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Guest Commentaries:

Yves F. Dufrêne

Refining Our Perception of Bacterial Surfaces with the Atomic Force Microscope
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3283-3285. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Ahmed Touhami, Manfred H. Jericho, and Terry J. Beveridge

Atomic Force Microscopy of Cell Growth and Division in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3286-3295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Michael E. Konkel, John D. Klena, Vanessa Rivera-Amill, Marshall R. Monteville, Debabrata Biswas, Brian Raphael, and Joey Mickelson

Secretion of Virulence Proteins from Campylobacter jejuni Is Dependent on a Functional Flagellar Export Apparatus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3296-3303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kyung-Je Park, Min-Jin Kang, Songhee H. Kim, Hyun-Jung Lee, Jae-Kyu Lim, Sang Ho Choi, Soon-Jung Park, and Kyu-Ho Lee

Isolation and Characterization of rpoS from a Pathogenic Bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus: Role of ^S in Survival of Exponential-Phase Cells under Oxidative Stress
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3304-3312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janne K. Christiansen, Marianne H. Larsen, Hanne Ingmer, Lotte Søgaard-Andersen, and Birgitte H. Kallipolitis

The RNA-Binding Protein Hfq of Listeria monocytogenes: Role in Stress Tolerance and Virulence
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3355-3362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca Byram, Philip E. Stewart, and Patricia Rosa

The Essential Nature of the Ubiquitous 26-Kilobase Circular Replicon of Borrelia burgdorferi
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3561-3569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Douglas, D. S. Daniel, B. K. Parida, C. Jagannath, and S. Dhandayuthapani

Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A (MsrA) Deficiency Affects the Survival of Mycobacterium smegmatis within Macrophages
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3590-3598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Tetsuya Uchida, Naoto Ishihara, Hiroyuki Zenitani, Keiichiro Hiratsu, and Haruyasu Kinashi

Circularized Chromosome with a Large Palindromic Structure in Streptomyces griseus Mutants
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3313-3320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Véronique David, Bülent Bozdogan, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Raymond Legrand, Laurent Gutmann, and Roland Leclercq

Mechanism of Intrinsic Resistance to Vancomycin in Clostridium innocuum NCIB 10674
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3415-3422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sun-Uk Choi, Chang-Kwon Lee, Yong-Il Hwang, Hiroshi Kinoshita, and Takuya Nihira

Cloning and Functional Analysis by Gene Disruption of a Gene Encoding a -Butyrolactone Autoregulator Receptor from Kitasatospora setae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3423-3430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luis M. Lorenzana, Rosario Pérez-Redondo, Irene Santamarta, Juan F. Martín, and Paloma Liras

Two Oligopeptide-Permease-Encoding Genes in the Clavulanic Acid Cluster of Streptomyces clavuligerus Are Essential for Production of the ß-Lactamase Inhibitor
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3431-3438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga Revelles, Manuel Espinosa-Urgel, Soeren Molin, and Juan L. Ramos

The davDT Operon of Pseudomonas putida, Involved in Lysine Catabolism, Is Induced in Response to the Pathway Intermediate -Aminovaleric Acid
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3439-3446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret Brenner, Anthony G. Garza, and Mitchell Singer

nsd, a Locus That Affects the Myxococcus xanthus Cellular Response to Nutrient Concentration
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3461-3471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yunwei Xie and John N. Reeve

Transcription by an Archaeal RNA Polymerase Is Slowed but Not Blocked by an Archaeal Nucleosome
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3492-3498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mareike Kurz, Brian Dalrymple, Gene Wijffels, and Kritaya Kongsuwan

Interaction of the Sliding Clamp ß-Subunit and Hda, a DnaA-Related Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3508-3515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leyla Slamti, Stéphane Perchat, Myriam Gominet, Gislayne Vilas-Bôas, Agnès Fouet, Michèle Mock, Vincent Sanchis, Josette Chaufaux, Michel Gohar, and Didier Lereclus

Distinct Mutations in PlcR Explain Why Some Strains of the Bacillus cereus Group Are Nonhemolytic
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3531-3538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chuan-Peng Ren, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Amanda Fivian, Christopher M. Bailey, Martin Antonio, Wayne M. Barnes, and Mark J. Pallen

The ETT2 Gene Cluster, Encoding a Second Type III Secretion System from Escherichia coli, Is Present in the Majority of Strains but Has Undergone Widespread Mutational Attrition
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3547-3560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy M. Gehring, Stephanie T. Wang, Daniel B. Kearns, Narie Yoo Storer, and Richard Losick

Novel Genes That Influence Development in Streptomyces coelicolor
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3570-3577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronen Hazan, Boaz Sat, and Hanna Engelberg-Kulka

Escherichia coli mazEF-Mediated Cell Death Is Triggered by Various Stressful Conditions
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3663-3669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Jackie K. Cheung, Bruno Dupuy, Deanna S. Deveson, and Julian I. Rood

The Spatial Organization of the VirR Boxes Is Critical for VirR-Mediated Expression of the Perfringolysin O Gene, pfoA, from Clostridium perfringens
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3321-3330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong Li, Abhay K. Singh, Lauren M. McIntyre, and Louis A. Sherman

Differential Gene Expression in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide and the Putative PerR Regulon of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3331-3345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Adam C. Wilson and Ming Tan

Stress Response Gene Regulation in Chlamydia Is Dependent on HrcA-CIRCE Interactions
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3384-3391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hao Xu, Baohua Gu, B. Tracy Nixon, and Timothy R. Hoover

