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Contents: March 2002, Volume 184, Issue 5        Minireviews        Enzymes and Proteins        Microbial Cell Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Gene Regulation        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Population Genetics and Evolution        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Mechanism of Coupling of Transport to Hydrolysis in Bacterial ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters Amy L. Davidson J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1225-1233; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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The Flavoprotein MrsD Catalyzes the Oxidative Decarboxylation Reaction Involved in Formation of the Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis Inhibitor Mersacidin Florian Majer, Dietmar G. Schmid, Karsten Altena, Gabriele Bierbaum, and Thomas Kupke J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1234-1243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cel9M, a New Family 9 Cellulase of the Clostridium cellulolyticum Cellulosome Anne Belaich, Goetz Parsiegla, Laurent Gal, Claude Villard, Richard Haser, and Jean-Pierre Belaich J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1378-1384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Shigella Spa32 Is an Essential Secretory Protein for Functional Type III Secretion Machinery and Uniformity of Its Needle Length Koichi Tamano, Eisaku Katayama, Takahito Toyotome, and Chihiro Sasakawa J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1244-1252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Periplasmic Nitrate Reductase (NapABC Enzyme) Supports Anaerobic Respiration by Escherichia coli K-12 Valley Stewart, Yiran Lu, and Andrew J. Darwin J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1314-1323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NorA Functions as a Multidrug Efflux Protein in both Cytoplasmic Membrane Vesicles and Reconstituted Proteoliposomes Jian-Lin Yu, Leo Grinius, and David C. Hooper J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1370-1377; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of lolCDE, Encoding an ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter, Is Lethal for Escherichia coli and Prevents Release of Lipoproteins from the Inner Membrane Shin-ichiro Narita, Kimie Tanaka, Shin-ichi Matsuyama, and Hajime Tokuda J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1417-1422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Charged Amino Acids Conserved in the Aromatic Acid/H+ Symporter Family of Permeases Are Required for 4-Hydroxybenzoate Transport by PcaK from Pseudomonas putida Jayna L. Ditty and Caroline S. Harwood J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1444-1448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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PduA Is a Shell Protein of Polyhedral Organelles Involved in Coenzyme B12-Dependent Degradation of 1,2-Propanediol in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LT2 Gregory D. Havemann, Edith M. Sampson, and Thomas A. Bobik J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1253-1261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Corynebacterium glutamicum Utilizes both Transsulfuration and Direct Sulfhydrylation Pathways for Methionine Biosynthesis Byung-Joon Hwang, Hye-Jin Yeom, Younhee Kim, and Heung-Shick Lee J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1277-1286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amino Acid- and Purine Ribonucleoside-Induced Germination of Bacillus anthracis Sterne Endospores: gerS Mediates Responses to Aromatic Ring Structures John A. W. Ireland and Philip C. Hanna J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1296-1303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Positive Growth Rate-Dependent Regulation of the pdxA, ksgA, and pdxB Genes of Escherichia coli K-12 Andrew J. Pease, Benjamin R. Roa, Wen Luo, and Malcolm E. Winkler J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1359-1369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of a Squalene Epoxidase Inhibitor, Terbinafine, on Ether Lipid Biosyntheses in a Thermoacidophilic Archaeon, Thermoplasma acidophilum Takahide Kon, Naoki Nemoto, Tairo Oshima, and Akihiko Yamagishi J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1395-1401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Assessment of Oxygen Availability: Perceived Aerobiosis and Its Effect on Flux Distribution in the Respiratory Chain of Escherichia coli Svetlana Alexeeva, Klaas J. Hellingwerf, and M. Joost Teixeira de Mattos J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1402-1406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monitoring Key Reactions in Degradation of Chloroaromatics by In Situ 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Solution Structures of Metabolites Formed from cis-Dienelactone Dietmar H. Pieper, Katrin Pollmann, Patricia Nikodem, Bernardo Gonzalez, and Victor Wray J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1466-1470; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Class of IMP Cyclohydrolases in Methanococcus jannaschii Marion Graupner, Huimin Xu, and Robert H. White J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1471-1473; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Flavoenzyme Ferredoxin (Flavodoxin)-NADP(H) Reductase Modulates NADP(H) Homeostasis during the soxRS Response of Escherichia coli Adriana R. Krapp, Ramiro E. Rodriguez, Hugo O. Poli, Darío H. Paladini, Javier F. Palatnik, and Néstor Carrillo J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1474-1480; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Reconstitution of the Trimethylamine Oxide Reductase Regulatory Elements of Shewanella oneidensis in Escherichia coli Stéphanie Gon, Jean-Claude Patte, Jean-Philippe Dos Santos, and Vincent Méjean J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1262-1269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Posttranscriptional Activation of the Transcriptional Activator Rob by Dipyridyl in Escherichia coli Judah L. Rosner, Bindi Dangi, Angela M. Gronenborn, and Robert G. Martin J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1407-1416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glucose-Resistant Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis crsA47 Mutants Does Not Depend on Promoter Switching at the spo0A Gene Laurie G. Dixon and George B. Spiegelman J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1458-1461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Resistance to Bile: Identification and Characterization of the tolQRA Cluster Angela M. Prouty, Jennifer C. Van Velkinburgh, and John S. Gunn J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1270-1276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

