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Contents: August 2003, Volume 185, Issue 15        Gene Regulation        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Cell Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Physiology and Metabolism        Enzymes and Proteins        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genomics and Proteomics        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Population Genetics and Evolution        Publisher's Retractions

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Gene Regulation:

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Expression of the Secondary Sigma Factor X in Streptococcus pyogenes Is Restricted at Two Levels Jason A. Opdyke, June R. Scott, and Charles P. Moran, Jr. J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4291-4297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NhaR and RcsB Independently Regulate the osmCp1 Promoter of Escherichia coli at Overlapping Regulatory Sites Rachel Sturny, Kaymeuang Cam, Claude Gutierrez, and Annie Conter J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4298-4304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus SarA Binding Sites Kristen M. Sterba, Samuel G. Mackintosh, Jon S. Blevins, Barry K. Hurlburt, and Mark S. Smeltzer J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4410-4417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CsrA Regulates Translation of the Escherichia coli Carbon Starvation Gene, cstA, by Blocking Ribosome Access to the cstA Transcript Ashok K. Dubey, Carol S. Baker, Kazushi Suzuki, A. Daniel Jones, Pallavi Pandit, Tony Romeo, and Paul Babitzke J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4450-4460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Phosphate Starvation Stimulon of Corynebacterium glutamicum Determined by DNA Microarray Analyses Takeru Ishige, Malgorzata Krause, Michael Bott, Volker F. Wendisch, and Hermann Sahm J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4519-4529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Transcriptional Regulation of Shewanella frigidimarina Fe(III)-Induced Flavocytochrome c Reveals a Novel Iron-Responsive Gene Regulation System Francisca Reyes-Ramirez, Paul Dobbin, Gary Sawers, and David J. Richardson J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4564-4571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Interaction between the Transcription Factor G and the Anti-Sigma Factor SpoIIAB of Bacillus subtilis Louise Evans, Joanna Clarkson, Michael D. Yudkin, Jeff Errington, and Andrea Feucht J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4615-4619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Expression of Escherichia coli Glutamate-Dependent Acid Resistance Genes gadA and gadBC in an hns rpoS Mutant Scott R. Waterman and P. L. C. Small J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4644-4647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Chill Induction of the SigB-Dependent General Stress Response in Bacillus subtilis and Its Contribution to Low-Temperature Adaptation Matthias Brigulla, Tamara Hoffmann, Andrea Krisp, Andrea Völker, Erhard Bremer, and Uwe Völker J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4305-4314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PlmA, a New Member of the GntR Family, Has Plasmid Maintenance Functions in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Martin H. Lee, Michael Scherer, Sébastien Rigali, and James W. Golden J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4315-4325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

YjdE (AdiC) Is the Arginine:Agmatine Antiporter Essential for Arginine-Dependent Acid Resistance in Escherichia coli Shimei Gong, Hope Richard, and John W. Foster J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4402-4409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Variation at the vlsE Locus of Borrelia burgdorferi within Ticks and Mice over the Course of a Single Transmission Cycle Jun Ohnishi, Brad Schneider, William B. Messer, Joseph Piesman, and Aravinda M. de Silva J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4432-4441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription and Analysis of Polymorphism in a Cluster of Genes Encoding Surface-Associated Proteins of Clostridium difficile Marie-Pierre Savariau-Lacomme, Carole Lebarbier, Tuomo Karjalainen, Anne Collignon, and Claire Janoir J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4461-4470; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a New LexA Binding Motif in the Marine Magnetotactic Bacterium Strain MC-1 Antonio R. Fernández de Henestrosa, Jordi Cuñé, Gerard Mazón, Bradley L. Dubbels, Dennis A. Bazylinski, and Jordi Barbé J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4471-4482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Nature of the mreC Determinant of Bacillus subtilis Joong-Chul Lee and George C. Stewart J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4490-4498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

