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Contents: December 2003, Volume 185, Issue 23        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Enzymes and Proteins        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Signal Transduction        Structural Biology        Gene Regulation        Authors' Corrections

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Translocated Intimin Receptor and Its Chaperone Interact with ATPase of the Type III Secretion Apparatus of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Annick Gauthier and B. Brett Finlay J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6747-6755; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Peptidoglycan Hydrolase, MurA, of Listeria monocytogenes, a Muramidase Needed for Cell Separation Shannon A. Carroll, Torsten Hain, Ulrike Technow, Ayub Darji, Philippos Pashalidis, Sam W. Joseph, and Trinad Chakraborty J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6801-6808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quinolone Resistance Due to Reduced Target Enzyme Expression Dilek Ince and David C. Hooper J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6883-6892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological Characterization of a Heme-Deficient Mutant of Staphylococcus aureus by a Proteomic Approach Christian Kohler, Christof von Eiff, Georg Peters, Richard A. Proctor, Michael Hecker, and Susanne Engelmann J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6928-6937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (SPI-1) Protein InvB in Type III Secretion of SopE and SopE2, Two Salmonella Effector Proteins Encoded Outside of SPI-1 Kristin Ehrbar, Andrea Friebel, Samuel I. Miller, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6950-6967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Stationary Growth Phase Sigma Factor RpoS of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Response to Physiological Stress Conditions Benchamas Subsin, Mark S. Thomas, Gerd Katzenmeier, Jonathan G. Shaw, Sumalee Tungpradabkul, and Mongkol Kunakorn J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 7008-7014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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The pqrAB Operon Is Responsible for Paraquat Resistance in Streptomyces coelicolor You-Hee Cho, Eun-Ja Kim, Hye-Jung Chung, Jae-Hyun Choi, Keith F. Chater, Bo-Eun Ahn, Jung-Ho Shin, and Jung-Hye Roe J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6756-6763; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae DtxR Regulon: Identification of a Putative Siderophore Synthesis and Transport System That Is Similar to the Yersinia High-Pathogenicity Island-Encoded Yersiniabactin Synthesis and Uptake System Carey A. Kunkle and Michael P. Schmitt J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6826-6840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