Purification and Characterization of the AAA+ Domain of Sinorhizobium meliloti DctD, a ⁵⁴-Dependent Transcriptional Activator
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3499-3507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jingshu Guo and Jeffrey W. Roberts

DNA Binding Regions of Q Proteins of Phages and 80
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3599-3608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Sergio Burillo, Ignacio Luque, Inmaculada Fuentes, and Asunción Contreras

Interactions between the Nitrogen Signal Transduction Protein PII and N-Acetyl Glutamate Kinase in Organisms That Perform Oxygenic Photosynthesis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3346-3354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Matthew C. A. Smith and Christopher D. Thomas

An Accessory Protein Is Required for Relaxosome Formation by Small Staphylococcal Plasmids
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3363-3373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jamie A. Caryl, Matthew C. A. Smith, and Christopher D. Thomas

Reconstitution of a Staphylococcal Plasmid-Protein Relaxation Complex In Vitro
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3374-3383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica S. Tyler and David I. Friedman

Characterization of a Eukaryotic-Like Tyrosine Protein Kinase Expressed by the Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophage 933W
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3472-3479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John G. Kenny, Stephen McGrath, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen

Bacteriophage Tuc2009 Encodes a Tail-Associated Cell Wall-Degrading Activity
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3480-3491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie D. Bouchard and Sylvain Moineau

Lactococcal Phage Genes Involved in Sensitivity to AbiK and Their Relation to Single-Strand Annealing Proteins
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3649-3652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claire M. Melville, Romain Brunel, Harry J. Flint, and Karen P. Scott

The Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens tet(W) Gene Is Carried on the Novel Conjugative Transposon TnB1230, Which Contains Duplicated Nitroreductase Coding Sequences
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3656-3659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Boris R. Belitsky, Hyun-Jin Kim, and Abraham L. Sonenshein

CcpA-Dependent Regulation of Bacillus subtilis Glutamate Dehydrogenase Gene Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3392-3398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Boris R. Belitsky and Abraham L. Sonenshein

Modulation of Activity of Bacillus subtilis Regulatory Proteins GltC and TnrA by Glutamate Dehydrogenase
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3399-3407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyung-Joon Kim, Tae-Hyun Kim, Younhee Kim, and Heung-Shick Lee

Identification and Characterization of glxR, a Gene Involved in Regulation of Glyoxylate Bypass in Corynebacterium glutamicum
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3453-3460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madhusudan R. Nandineni and J. Gowrishankar

Evidence for an Arginine Exporter Encoded by yggA (argO) That Is Regulated by the LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator ArgP in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3539-3546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daryl J. Smith, Vincent J. J. Martin, and William W. Mohn

A Cytochrome P450 Involved in the Metabolism of Abietane Diterpenoids by Pseudomonas abietaniphila BKME-9
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3631-3639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulf M. Niess and Albrecht Klein

Dimethylselenide Demethylation Is an Adaptive Response to Selenium Deprivation in the Archaeon Methanococcus voltae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3640-3648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Vanessa L. Lancaster, Russell LoBrutto, Fabiyola M. Selvaraj, and Robert E. Blankenship

A Cambialistic Superoxide Dismutase in the Thermophilic Photosynthetic Bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3408-3414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rajasekaran Annamalai, Bo Jin, Zhenghua Cao, Salete M. C. Newton, and Phillip E. Klebba

Recognition of Ferric Catecholates by FepA
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3578-3589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan Melnick, Ewa Lis, Joo-Heon Park, Cynthia Kinsland, Hirotada Mori, Tomoya Baba, John Perkins, Ghislain Schyns, Olga Vassieva, Andrei Osterman, and Tadhg P. Begley

Identification of the Two Missing Bacterial Genes Involved in Thiamine Salvage: Thiamine Pyrophosphokinase and Thiamine Kinase
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3660-3662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Krzysztof Trzcinski, Claudette M. Thompson, and Marc Lipsitch

Single-Step Capsular Transformation and Acquisition of Penicillin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3447-3452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Guillermo Gosset, Zhongge Zhang, Samir Nayyar, William A. Cuevas, and Milton H. Saier, Jr.

Transcriptome Analysis of Crp-Dependent Catabolite Control of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3516-3524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Structural Biology:

Daphna Frenkiel-Krispin, Rinat Sack, Joseph Englander, Eyal Shimoni, Miriam Eisenstein, Esther Bullitt, Rachel Horowitz-Scherer, Christopher S. Hayes, Peter Setlow, Abraham Minsky, and Sharon Grayer Wolf

Structure of the DNA-SspC Complex: Implications for DNA Packaging, Protection, and Repair in Bacterial Spores
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3525-3530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Tzu-Chiao Chao, Anke Becker, Jens Buhrmester, Alfred Pühler, and Stefan Weidner

The Sinorhizobium meliloti fur Gene Regulates, with Dependence on Mn(II), Transcription of the sitABCD Operon, Encoding a Metal-Type Transporter
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3609-3620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Misty D. Wehling, Ming Guo, Zheng Qing Fu, and James R. Alfano

The Pseudomonas syringae HopPtoV Protein Is Secreted in Culture and Translocated into Plant Cells via the Type III Protein Secretion System in a Manner Dependent on the ShcV Type III Chaperone
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3621-3630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

José Luis Hernández-Flores, Karina López-López, Rogelio Garcidueñas-Piña, Alba E. Jofre-Garfias, and Ariel Alvarez-Morales

The Global Arginine Regulator ArgR Controls Expression of argF in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola but Is Not Required for the Synthesis of Phaseolotoxin or for the Regulated Expression of argK
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3653-3655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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