IS981-Mediated Adaptive Evolution Recovers Lactate Production by ldhB Transcription Activation in a Lactate Dehydrogenase-Deficient Strain of Lactococcus lactis Roger S. Bongers, Marcel H. N. Hoefnagel, Marjo J. C. Starrenburg, Marco A. J. Siemerink, John G. A. Arends, Jeroen Hugenholtz, and Michiel Kleerebezem J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4499-4507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lateral Flagellar Gene System of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Bonnie J. Stewart and Linda L. McCarter J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4508-4518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unusual Integrase Gene Expression on the clc Genomic Island in Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13 V. Sentchilo, R. Ravatn, C. Werlen, A. J. B. Zehnder, and J. R. van der Meer J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4530-4538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Competition between MutY and Mismatch Repair at A · C Mispairs In Vivo Mandy Kim, Tiffany Huang, and Jeffrey H. Miller J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4626-4629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytosine Methylation by the SuaI Restriction-Modification System: Implications for Genetic Fidelity in a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Dennis W. Grogan J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4657-4661; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Membrane Binding by MinD Involves Insertion of Hydrophobic Residues within the C-Terminal Amphipathic Helix into the Bilayer Huaijin Zhou and Joe Lutkenhaus J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4326-4335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TraG-Like Proteins of Type IV Secretion Systems: Functional Dissection of the Multiple Activities of TraG (RP4) and TrwB (R388) Gunnar Schröder and Erich Lanka J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4371-4381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Core Dimerization Domains of Histidine Kinases Contain Recognition Specificity for the Cognate Response Regulator Noriko Ohta and Austin Newton J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4424-4431; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Molecular Characterization and Quantitative Analysis of Superoxide Dismutases in Virulent and Avirulent Strains of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida A. Dacanay, S. C. Johnson, R. Bjornsdottir, R. O. Ebanks, N. W. Ross, M. Reith, R. K. Singh, J. Hiu, and L. L. Brown J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4336-4344; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of the Enterococcus faecalis Serotype 2 Polysaccharide Determinant Lynn E. Hancock, Brett D. Shepard, and Michael S. Gilmore J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4393-4401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Functional Analysis of the lepB Gene, Encoding a Type I Signal Peptidase from Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia typhi M. Sayeedur Rahman, Jason A. Simser, Kevin R. Macaluso, and Abdu F. Azad J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4578-4584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Gene Expression Analysis of Energy Metabolism Mutants of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Indicates an Important Role for Alcohol Dehydrogenase Shelley A. Haveman, Véronique Brunelle, Johanna K. Voordouw, Gerrit Voordouw, John F. Heidelberg, and Ralf Rabus J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4345-4353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interplay of the Czc System and Two P-Type ATPases in Conferring Metal Resistance to Ralstonia metallidurans Antje Legatzki, Gregor Grass, Andreas Anton, Christopher Rensing, and Dietrich H. Nies J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4354-4361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Function of msl5 (pks8 plus pks17) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv: Biosynthesis of Monomethyl Branched Unsaturated Fatty Acids Vinod S. Dubey, Tatiana D. Sirakova, Michael H. Cynamon, and Pappachan E. Kolattukudy J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4620-4625; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methanococcus jannaschii Coenzyme F420 Analogs Contain a Terminal -Linked Glutamate Marion Graupner and Robert H. White J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4662-4665; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Molecular Characterization and Expression in Escherichia coli of Three ß-1,3-Glucanase Genes from Lysobacter enzymogenes Strain N4-7 Jeffrey D. Palumbo, Raymond F. Sullivan, and Donald Y. Kobayashi J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4362-4370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Glycosyltransferase Domain of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2a from Streptococcus pneumoniae Catalyzes the Polymerization of Murein Glycan Chains Anne Marie Di Guilmi, Andréa Dessen, Otto Dideberg, and Thierry Vernet J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4418-4423; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Biochemical Characterization