pH-Dependent Modulation of Cyclic AMP Levels and GadW-Dependent Repression of RpoS Affect Synthesis of the GadX Regulator and Escherichia coli Acid Resistance Zhuo Ma, Hope Richard, and John W. Foster J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6852-6859; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Paralogous Families of a Two-Gene Subtilisin Operon Are Widely Distributed in Oral Treponemes Frederick F. Correia, Alvin R. Plummer, Richard P. Ellen, Chris Wyss, Susan K. Boches, Jamie L. Galvin, Bruce J. Paster, and Floyd E. Dewhirst J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6860-6869; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Subtractive Hybridization Reveals a Type I Polyketide Synthase Locus Specific to Mycobacterium ulcerans Grant A. Jenkin, Timothy P. Stinear, Paul D. R. Johnson, and John K. Davies J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6870-6882; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Vibrio Pathogenicity Island of Epidemic Vibrio cholerae Forms Precise Extrachromosomal Circular Excision Products C. Rajanna, J. Wang, D. Zhang, Zheng Xu, A. Ali, Y.-M. Hou, and D. K. R. Karaolis J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6893-6901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of bvgR Expression in Bordetella pertussis Tod J. Merkel, Philip E. Boucher, Scott Stibitz, and Vanessa K. Grippe J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6902-6912; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Products Transcribed from Rearranged rrn Genes of Escherichia coli Can Assemble To Form Functional Ribosomes Dmitry Zaporojets, Sarah French, and Catherine L. Squires J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6921-6927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Genes Required for Biosynthesis and Transport of the Siderophore Vibrioferrin in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Tomotaka Tanabe, Tatsuya Funahashi, Hiroshi Nakao, Shin-Ichi Miyoshi, Sumio Shinoda, and Shigeo Yamamoto J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6938-6949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 hetY Gene Influences Heterocyst Development Ho-Sung Yoon, Martin H. Lee, Jin Xiong, and James W. Golden J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6995-7000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FolM, A New Chromosomally Encoded Dihydrofolate Reductase in Escherichia coli Moshe Giladi, Neta Altman-Price, Itay Levin, Liat Levy, and Moshe Mevarech J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 7015-7018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Phosphorylation of Streptococcus salivarius Lactose Permease (LacS) by HPr(HisP) and HPr(Ser-P)(HisP) and Effects on Growth Christian Lessard, Armelle Cochu, Jean-Dominique Lemay, Denis Roy, Katy Vaillancourt, Michel Frenette, Sylvain Moineau, and Christian Vadeboncoeur J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6764-6772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of the Nickel Uptake System for Urease Biogenesis in Streptococcus salivarius 57.I Yi-Ywan M. Chen and Robert A. Burne J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6773-6779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Bacterial Pathway for 4- and 5-Chlorosalicylate Degradation via 4-Chlorocatechol and Maleylacetate in Pseudomonas sp. Strain MT1 Patricia Nikodem, Volker Hecht, Michael Schlömann, and Dietmar H. Pieper J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6790-6800; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemolithoorganotrophic Growth of Nitrosomonas europaea on Fructose Norman G. Hommes, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto, and Daniel J. Arp J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6809-6814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors Contributing to Hydrogen Peroxide Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Include Pyruvate Oxidase (SpxB) and Avoidance of the Toxic Effects of the Fenton Reaction Christopher D. Pericone, Sunny Park, James A. Imlay, and Jeffrey N. Weiser J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6815-6825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Phosphotransferase System of Streptomyces coelicolor Is Biased for N-Acetylglucosamine Metabolism Harald Nothaft, Dagmar Dresel, Andreas Willimek, Kerstin Mahr, Michael Niederweis, and Fritz Titgemeyer J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 7019-7023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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An Arsenate Reductase from Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Exhibits a Novel Combination of Catalytic Characteristics Renhui Li, January D. Haile, and Peter J. Kennelly J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6780-6789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pinpointing Biphenyl Dioxygenase Residues That Are Crucial for Substrate Interaction Marco Zielinski, Silke Kahl, Hans-Jürgen Hecht, and Bernd Hofer J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6976-6980; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Transcription of the Toxin Genes Present within the Staphylococcal Phage Sa3ms Is Intimately Linked with the Phage's Life Cycle Paul Sumby and Matthew K. Waldor J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6841-6851; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Organization and Molecular Characterization of SM1, a Temperate Bacteriophage of Streptococcus mitis Ian R. Siboo, Barbara A. Bensing, and Paul M. Sullam J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6968-6975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bacillus thuringiensis Linear Double-Stranded DNA Phage Bam35, Which Is Highly Similar to the Bacillus cereus Linear Plasmid pBClin15, Has a Prophage State Nelli J. Strömsten, Stacy D. Benson, Roger M. Burnett, Dennis H. Bamford, and Jaana K. H. Bamford J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6985-6989; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Conjugative pMG1-Like Plasmids Carrying Tn1546-Like Transposons That Encode Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus faecium Haruyoshi Tomita, Koichi Tanimoto, Satoshi Hayakawa, Kyoko Morinaga, Kohji Ezaki, Hisaji Oshima, and Yasuyoshi Ike J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 7024-7028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Structural Analysis of the Peptide Pheromone Receptor PlnB, a Histidine Protein Kinase from Lactobacillus plantarum Ola Johnsborg, Dzung B. Diep, and Ingolf F. Nes J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6913-6920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Crystal Structure of Bacillus subtilis -Amylase in Complex with Acarbose Masayuki Kagawa, Zui Fujimoto, Mitsuru Momma, Kenji Takase, and Hiroshi Mizuno J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6981-6984; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Slipped-Strand Mispairing Can Function as a Phase Variation Mechanism in Escherichia coli Joshua Torres-Cruz and Marjan W. van der Woude J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 6990-6994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Quorum Sensing Negative Regulators EsaR and ExpREcc, Homologues within the LuxR Family, Retain the Ability To Function as Activators of Transcription Susanne B. von Bodman, Jessica K. Ball, Marie A. Faini, Carmen M. Herrera, Timothy D. Minogue, Mark L. Urbanowski, and Ann M. Stevens J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 7001-7007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Authors' Corrections:

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Microarray Analysis of Global Gene Expression in Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa Aaron M. Firoved and Vojo Deretic J. Bacteriol. December 2003 185: 7029 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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