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Contents: December 2002, Volume 184, Issue 24        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Signal Transduction        Microbial Cell Biology        Gene Regulation        Genomics and Proteomics        Enzymes and Proteins        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Plant Microbiology

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification of the cis-Acting Site Involved in Activation of Promoters Regulated by Activity of the Type III Secretion Apparatus in Shigella flexneri Maria Mavris, Philippe J. Sansonetti, and Claude Parsot J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6751-6759; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of dofA, a fruA-Dependent Developmental Gene, and Its Homologue, dofB, in Myxococcus xanthus Takayuki Horiuchi, Takuya Akiyama, Sumiko Inouye, and Teruya Komano J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6803-6810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elimination of Channel-Forming Activity by Insertional Inactivation of the p13 Gene in Borrelia burgdorferi Yngve Östberg, Marija Pinne, Roland Benz, Patricia Rosa, and Sven Bergström J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6811-6819; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for radA/sms in Recombination Intermediate Processing in Escherichia coli Cynthia E. Beam, Catherine J. Saveson, and Susan T. Lovett J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6836-6844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription-Dependent Increase in Multiple Classes of Base Substitution Mutations in Escherichia coli Joanna Klapacz and Ashok S. Bhagwat J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6866-6872; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

hetL Overexpression Stimulates Heterocyst Formation in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Duan Liu and James W. Golden J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6873-6881; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signal Sequence Mutations as Tools for the Characterization of LamB Folding Intermediates Amy Rizzitello Duguay and Thomas J. Silhavy J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6918-6928; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of the Bordetella bipA Gene: Distinct Roles for Different BvgA Binding Sites Rajendar Deora J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6942-6951; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Spectra of Stationary-Phase Mutations in Early-Arising versus Late-Arising Mutants of Pseudomonas putida: Involvement of the DNA Repair Enzyme MutY and the Stationary-Phase Sigma Factor RpoS Signe Saumaa, Andres Tover, Lagle Kasak, and Maia Kivisaar J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6957-6965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Escherichia coli gabDTPC Operon: Specific -Aminobutyrate Catabolism and Nonspecific Induction Barbara L. Schneider, Stephen Ruback, Alexandros K. Kiupakis, Hillary Kasbarian, Christine Pybus, and Larry Reitzer J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6976-6986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The DnaK Chaperone Is Necessary for -Complementation of ß-Galactosidase in Escherichia coli Nicolas Lopes Ferreira and Jean-Hervé Alix J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 7047-7054; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Mycobacterium bovis BCG Response Regulator Essential for Hypoxic Dormancy Calvin Boon and Thomas Dick J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6760-6767; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement for IscS in Biosynthesis of All Thionucleosides in Escherichia coli Charles T. Lauhon J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6820-6829; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cysteine Desulfurase IscS Is Required for Synthesis of All Five Thiolated Nucleosides Present in tRNA from Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Kristina Nilsson, Hans K. Lundgren, Tord G. Hagervall, and Glenn R. Björk J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6830-6835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Identification and Characterization of Two Temperature-Induced Surface-Associated Proteins of Streptococcus suis with High Homologies to Members of the Arginine Deiminase System of Streptococcus pyogenes Nora Winterhoff, Ralph Goethe, Petra Gruening, Manfred Rohde, Henryk Kalisz, Hilde E. Smith, and Peter Valentin-Weigand J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6768-6776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alcaligin Siderophore Production by Bordetella bronchiseptica Strain RB50 Is Not Repressed by the BvgAS Virulence Control System Timothy J. Brickman and Sandra K. Armstrong J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 7055-7057; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Protein Encoded at the 3' End of the Serine Protease Gene of Aeromonas sobria Functions as a Chaperone in the Production of the Protease Tomohiko Nomura, Yoshio Fujii, Hiroyasu Yamanaka, Hidetomo Kobayashi, and Keinosuke Okamoto J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 7058-7061; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Mutant Forms of the Azotobacter vinelandii Transcriptional Activator