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Contents: November 2003, Volume 185, Issue 21        Enzymes and Proteins        Physiology and Metabolism        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Cell Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Population Genetics and Evolution        Gene Regulation        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genomics and Proteomics        Signal Transduction        Errata        Authors' Corrections

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Putative Interhelical Interactions within the PheP Protein Revealed by Second-Site Suppressor Analysis C. Dogovski, J. Pi, and A. J. Pittard J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6225-6232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Properties and Regulated Gene Expression of the Superoxide Dismutase from the Facultatively Aerobic Hyperthermophile Pyrobaculum calidifontis Taku Amo, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6340-6347; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Identification and Characterization of the emhABC Efflux System for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pseudomonas fluorescens cLP6a Elizabeth M. Hearn, Jonathan J. Dennis, Murray R. Gray, and Julia M. Foght J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6233-6240; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mutant of Paracoccus denitrificans with Disrupted Genes Coding for Cytochrome c550 and Pseudoazurin Establishes These Two Proteins as the In Vivo Electron Donors to Cytochrome cd1 Nitrite Reductase Isobel V. Pearson, M. Dudley Page, Rob J. M. van Spanning, and Stuart J. Ferguson J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6308-6315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A New Heat Shock Gene, agsA, Which Encodes a Small Chaperone Involved in Suppressing Protein Aggregation in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Toshifumi Tomoyasu, Akiko Takaya, Tomomi Sasaki, Takahiro Nagase, Reiko Kikuno, Mizue Morioka, and Tomoko Yamamoto J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6331-6339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Why Is Carbonic Anhydrase Essential to Escherichia coli? Christophe Merlin, Millicent Masters, Sean McAteer, and Andrew Coulson J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6415-6424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Gene yjcG, Cotranscribed with the Gene acs, Encodes an Acetate Permease in Escherichia coli Rosa Gimenez, María Felisa Nuñez, Josefa Badia, Juan Aguilar, and Laura Baldoma J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6448-6455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thymine at —5 Is Crucial for cpc Promoter Activity of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6714 Masahiko Imashimizu, Shoko Fujiwara, Ryohei Tanigawa, Kan Tanaka, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Yuji Nakajima, Junichi Higo, and Mikio Tsuzuki J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6477-6480; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Involvement of an Inducible Fructose Phosphotransferase Operon in Streptococcus gordonii Biofilm Formation C. Y. Loo, K. Mitrakul, I. B. Voss, C. V. Hughes, and N. Ganeshkumar J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6241-6254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increasing the Ratio of Soj to Spo0J Promotes Replication Initiation in Bacillus subtilis Yoshitoshi Ogura, Naotake Ogasawara, Elizabeth J. Harry, and Shigeki Moriya J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6316-6324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Mutants of the Bacillus subtilis Oligopeptide Permease with Altered Specificity of Oligopeptide Transport Jonathan Solomon, Laura Su, Stanley Shyn, and Alan D. Grossman J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6425-6433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