of the F1Fo-ATP Synthase from Thermoalkaliphilic Bacillus sp. Strain TA2.A1 Gregory M. Cook, Stefanie Keis, Hugh W. Morgan, Christoph von Ballmoos, Ulrich Matthey, Georg Kaim, and Peter Dimroth J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4442-4449; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Psychrophilic and Thermolabile L-Threonine Dehydrogenase from Psychrophilic Cytophaga sp. Strain KUC-1 Takayuki Kazuoka, Shouhei Takigawa, Noriaki Arakawa, Yoshiyuki Hizukuri, Ikuo Muraoka, Tadao Oikawa, and Kenji Soda J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4483-4489; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cellulosome System of Acetivibrio cellulolyticus Includes a Novel Type of Adaptor Protein and a Cell Surface Anchoring Protein Qi Xu, Wenchen Gao, Shi-You Ding, Rina Kenig, Yuval Shoham, Edward A. Bayer, and Raphael Lamed J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4548-4557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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immX Immunity Region of Rhizobium Phage 16-3: Two Overlapping Cistrons of Repressor Function Zsolt Csiszovszki, Zsuzsanna Buzás, Szabolcs Semsey, Tamás Ponyi, Péter P. Papp, and László Orosz J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4382-4392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phase Variation in the Phage Growth Limitation System of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Paul Sumby and Margaret C. M. Smith J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4558-4563; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Analysis of Mutants of Double-Stranded-RNA Bacteriophage 6 with Altered Packaging Specificity Jian Qiao, Xueying Qiao, Yang Sun, and Leonard Mindich J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4572-4577; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Integration and Distribution of Lactobacillus johnsonii Prophages Marco Ventura, Carlos Canchaya, David Pridmore, Bernard Berger, and Harald Brüssow J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4603-4608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Upstream Sequences Essential for Activation of a Bacteriophage P2 Late Promoter Gail E. Christie, Douglas L. Anders, Victor McAlister, Tina S. Goodwin, Bryan Julien, and Richard Calendar J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4609-4614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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DNA Array-Based Transcriptional Analysis of Asporogenous, Nonsolventogenic Clostridium acetobutylicum Strains SKO1 and M5 Christopher A. Tomas, Keith V. Alsaker, Hendrik P. J. Bonarius, Wouter T. Hendriksen, He Yang, Jeffrey A. Beamish, Carlos J. Paredes, and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4539-4547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Initial Proteome Analysis of Model Microorganism Haemophilus influenzae Strain Rd KW20 Eugene Kolker, Samuel Purvine, Michael Y. Galperin, Serg Stolyar, David R. Goodlett, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii, Andrew Keller, Tao Xie, Jimmy K. Eng, Eugene Yi, Leroy Hood, Alex F. Picone, Tim Cherny, Brian C. Tjaden, Andrew F. Siegel, Thomas J. Reilly, Kira S. Makarova, Bernhard O. Palsson, and Arnold L. Smith J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4593-4602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microarray Transcription Analysis of Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Resistant to Vancomycin Emmanuel Mongodin, Jon Finan, Michael W. Climo, Adriana Rosato, Steven Gill, and Gordon L. Archer J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4638-4643; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Using a DNA Microarray To Investigate the Distribution of Insect Virulence Factors in Strains of Photorhabdus Bacteria Judit Marokhazi, Nicholas Waterfield, Gaelle LeGoff, Edward Feil, Richard Stabler, Jason Hinds, Andras Fodor, and Richard H. ffrench-Constant J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4648-4656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Cell Death in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development Jeremy S. Webb, Lyndal S. Thompson, Sally James, Tim Charlton, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Birgit Koch, Michael Givskov, and Staffan Kjelleberg J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4585-4592; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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A 65-Kilobase Pathogenicity Island Is Unique to Philadelphia-1 Strains of Legionella pneumophila Ann Karen C. Brassinga, Margot F. Hiltz, Gary R. Sisson, Michael G. Morash, Nathan Hill, Elizabeth Garduno, Paul H. Edelstein, Rafael A. Garduno, and Paul S. Hoffman J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4630-4637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Publisher's Retractions:

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Identification of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Consensus Promoter Structure Scott M. Doree and Martha H. Mulks J. Bacteriol. August 2003 185: 4666 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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