Theoretical Protein Structure Eleonora Marsich, Pierfrancesco Zuccato, Sonia Rizzi, Amedeo Vetere, Enrico Tonin, and Sergio Paoletti J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6270-6279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis by Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the NAD+-Reducing Hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha Tanja Burgdorf, Antonio L. De Lacey, and Bärbel Friedrich J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6280-6288; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Metabolic Flux in Both the Purine Mononucleotide and Histidine Biosynthetic Pathways Can Influence Synthesis of the Hydroxymethyl Pyrimidine Moiety of Thiamine in Salmonella enterica Shara Allen, Julie L. Zilles, and Diana M. Downs J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6130-6137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Two Putative Alternative Sigma Factors in Stress Response of the Radioresistant Bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans Amy K. Schmid and Mary E. Lidstrom J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6182-6189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Coding for a New Pathway of Aerobic Benzoate Metabolism in Azoarcus evansii Johannes Gescher, Annette Zaar, Magdy Mohamed, Hermann Schägger, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6301-6315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Presence of a Characteristic D-D-E Motif in IS1 Transposase Shinya Ohta, Ken Tsuchida, Sunju Choi, Yasuhiko Sekine, Yasuyuki Shiga, and Eiichi Ohtsubo J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6146-6154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Genome Analysis and Strain Comparison of Correia Repeats and Correia Repeat-Enclosed Elements in Pathogenic Neisseria Shi V. Liu, Nigel J. Saunders, Alex Jeffries, and Richard F. Rest J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6163-6173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomewide Transcriptional Analysis of the Cold Shock Response in Bacillus subtilis Carsten L. Beckering, Leif Steil, Michael H. W. Weber, Uwe Völker, and Mohamed A. Marahiel J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6395-6402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Effects of Environmental Changes on Expression of the Oligopeptide Permease (opp) Genes of Borrelia burgdorferi Xing-Guo Wang, Bo Lin, J. Michael Kidder, Samuel Telford, and Linden T. Hu J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6198-6206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chloride, a New Environmental Signal Molecule Involved in Gene Regulation in a Moderately Halophilic Bacterium, Halobacillus halophilus Markus Roeßler and Volker Müller J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6207-6215; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Phenotypes of lexA Mutations in Salmonella enterica: Evidence for a Lethal lexA Null Phenotype Due to the Fels-2 Prophage Kim Bunny, Jing Liu, and John Roth J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6235-6249; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Outer Membrane Ushers Contain Distinct Targeting and Assembly Domains for Pilus Biogenesis David G. Thanassi, Christos Stathopoulos, Karen Dodson, Dominik Geiger, and Scott J. Hultgren J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6260-6269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Meeting Presentations:

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Postgenomic Analysis of Four Novel Antigens of Group A Streptococcus: Growth Phase-Dependent Gene Transcription and Human Serologic Response Sean D. Reid, Nicole M. Green, Gail L. Sylva, Jovanka M. Voyich, Elisha T. Stenseth, Frank R. DeLeo, Timothy Palzkill, Donald E. Low, Harry R. Hill, and James M. Musser J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6316-6324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Two-Component Abortive Phage Infection Mechanism AbiT from Lactococcus lactis Julie D. Bouchard, Eric Dion, Frédéric Bissonnette, and Sylvain Moineau J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6325-6332; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Two-Component Regulatory System Involved in Biofilm Formation and Acid Resistance in Streptococcus mutans Yung-Hua Li, Peter C. Y. Lau, Nan Tang, Gunnel Svensäter, Richard P. Ellen, and Dennis G. Cvitkovitch J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6333-6342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of TraA, the Sex Pheromone Receptor Encoded by pPD1, in a Promoter Region Essential for the Mating Response in Enterococcus faecalis Takaaki Horii, Hiromichi Nagasawa, and Jiro Nakayama J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6343-6350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterococcus faecalis Heme-Dependent Catalase Lena Frankenberg, Myriam Brugna, and Lars Hederstedt J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6351-6356; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation and Physiological Significance of ClpC and ClpP in Streptococcus mutans José A. C. Lemos and Robert A. Burne J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6357-6366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolution and Virulence of Serogroup 6 Pneumococci on a Global Scale D. Ashley Robinson, David E. Briles, Marilyn J. Crain, and Susan K. Hollingshead J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6367-6375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Proline-Rich Region with a Highly Periodic Sequence in Streptococcal ß Protein Adopts the Polyproline II Structure and Is Exposed on the Bacterial Surface Thomas Areschoug, Sara Linse, Margaretha Stålhammar-Carlemalm, Lars-Olof Hedén, and Gunnar Lindahl J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6376-6383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Heterogeneity of the Streptococcal C5a Peptidase Gene in Streptococcus pyogenes Irina V. Koroleva, Androulla Efstratiou, and Alexander N. Suvorov J. Bacteriol. November 2002 184: 6384-6386; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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