NifA Resistant to Inhibition by the NifL Regulatory Protein Francisca Reyes-Ramirez, Richard Little, and Ray Dixon J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6777-6785; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vancomycin Tolerance Induced by Erythromycin but Not by Loss of vncRS, vex3, or pep27 Function in Streptococcus pneumoniae Gregory T. Robertson, Jingyong Zhao, Bhushan V. Desai, William H. Coleman, Thalia I. Nicas, Raymond Gilmour, Leo Grinius, Donald A. Morrison, and Malcolm E. Winkler J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6987-7000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Isolation of Three New Surface Layer Protein Genes (slp) from Lactobacillus brevis ATCC 14869 and Characterization of the Change in Their Expression under Aerated and Anaerobic Conditions Miia Jakava-Viljanen, Silja Åvall-Jääskeläinen, Paul Messner, Uwe B. Sleytr, and Airi Palva J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6786-6795; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ultrastructural Analysis of Differentiation in Legionella pneumophila Gary Faulkner and Rafael A. Garduño J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 7025-7041; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Regulation of Expression of mas and fadD28, Two Genes Involved in Production of Dimycocerosyl Phthiocerol, a Virulence Factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tatiana D. Sirakova, Ann Marie Fitzmaurice, and Pappachan Kolattukudy J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6796-6802; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of a DtxR-Like Metalloregulatory Protein, MntR, from Corynebacterium diphtheriae That Controls Expression of an ABC Metal Transporter by an Mn2+-Dependent Mechanism Michael P. Schmitt J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6882-6892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Repression of Glutamate Dehydrogenase Formation in Klebsiella aerogenes Requires Two Binding Sites for the Nitrogen Assimilation Control Protein, NAC Thomas J. Goss, Brian K. Janes, and Robert A. Bender J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6966-6975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Collaborative Regulation of Escherichia coli Glutamate-Dependent Acid Resistance by Two AraC-Like Regulators, GadX and GadW (YhiW) Zhuo Ma, Hope Richard, Don L. Tucker, Tyrrell Conway, and John W. Foster J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 7001-7012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cross-Regulation between a Novel Two-Component Signal Transduction System for Catabolism of Toluene in Pseudomonas mendocina and the TodST System from Pseudomonas putida María-Isabel Ramos-González, Monica Olson, Anthony A. Gatenby, Gilberto Mosqueda, Maximino Manzanera, María J. Campos, Susana Víchez, and Juan L. Ramos J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 7062-7067; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Global Gene Expression Profiles of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 in Response to Irradiation with UV-B and White Light Lixuan Huang, Michael P. McCluskey, Hao Ni, and Robert A. LaRossa J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6845-6858; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Characterization of Two Noncellulosomal Subunits, ArfA and BgaA, from Clostridium cellulovorans That Cooperate with the Cellulosome in Plant Cell Wall Degradation Akihiko Kosugi, Koichiro Murashima, and Roy H. Doi J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6859-6865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ribosylnicotinamide Kinase Domain of NadR Protein: Identification and Implications in NAD Biosynthesis Oleg V. Kurnasov, Boris M. Polanuyer, Shubha Ananta, Roman Sloutsky, Annie Tam, Svetlana Y. Gerdes, and Andrei L. Osterman J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6906-6917; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Fourth Tungsten-Containing Enzyme from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus Roopali Roy and Michael W. W. Adams J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6952-6956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Localization of the Gene Cluster Encoding Biosynthesis of the Antitumor Macrolactam Leinamycin in Streptomyces atroolivaceus S-140 Yi-Qiang Cheng, Gong-Li Tang, and Ben Shen J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 7013-7024; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Bacteriophage HP2 of Haemophilus influenzae Bryan J. Williams, Miriam Golomb, Thomas Phillips, Joshua Brownlee, Maynard V. Olson, and Arnold L. Smith J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6893-6905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Genetic Analysis of ICEF, an Integrative Conjugal Element That Is Present as a Repetitive Sequence in the Chromosome of Mycoplasma fermentans PG18 Michael J. Calcutt, Michelle S. Lewis, and Kim S. Wise J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6929-6941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Analysis of Infection Thread Development Using Gfp- and DsRed-Expressing Sinorhizobium meliloti Daniel J. Gage J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 7042-7046; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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