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Guest Commentaries:

Barry L. Taylor

An Alternative Strategy for Adaptation in Bacterial Behavior
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3671-3673. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen C. Winans

Reciprocal Regulation of Bioluminescence and Type III Protein Secretion in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Response to Diffusible Chemical Signals
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3674-3676. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Sandra Chibani-Chennoufi, Anne Bruttin, Marie-Lise Dillmann, and Harald Brüssow

Phage-Host Interaction: an Ecological Perspective
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3677-3686. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Mingshan Li and Gerald L. Hazelbauer

Cellular Stoichiometry of the Components of the Chemotaxis Signaling Complex
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3687-3694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sergei I. Bibikov, Andrew C. Miller, Khoosheh K. Gosink, and John S. Parkinson

Methylation-Independent Aerotaxis Mediated by the Escherichia coli Aer Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3730-3737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer M. Henke and Bonnie L. Bassler

Quorum Sensing Regulates Type III Secretion in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio parahaemolyticus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3794-3805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mladen Tomich and Christian D. Mohr

Genetic Characterization of a Multicomponent Signal Transduction System Controlling the Expression of Cable Pili in Burkholderia cenocepacia
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3826-3836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Yannick Lequette, Carmen Ödberg-Ferragut, Jean-Pierre Bohin, and Jean-Marie Lacroix

Identification of mdoD, an mdoG Paralog Which Encodes a Twin-Arginine-Dependent Periplasmic Protein That Controls Osmoregulated Periplasmic Glucan Backbone Structures
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3695-3702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qin Sun and William Margolin

Effects of Perturbing Nucleoid Structure on Nucleoid Occlusion-Mediated Toporegulation of FtsZ Ring Assembly
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3951-3959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Mori, Naomi Shimokawa, Yasunari Satoh, and Koreaki Ito

Mutational Analysis of Transmembrane Regions 3 and 4 of SecY, a Central Component of Protein Translocase
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3960-3969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yun-Kyeong Kim and Linda L. McCarter

Cross-Regulation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Compensatory Activation of Polar Flagellar Genes by the Lateral Flagellar Regulator LafK
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4014-4018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Structural Biology:

M. A. Motaleb, Melanie S. Sal, and Nyles W. Charon

The Decrease in FlaA Observed in a flaB Mutant of Borrelia burgdorferi Occurs Posttranscriptionally
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3703-3711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

César Martín, M.-Asunción Requero, Jiri Masin, Ivo Konopasek, Félix M. Goñi, Peter Sebo, and Helena Ostolaza

Membrane Restructuring by Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase Toxin, a Member of the RTX Toxin Family
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3760-3765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen R. Shouldice, Robert J. Skene, Douglas R. Dougan, Gyorgy Snell, Duncan E. McRee, Anthony B. Schryvers, and Leslie W. Tari

Structural Basis for Iron Binding and Release by a Novel Class of Periplasmic Iron-Binding Proteins Found in Gram-Negative Pathogens
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3903-3910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Maria A. Söderberg, Ombeline Rossier, and Nicholas P. Cianciotto

The Type II Protein Secretion System of Legionella pneumophila Promotes Growth at Low Temperatures
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3712-3720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédérique Lorquet, Philippe Goffin, Lidia Muscariello, Jean-Bernard Baudry, Victor Ladero, Margherita Sacco, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Pascal Hols

Characterization and Functional Analysis of the poxB Gene, Which Encodes Pyruvate Oxidase in Lactobacillus plantarum
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3749-3759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Pojidaeva, V. Zinchenko, S. V. Shestakov, and A. Sokolenko

Involvement of the SppA1 Peptidase in Acclimation to Saturating Light Intensities in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3991-3999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Dougherty and Diana M. Downs

A Mutant Allele of rpoD Results in Increased Conversion of Aminoimidazole Ribotide to Hydroxymethyl Pyrimidine in Salmonella enterica
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4034-4037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica E. Butler, Franz Kaufmann, Maddalena V. Coppi, Cinthia Núñez, and Derek R. Lovley

MacA, a Diheme c-Type Cytochrome Involved in Fe(III) Reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4042-4045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Lucy J. Hathaway, Patricia Stutzmann Meier, Patrick Bättig, Suzanne Aebi, and Kathrin Mühlemann

A Homologue of aliB Is Found in the Capsule Region of Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3721-3729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan Boucher, Christophe J. Douady, Adrian K. Sharma, Masahiro Kamekura, and W. Ford Doolittle

Intragenomic Heterogeneity and Intergenomic Recombination among Haloarchaeal rRNA Genes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3980-3990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Jinxin Gao and George C. Stewart

Regulatory Elements of the Staphylococcus aureus Protein A (Spa) Promoter
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3738-3748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica A. Sexton and Joseph P. Vogel

Regulation of Hypercompetence in Legionella pneumophila
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3814-3825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shehab Hashim, Dong-Hyeon Kwon, Ahmed Abdelal, and Chung-Dar Lu