rRNA Antitermination Functions with Heat Shock Promoters Hyuk Kyu Seoh, Michelle Weech, Ning Zhang, and Catherine L. Squires J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6486-6489; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Morphogenesis of Bacillus Spore Surfaces Venkata G. R. Chada, Erik A. Sanstad, Rong Wang, and Adam Driks J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6255-6261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Sequence Diversity of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum tprK in Human Syphilis Lesions and Rabbit-Propagated Isolates Rebecca E. LaFond, Arturo Centurion-Lara, Charmie Godornes, Anne M. Rompalo, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, and Sheila A. Lukehart J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6262-6268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Architecture of the Regulatory Locus sae of Staphylococcus aureus and Its Impact on Expression of Virulence Factors Andrea Steinhuber, Christiane Goerke, Manfred G. Bayer, Gerd Döring, and Christiane Wolz J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6278-6286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement of the Listeria monocytogenes Broad-Range Phospholipase PC-PLC during Infection of Human Epithelial Cells Angelika Gründling, Mark D. Gonzalez, and Darren E. Higgins J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6295-6307; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Molecular Evolution of the dotA Gene in Legionella pneumophila Kwan Soo Ko, Seong Karp Hong, Hae Kyung Lee, Mi-Yeoun Park, and Yoon-Hoh Kook J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6269-6277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Description and Interpretation of Adaptive Evolution of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 by Using a Genome-Scale In Silico Metabolic Model Stephen S. Fong, Jennifer Y. Marciniak, and Bernhard Ø. Palsson J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6400-6408; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prophage Contribution to Bacterial Population Dynamics Lionello Bossi, Juan A. Fuentes, Guido Mora, and Nara Figueroa-Bossi J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6467-6471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Molecular Characterization of the Mg2+-Responsive PhoP-PhoQ Regulon in Salmonella enterica Sergio Lejona, Andrés Aguirre, María Laura Cabeza, Eleonora García Véscovi, and Fernando C. Soncini J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6287-6294; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recognition of DNA by Three Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur) Homologs in Bacillus subtilis Mayuree Fuangthong and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6348-6357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Genes of Burkholderia cepacia Claudio Aguilar, Arianna Friscina, Giulia Devescovi, Milan Kojic, and Vittorio Venturi J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6456-6462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Transcriptional Pause Synchronizes Translation with Transcription in the Tryptophanase Operon Leader Region Feng Gong and Charles Yanofsky J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6472-6476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Characterization of the Integrase Gene and Attachment Site for the Myxococcus xanthus Bacteriophage Mx9 Bryan Julien J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6325-6330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The IS1111 Family Members IS4321 and IS5075 Have Subterminal Inverted Repeats and Target the Terminal Inverted Repeats of Tn21 Family Transposons Sally R. Partridge and Ruth M. Hall J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6371-6384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Specific Binding Involved in Genomic Packaging of the Double-Stranded-RNA Bacteriophage 6 Xueying Qiao, Jian Qiao, and Leonard Mindich J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6409-6414; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome Sequences of Two Closely Related Vibrio parahaemolyticus Phages, VP16T and VP16C Victor Seguritan, I-Wei Feng, Forest Rohwer, Mark Swift, and Anca M. Segall J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6434-6447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nucleotide Sequence of the Integration Site of the Temperate Bacteriophage 6220, Which Carries the Shiga Toxin Gene stx1ox3 Claudia Koch, Stefan Hertwig, and Bernd Appel J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6463-6466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophage ST64B, a Genetic Mosaic of Genes from Diverse Sources Isolated from Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT 64 Princess T. Mmolawa, Horst Schmieger, and Michael W. Heuzenroeder J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6481-6485; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Range of Chlamydiaphages CPAR39 and Chp3 J. S. Everson, S. A. Garner, P. R. Lambden, B. A Fane, and I. N. Clarke J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6490-6492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiling Analysis of Adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to High Salinity Leif Steil, Tamara Hoffmann, Ina Budde, Uwe Völker, and Erhard Bremer J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6358-6370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome-Scale Analysis of the Uses of the Escherichia coli Genome: Model-Driven Analysis of Heterogeneous Data Sets Timothy E. Allen, Markus J. Herrgård, Mingzhu Liu, Yu Qiu, Jeremy D. Glasner, Frederick R. Blattner, and Bernhard Ø. Palsson J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6392-6399; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Investigation of the Role of Electrostatic Charge in Activation of the Escherichia coli Response Regulator CheY Jenny G. Smith, Jamie A. Latiolais, Gerald P. Guanga, Sindhura Citineni, Ruth E. Silversmith, and Robert B. Bourret J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6385-6391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Natural Transformation of Campylobacter jejuni Requires Components of a Type II Secretion System Rebecca S. Wiesner, David R. Hendrixson, and Victor J. DiRita J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6493 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Authors' Corrections:

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Sites of Interaction between the FecA and FecR Signal Transduction Proteins of Ferric Citrate Transport in Escherichia coli K-12 Sabine Enz, Heidi Brand, Claudia Orellana, Susanne Mahren, Uwe H. Stroeher, and Volkmar Braun J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6494 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophages: Integrations, Excisions, Truncations, and Evolutionary Implications Nurmohammad Shaikh and Phillip I. Tarr J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6495 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Genome Sequence of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium and Obligate Chemolithoautotroph Nitrosomonas europaea Patrick Chain, Jane Lamerdin, Frank Larimer, Warren Regala, Victoria Lao, Miriam Land, Loren Hauser, Alan Hooper, Martin Klotz, Jeanette Norton, Luis Sayavedra-Soto, Dave Arciero, Norman Hommes, Mark Whittaker, and Daniel Arp J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6496 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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