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Contents: November 2003, Volume 185, Issue 22        Gene Regulation        Enzymes and Proteins        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Cell Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genomics and Proteomics        Plant Microbiology        Errata

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Gene Regulation:

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Negative Osmoregulation of the Salmonella ompS1 Porin Gene Independently of OmpR in an hns Background Mario Alberto Flores-Valdez, José Luis Puente, and Edmundo Calva J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6497-6506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CTP Limitation Increases Expression of CTP Synthase in Lactococcus lactis Casper Møller Jørgensen, Karin Hammer, and Jan Martinussen J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6562-6574; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature Sensing by the dsrA Promoter F. Repoila and S. Gottesman J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6609-6614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SoxRS-Regulated Expression and Genetic Analysis of the yggX Gene of Escherichia coli Pablo J. Pomposiello, Anastasia Koutsolioutsou, Daniel Carrasco, and Bruce Demple J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6624-6632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion Defects That Activate the Phage Shock Response of Escherichia coli Susan E. Jones, Louise J. Lloyd, Kum K. Tan, and Martin Buck J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6707-6711; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Effect of Mutations at the PRPP Binding Site of the Bacillus subtilis Purine Repressor Pekka Rappu, Terhi Pullinen, and Pekka Mäntsälä J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6728-6731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Functional and Biochemical Analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis MurC, an Enzyme Displaying UDP-N-Acetylmuramate:Amino Acid Ligase Activity Lars Hesse, Julieanne Bostock, Sebastien Dementin, Didier Blanot, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, and Ian Chopra J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6507-6512; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Unique Adenosine Kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mary C. Long, Vincent Escuyer, and William B. Parker J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6548-6555; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification and Characterization of Phytoplasmal Genes, Employing a Novel Method of Isolating Phytoplasmal Genomic DNA Sharon Melamed, Edna Tanne, Raz Ben-Haim, Orit Edelbaum, David Yogev, and Ilan Sela J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6513-6521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cosmid-Based System for Transient Expression and Absolute Off-to-On Transcriptional Control of Escherichia coli Genes John E. Cronan J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6522-6529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Null Mutations in a Nudix Gene, ygdP, Implicate an Alarmone Response in a Novel Suppression of Hybrid Jamming Nicholas J. Hand and Thomas J. Silhavy J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6530-6539; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Family of Escherichia coli Toxin-Antitoxin Gene Pairs Jason M. Brown and Karen Joy Shaw J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6600-6608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Slr2013 Is a Novel Protein Regulating Functional Assembly of Photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Galyna I. Kufryk and Wim F. J. Vermaas J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6615-6623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of the PcrA Helicase of Bacillus anthracis Asma Naqvi, Eowyn Tinsley, and Saleem A. Khan J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6633-6639; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localization of the Vegetative Cell Wall Hydrolases LytC, LytE, and LytF on the Bacillus subtilis Cell Surface and Stability of These Enzymes to Cell Wall-Bound or Extracellular Proteases Hiroki Yamamoto, Shin-ichirou Kurosawa, and Junichi Sekiguchi J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6666-6677; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Translocon Pulling of Nascent SecM Controls the Duration of Its Translational Pause and Secretion-Responsive secA Regulation Martha E. Butkus, Lucia B. Prundeanu, and Donald B. Oliver J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6719-6722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

aadA Confers Streptomycin Resistance in Borrelia burgdorferi Kristi L. Frank, Sharyl F. Bundle, Michele E. Kresge, Christian H. Eggers, and D. Scott Samuels J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6723-6727; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Assembly of TolC, a Structurally Unique and Multifunctional Outer Membrane Protein of Escherichia coli K-12 John Werner, Anne Marie Augustus, and Rajeev Misra J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6540-6547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flavobacterium johnsoniae GldH Is a Lipoprotein That Is Required for Gliding Motility and Chitin Utilization Mark J. McBride, Timothy F. Braun, and Jessica L. Brust J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6648-6657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Product of a Developmental Gene, crgA, That Coordinates Reproductive Growth in Streptomyces Belongs to a Novel Family of Small Actinomycete-Specific Proteins Ricardo Del Sol, Andrew Pitman, Paul Herron, and Paul Dyson J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6678-6685; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Arginine-Agmatine Antiporter in Extreme Acid Resistance in Escherichia coli Ram Iyer, Carole Williams, and Christopher Miller J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6556-6561; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Starvation Survival Response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tanya Parish J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6702-6706; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mutation in the Essential Gene gmk (Encoding Guanlyate Kinase) Generates a Requirement for Adenine at Low Temperature in Salmonella enterica Brian J. Beck, Mike Huelsmeyer, Scott Paul, and D. M. Downs J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6732-6735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycothiol Is Essential for Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Erdman Dipti Sareen, Gerald L. Newton, Robert C. Fahey, and Nancy A. Buchmeier J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6736-6740; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Identification and Characterization of a pSLA2 Plasmid Locus Required for Linear DNA Replication and Circular Plasmid Stable Inheritance in Streptomyces lividans Zhongjun Qin, Meijuan Shen, and Stanley N. Cohen J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6575-6582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence Conversion of Legionella pneumophila by Conjugal Transfer of Chromosomal DNA Hiroshi Miyamoto, Shin-ichi Yoshida, Hatsumi Taniguchi, and Howard A. Shuman J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6712-6718; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure of Haloacetate-Catabolic IncP-1ß Plasmid pUO1 and Genetic Mobility of Its Residing Haloacetate-Catabolic Transposon Masahiro Sota, Haruhiko Kawasaki, and Masataka Tsuda J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6741-6745; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The ADP-Ribosylating Toxin, AexT, from Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida Is Translocated via a Type III Secretion Pathway Sarah E. Burr, Katja Stuber, and Joachim Frey J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6583-6591; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MtaR, a Regulator of Methionine Transport, Is Critical for Survival of Group B Streptococcus In Vivo Daniel Shelver, Lakshmi Rajagopal, Theresa O. Harris, and Craig E. Rubens J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6592-6599; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthesis and Deformylation of Staphylococcus aureus -Toxin Are Linked to Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Activity Greg A. Somerville, Alan Cockayne, Manuela Dürr, Andreas Peschel, Michael Otto, and James M. Musser J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6686-6694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural and Topographical Studies of the Type IV Bundle-Forming Pilus Assembly Complex of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Jaiweon Hwang, David Bieber, Sandra W. Ramer, Cheng-Yen Wu, and Gary K. Schoolnik J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6695-6701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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MgrA, an Orthologue of Mga, Acts as a Transcriptional Repressor of the Genes within the rlrA Pathogenicity Islet in Streptococcus pneumoniae Carolyn Hemsley, Elizabeth Joyce, David L. Hava, Amita Kawale, and Andrew Camilli J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6640-6647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Flagellin Glycosylation Island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea and Its Role in Host Specificity Kasumi Takeuchi, Fumiko Taguchi, Yoshishige Inagaki, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Tomonori Shiraishi, and Yuki Ichinose J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6658-6665; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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High-Frequency Secondary Mutations after Suicide-Driven Allelic Exchange Mutagenesis in Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli James R. Johnson, Hank A. Lockman, Krista Owens, Srdjan Jelacic, and Phillip I. Tarr J. Bacteriol. November 2003 185: 6746 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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