YopD and LcrH Regulate Expression of Yersinia enterocolitica YopQ by a Posttranscriptional Mechanism and Bind to yopQ RNA Deborah M. Anderson, Kumaran S. Ramamurthi, Christina Tam, and Olaf Schneewind J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1287-1295; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

YplA Is Exported by the Ysc, Ysa, and Flagellar Type III Secretion Systems of Yersinia enterocolitica Briana M. Young and Glenn M. Young J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1324-1334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Serial Passage of Staphylococcus aureus: Changes in Physiology, Virulence Factor Production, and agr Nucleotide Sequence Greg A. Somerville, Stephen B. Beres, J. Ross Fitzgerald, Frank R. DeLeo, Robert L. Cole, Jessica S. Hoff, and James M. Musser J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1430-1437; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription of the SsrAB Regulon Is Repressed by Alkaline pH and Is Independent of PhoPQ and Magnesium Concentration Edward A. Miao, Jeremy A. Freeman, and Samuel I. Miller J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1493-1497; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Allelic Diversity and Population Structure in Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal Based on Nucleotide Sequence Analysis M. Farfán, D. Miñana-Galbis, M. C. Fusté, and J. G. Lorén J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1304-1313; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Group I Intron in the tRNALeu(UAA) Gene of a -Proteobacterium Isolated from a Deep Subsurface Environment Alexey A. Vepritskiy, Inna A. Vitol, and Sandra A. Nierzwicki-Bauer J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1481-1487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Trinucleotide GAA Repeats Dictate pMGA Gene Expression in Mycoplasma gallisepticum by Affecting Spacing between Flanking Regions Li Liu, Victor S. Panangala, and Kevin Dybvig J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1335-1339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

rRNA Promoter Activity in the Fast-Growing Bacterium Vibrio natriegens Sarah E. Aiyar, Tamas Gaal, and Richard L. Gourse J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1349-1358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Integrase Complementation at the Level of DNA Binding and Complex Formation Simone E. Nunes-Düby, Marta Radman-Livaja, Robert G. Kuimelis, Rachel V. Pearline, Larry W. McLaughlin, and Arthur Landy J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1385-1394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations in the Thiol-Disulfide Oxidoreductases BdbC and BdbD Can Suppress Cytochrome c Deficiency of CcdA-Defective Bacillus subtilis Cells Lýdur S. Erlendsson and Lars Hederstedt J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1423-1429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conserved Low-Affinity Nickel-Binding Amino Acids Are Essential for the Function of the Nickel Permease NixA of Helicobacter pylori Lutz Wolfram and Peter Bauerfeind J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1438-1443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Directed Mutagenesis and Plasmid-Based Complementation in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A Demonstrated by Genetic Analysis of Proline Biosynthesis Jun Kai Zhang, Andrea K. White, H. Craig Kuettner, Paolo Boccazzi, and William W. Metcalf J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1449-1454; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bypass of A- and B-Signaling Requirements for Myxococcus xanthus Development by Mutations in spdR Hubert Tse and Ronald E. Gill J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1455-1457; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mapping of Myxococcus xanthus Social Motility dsp Mutations to the dif Genes Hope Lancero, Jennifer E. Brofft, John Downard, Bruce W. Birren, Chad Nusbaum, Jerome Naylor, Wenyuan Shi, and Lawrence J. Shimkets J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1462-1465; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

AmfS, an Extracellular Peptidic Morphogen in Streptomyces griseus Kenji Ueda, Ken-Ichi Oinuma, Go Ikeda, Kuniaki Hosono, Yasuo Ohnishi, Sueharu Horinouchi, and Teruhiko Beppu J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1488-1492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the petI and res Operons of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Gloria Levicán, Patrice Bruscella, Maritza Guacunano, Carolina Inostroza, Violaine Bonnefoy, David S. Holmes, and Eugenia Jedlicki J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1498-1501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Two Novel Type III-Secreted Proteins of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Are Encoded within the hrp Pathogenicity Island Laurent Noël, Frank Thieme, Dirk Nennstiel, and Ulla Bonas J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1340-1348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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The Lytic Enzyme of Bacteriophage PRD1 Is Associated with the Viral Membrane Pia S. Rydman and Dennis H. Bamford J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1502 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of Expression of Staphylococcus epidermidis Housekeeping Genes with Taqman Quantitative PCR during In Vitro Growth and under Different Conditions S. J. Vandecasteele, W. E. Peetermans, R. Merckx, and J. Van Eldere J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1502 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The High-Molecular-Weight Cytochrome c Cyc2 of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Is an Outer Membrane Protein Andrés Yarzábal, Gaël Brasseur, Jeanine Ratouchniak, Karen Lund, Danielle Lemesle-Meunier, John A. DeMoss, and Violaine Bonnefoy J. Bacteriol. March 2002 184: 1502 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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