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Guest Commentaries:

Lawrence Rothfield

New Insights into the Developmental History of the Bacterial Cell Division Site
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1125-1127. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meeting Reviews:

Lee Kroos and Janine R. Maddock

Prokaryotic Development: Emerging Insights
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1128-1146. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Miguel A. de Pedro, Kevin D. Young, Joachim-Volker Höltje, and Heinz Schwarz

Branching of Escherichia coli Cells Arises from Multiple Sites of Inert Peptidoglycan
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1147-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tohru Minamino, Yasuo Imae, Fumio Oosawa, Yuji Kobayashi, and Kenji Oosawa

Effect of Intracellular pH on Rotational Speed of Bacterial Flagellar Motors
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1190-1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hideki Makinoshima, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, Hideo Hayashi, Takeyoshi Miki, Akiko Nishimura, and Akira Ishihama

Growth Phase-Coupled Alterations in Cell Structure and Function of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1338-1345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Hideyuki Orikoshi, Nao Baba, Shigenari Nakayama, Hiroshi Kashu, Katsushiro Miyamoto, Masahide Yasuda, Yoshihiko Inamori, and Hiroshi Tsujibo

Molecular Analysis of the Gene Encoding a Novel Cold-Adapted Chitinase (ChiB) from a Marine Bacterium, Alteromonas sp. Strain O-7
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1153-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hendrik Adams, Wieke Teertstra, Jeroen Demmers, Rolf Boesten, and Jan Tommassen

Interactions between Phage-Shock Proteins in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1174-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandra R. Mey and Shelley M. Payne

Analysis of Residues Determining Specificity of Vibrio cholerae TonB1 for Its Receptors
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1195-1207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geertje van Keulen, Anja N. J. A. Ridder, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, and Wim G. Meijer

Analysis of DNA Binding and Transcriptional Activation by the LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator CbbR of Xanthobacter flavus
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1245-1252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dennis W. Grogan and Josh E. Hansen

Molecular Characteristics of Spontaneous Deletions in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1266-1272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haruka Yamazaki, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi

Transcriptional Switch On of ssgA by A-Factor, Which Is Essential for Spore Septum Formation in Streptomyces griseus
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1273-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hatice Pinarbasi, Ergun Pinarbasi, and David P. Hornby

The Small Subunit of M · AquI Is Responsible for Sequence-Specific DNA Recognition and Binding in the Absence of the Catalytic Domain
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1284-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philina S. Lee, Daniel Chi-Hong Lin, Shigeki Moriya, and Alan D. Grossman

Effects of the Chromosome Partitioning Protein Spo0J (ParB) on oriC Positioning and Replication Initiation in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1326-1337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivan Matic, Ana Babic, and Miroslav Radman

2-Aminopurine Allows Interspecies Recombination by a Reversible Inactivation of the Escherichia coli Mismatch Repair System
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1459-1461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Isabel Franke, Armin Resch, Tobias Daßler, Thomas Maier, and August Böck

YfiK from Escherichia coli Promotes Export of O-Acetylserine and Cysteine
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1161-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Morii and Yosuke Koga

CDP-2,3-Di-O-Geranylgeranyl-sn-Glycerol:L-Serine O-Archaetidyltransferase (Archaetidylserine Synthase) in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1181-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katia Herz, Sophie Vimont, Etana Padan, and Patrick Berche

Roles of NhaA, NhaB, and NhaD Na⁺/H⁺ Antiporters in Survival of Vibrio cholerae in a Saline Environment
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1236-1244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gudrun Holtmann, Evert P. Bakker, Nobuyuki Uozumi, and Erhard Bremer

KtrAB and KtrCD: Two K⁺ Uptake Systems in Bacillus subtilis and Their Role in Adaptation to Hypertonicity
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1289-1298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Monica Ekberg, Pernilla Birgander, and Britt-Marie Sjöberg

In Vivo Assay for Low-Activity Mutant Forms of Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1167-1173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric H. Vaillancourt, María-Amparo Haro, Nathalie M. Drouin, Zamil Karim, Halim Maaroufi, and Lindsay D. Eltis

Characterization of Extradiol Dioxygenases from a Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Degrading Strain That Possess Higher Specificities for Chlorinated Metabolites
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1253-1260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom G. Schwan, James M. Battisti, Stephen F. Porcella, Sandra J. Raffel, Merry E. Schrumpf, Elizabeth R. Fischer, James A. Carroll, Philip E. Stewart, Patricia Rosa, and Greg A. Somerville

Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acquisition in Spirochetes: Distribution and Biological Activity of Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) among Borrelia Species
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1346-1356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Arthur Jeng, Varja Sakota, Zhongya Li, Vivekananda Datta, Bernard Beall, and Victor Nizet

Molecular Genetic Analysis of a Group A Streptococcus Operon Encoding Serum Opacity Factor and a Novel Fibronectin-Binding Protein, SfbX
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1208-1217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea J. McCoy, Robin C. Sandlin, and Anthony T. Maurelli