The Arginine Regulatory Protein Mediates Repression by Arginine of the Operons Encoding Glutamate Synthase and Anabolic Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3848-3854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chung-Dar Lu, Zhe Yang, and Wei Li

Transcriptome Analysis of the ArgR Regulon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3855-3861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hui-Yi Hsiao, Qingfang He, Lorraine G. van Waasbergen, and Arthur R. Grossman

Control of Photosynthetic and High-Light-Responsive Genes by the Histidine Kinase DspA: Negative and Positive Regulation and Interactions between Signal Transduction Pathways
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3882-3888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ee-Been Goh, Dominic F. Siino, and Michele M. Igo

The Escherichia coli tppB (ydgR) Gene Represents a New Class of OmpR-Regulated Genes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4019-4024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Deborah R. Yoder and Lee Kroos

Mutational Analysis of the Myxococcus xanthus 4499 Promoter Region Reveals Shared and Unique Properties in Comparison with Other C-Signal-Dependent Promoters
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3766-3776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mónica Serrano, Alexandre Neves, Cláudio M. Soares, Charles P. Moran, Jr., and Adriano O. Henriques

Role of the Anti-Sigma Factor SpoIIAB in Regulation of ^G during Bacillus subtilis Sporulation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4000-4013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Werhane, P. Lopez, M. Mendel, M. Zimmer, G. W. Ordal, and L. M. Márquez-Magaña

The Last Gene of the fla/che Operon in Bacillus subtilis, ylxL, Is Required for Maximal ^D Function
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4025-4029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

G. Kramer, A. Rutkowska, R. D. Wegrzyn, H. Patzelt, T. A. Kurz, F. Merz, T. Rauch, S. Vorderwülbecke, E. Deuerling, and B. Bukau

Functional Dissection of Escherichia coli Trigger Factor: Unraveling the Function of Individual Domains
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3777-3784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melissa A. Edeling, Umesh Ahuja, Begoña Heras, Linda Thöny-Meyer, and Jennifer L. Martin

The Acidic Nature of the CcmG Redox-Active Center Is Important for Cytochrome c Maturation in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4030-4033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

T. Betteridge, J. Yang, A. J. Pittard, and J. Praszkier

Role of RepA and DnaA Proteins in the Opening of the Origin of DNA Replication of an IncB Plasmid
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3785-3793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tamara Basta, Andreas Keck, Joachim Klein, and Andreas Stolz

Detection and Characterization of Conjugative Degradative Plasmids in Xenobiotic-Degrading Sphingomonas Strains
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3862-3872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David DeShazer

Genomic Diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei Clinical Isolates: Subtractive Hybridization Reveals a Burkholderia mallei-Specific Prophage in B. pseudomallei 1026b
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3938-3950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nara Figueroa-Bossi and Lionello Bossi

Resuscitation of a Defective Prophage in Salmonella Cocultures
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4038-4041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Hisashi Nogawa, Asaomi Kuwae, Takeshi Matsuzawa, and Akio Abe

The Type III Secreted Protein BopD in Bordetella bronchiseptica Is Complexed with BopB for Pore Formation on the Host Plasma Membrane
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3806-3813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franz von Götz, Susanne Häussler, Doris Jordan, Senthil Selvan Saravanamuthu, Dirk Wehmhöner, André Strüßmann, Joerg Lauber, Ina Attree, Jan Buer, Burkhard Tümmler, and Ivo Steinmetz

Expression Analysis of a Highly Adherent and Cytotoxic Small Colony Variant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from a Lung of a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3837-3847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

D. R. Brown, L. A. Zacher, and W. G. Farmerie

Spreading Factors of Mycoplasma alligatoris, a Flesh-Eating Mycoplasma
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3922-3927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tracy L. Dalton and June R. Scott

CovS Inactivates CovR and Is Required for Growth under Conditions of General Stress in Streptococcus pyogenes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3928-3937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Claudia Lupp and Edward G. Ruby

Vibrio fischeri LuxS and AinS: Comparative Study of Two Signal Synthases
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3873-3881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven S. Branda, José Eduardo González-Pastor, Etienne Dervyn, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Richard Losick, and Roberto Kolter

Genes Involved in Formation of Structured Multicellular Communities by Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3970-3979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Chao-Jung Tu, Jeffrey Shrager, Robert L. Burnap, Bradley L. Postier, and Arthur R. Grossman

Consequences of a Deletion in dspA on Transcript Accumulation in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3889-3902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoru Fukiya, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Toru Tobe, and Hideo Mori

Extensive Genomic Diversity in Pathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella Strains Revealed by Comparative Genomic Hybridization Microarray
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 3911-3921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Aaron M. Firoved, Simon R. Wood, Wojciech Ornatowski, Vojo Deretic, and Graham S. Timmins

Microarray Analysis and Functional Characterization of the Nitrosative Stress Response in Nonmucoid and Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4046-4050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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