In Vitro and In Vivo Functional Activity of Chlamydia MurA, a UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine Enolpyruvyl Transferase Involved in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Fosfomycin Resistance
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1218-1228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew A. Weiner, Timothy D. Read, and Philip C. Hanna

Identification and Characterization of the gerH Operon of Bacillus anthracis Endospores: a Differential Role for Purine Nucleosides in Germination
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1462-1464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya and Mary E. Lidstrom

QscR, a LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator and CbbR Homolog, Is Involved in Regulation of the Serine Cycle Genes in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1229-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gyula Alan Rédly and Keith Poole

Pyoverdine-Mediated Regulation of FpvA Synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Involvement of a Probable Extracytoplasmic-Function Sigma Factor, FpvI
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1261-1265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaowen Bina, Vincent Perreten, and Stuart B. Levy

The Periplasmic Protein MppA Requires an Additional Mutated Locus To Repress marA Expression in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1465-1469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Augen A. Pioszak and Alexander J. Ninfa

Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Phosphatase Activity of Escherichia coli NRII (NtrB) and Its Regulation by the PII Signal Transduction Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1299-1315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

David H. Spencer, Arnold Kas, Eric E. Smith, Christopher K. Raymond, Elizabeth H. Sims, Michele Hastings, Jane L. Burns, Rajinder Kaul, and Maynard V. Olson

Whole-Genome Sequence Variation among Multiple Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1316-1325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rudy Antoine, Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson, Hervé Drobecq, Eve Willery, Sarah Lesjean, and Camille Locht

Overrepresentation of a Gene Family Encoding Extracytoplasmic Solute Receptors in Bordetella
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1470-1474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kieran Dilks, R. Wesley Rose, Enno Hartmann, and Mechthild Pohlschröder

Prokaryotic Utilization of the Twin-Arginine Translocation Pathway: a Genomic Survey
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1478-1483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Jenée N. Smith and Brian M. M. Ahmer

Detection of Other Microbial Species by Salmonella: Expression of the SdiA Regulon
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1357-1366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Beatriz Maestro, Jesús M. Sanz, Ramón Díaz-Orejas, and Elena Fernández-Tresguerres

Modulation of pPS10 Host Range by Plasmid-Encoded RepA Initiator Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1367-1375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marisa L. Pedulla, Michael E. Ford, Tharun Karthikeyan, Jennifer M. Houtz, Roger W. Hendrix, Graham F. Hatfull, Anthony R. Poteete, Eddie B. Gilcrease, Danella A. Winn-Stapley, and Sherwood R. Casjens

Corrected Sequence of the Bacteriophage P22 Genome
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1475-1477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meeting Presentations:

Aurelio Moraleda-Muñoz, Juana Carrero-Lérida, Juana Pérez, and José Muñoz-Dorado

Role of Two Novel Two-Component Regulatory Systems in Development and Phosphatase Expression in Myxococcus xanthus
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1376-1383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natalia Bomchil, Paula Watnick, and Roberto Kolter

Identification and Characterization of a Vibrio cholerae Gene, mbaA, Involved in Maintenance of Biofilm Architecture
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1384-1390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christiaan van Ooij and Richard Losick

Subcellular Localization of a Small Sporulation Protein in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1391-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Markus F. Meyenhofer, and Daniel H. Fine

Biofilm Growth and Detachment of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1399-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Poorna Viswanathan and Lee Kroos

cis Elements Necessary for Developmental Expression of a Myxococcus xanthus Gene That Depends on C Signaling
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1405-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitsunori Katayama, Takao Kondo, Jin Xiong, and Susan S. Golden

ldpA Encodes an Iron-Sulfur Protein Involved in Light-Dependent Modulation of the Circadian Period in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1415-1422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derrell C. McPherson and David L. Popham

Peptidoglycan Synthesis in the Absence of Class A Penicillin-Binding Proteins in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1423-1431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chris S. Smith, Aaron Hinz, Diane Bodenmiller, David E. Larson, and Yves V. Brun

Identification of Genes Required for Synthesis of the Adhesive Holdfast in Caulobacter crescentus
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1432-1442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erh-Min Lai, Nikhil D. Phadke, Maureen T. Kachman, Rebecca Giorno, Santiago Vazquez, Jenny A. Vazquez, Janine R. Maddock, and Adam Driks

Proteomic Analysis of the Spore Coats of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1443-1454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geertje van Keulen, Henk M. Jonkers, Dennis Claessen, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, and Han A. B. Wösten

Differentiation and Anaerobiosis in Standing Liquid Cultures of Streptomyces coelicolor
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1455-1458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors' Corrections:

Peter Lauer, Man Yin Nora Chow, Martin J. Loessner, Daniel A. Portnoy, and Richard Calendar

Construction, Characterization, and Use of Two Listeria monocytogenes Site-Specific Phage Integration Vectors
J. Bacteriol. 2003 185: 1484. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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