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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Begoña Carrasco, M. Castillo Cozar, Rudi Lurz, Juan C. Alonso, and Silvia Ayora

Genetic Recombination in Bacillus subtilis 168: Contribution of Holliday Junction Processing Functions in Chromosome Segregation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5557-5566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katerina Ragkousi and Peter Setlow

Transglutaminase-Mediated Cross-Linking of GerQ in the Coats of Bacillus subtilis Spores
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5567-5575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elza A. S. Lang and Marilis V. Marques

Identification and Transcriptional Control of Caulobacter crescentus Genes Encoding Proteins Containing a Cold Shock Domain
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5603-5613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken-ichi Yoshida, Yo-hei Ohki, Makiko Murata, Masaki Kinehara, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Takenori Satomura, Reiko Ohki, Miyuki Kumano, Kunio Yamane, and Yasutaro Fujita

Bacillus subtilis LmrA Is a Repressor of the lmrAB and yxaGH Operons: Identification of Its Binding Site and Functional Analysis of lmrB and yxaGH
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5640-5648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda Clapper, Anh-Hue T. Tu, Ada Elgavish, and Kevin Dybvig

The vir Gene of Bacteriophage MAV1 Confers Resistance to Phage Infection on Mycoplasma arthritidis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5715-5720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter A. Bron, Corinne Grangette, Annick Mercenier, Willem M. de Vos, and Michiel Kleerebezem

Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum Genes That Are Induced in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5721-5729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María J. López Barragán, Manuel Carmona, María T. Zamarro, Bärbel Thiele, Matthias Boll, Georg Fuchs, José L. García, and Eduardo Díaz

The bzd Gene Cluster, Coding for Anaerobic Benzoate Catabolism, in Azoarcus sp. Strain CIB
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5762-5774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takaaki Sato, Hiroyuki Imanaka, Naeem Rashid, Toshiaki Fukui, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka

Genetic Evidence Identifying the True Gluconeogenic Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase in Thermococcus kodakaraensis and Other Hyperthermophiles
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5799-5807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dale M. Cameron, Steven T. Gregory, Jill Thompson, Moo-Jin Suh, Patrick A. Limbach, and Albert E. Dahlberg

Thermus thermophilus L11 Methyltransferase, PrmA, Is Dispensable for Growth and Preferentially Modifies Free Ribosomal Protein L11 Prior to Ribosome Assembly
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5819-5825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holger Kock, Ulf Gerth, and Michael Hecker

The ClpP Peptidase Is the Major Determinant of Bulk Protein Turnover in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5856-5864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea K. White and William W. Metcalf

The htx and ptx Operons of Pseudomonas stutzeri WM88 Are New Members of the Pho Regulon
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5876-5882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kensaku Sakamoto, Satoshi Ishimaru, Takatsugu Kobayashi, James R. Walker, and Shigeyuki Yokoyama

The Escherichia coli argU10(Ts) Phenotype Is Caused by a Reduction in the Cellular Level of the argU tRNA for the Rare Codons AGA and AGG
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5899-5905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geeske Zanen, Haike Antelmann, Helga Westers, Michael Hecker, Jan Maarten van Dijl, and Wim J. Quax

FlhF, the Third Signal Recognition Particle-GTPase of Bacillus subtilis, Is Dispensable for Protein Secretion
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5956-5960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Srinivasan and Lee Kroos

Mutational Analysis of the fruA Promoter Region Demonstrates that C-Box and 5-Base-Pair Elements Are Important for Expression of an Essential Developmental Gene of Myxococcus xanthus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5961-5967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Dean A. Russell, Gavin A. Byrne, Enda P. O'Connell, Clara A. Boland, and Wim G. Meijer

The LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator VirR Is Required for Expression of the Virulence Gene vapA of Rhodococcus equi ATCC 33701
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5576-5584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuhiko Irie, Seema Mattoo, and Ming H. Yuk

The Bvg Virulence Control System Regulates Biofilm Formation in Bordetella bronchiseptica
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5692-5698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy C. Barnett, Aman R. Patel, and June R. Scott

A Novel Sortase, SrtC2, from Streptococcus pyogenes Anchors a Surface Protein Containing a QVPTGV Motif to the Cell Wall
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5865-5875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Domenico Lupo and Robin Ghosh

The Reaction Center H Subunit Is Not Required for High Levels of Light-Harvesting Complex 1 in Rhodospirillum rubrum Mutants
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5585-5595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thea King, Akira Ishihama, Ayako Kori, and Thomas Ferenci

A Regulatory Trade-Off as a Source of Strain Variation in the Species Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5614-5620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Mauricio G. Martín, Pablo D. Sender, Salvador Peirú, Diego de Mendoza, and Christian Magni

Acid-Inducible Transcription of the Operon Encoding the Citrate Lyase Complex of Lactococcus lactis Biovar diacetylactis CRL264
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5649-5660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregor Grass, Keshari Thakali, Phillip E. Klebba, Daniel Thieme, Axel Müller, Günter F. Wildner, and Christopher Rensing

Linkage between Catecholate Siderophores and the Multicopper Oxidase CueO in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5826-5833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Habe, Jin-Sung Chung, Hiroyuki Kato, Yuko Ayabe, Kano Kasuga, Takako Yoshida, Hideaki Nojiri, Hisakazu Yamane, and Toshio Omori

Characterization of the Upper Pathway Genes for Fluorene Metabolism in Terrabacter sp. Strain DBF63
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5938-5944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rie Sugai, Hisayo Shimizu, Ken-ichi Nishiyama, and Hajime Tokuda

Overexpression of gnsA, a Multicopy Suppressor of the secG Null Mutation, Increases Acidic Phospholipid Contents by Inhibiting Phosphatidylethanolamine Synthesis at Low Temperatures
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5968-5971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Chris S. Vandenende, Matthew Vlasschaert, and Stephen Y. K. Seah

Functional Characterization of an Aminotransferase Required for Pyoverdine Siderophore Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5596-5602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hatem E. Mohamed and Wim Vermaas

Slr1293 in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Is the C-3',4' Desaturase (CrtD) Involved in Myxoxanthophyll Biosynthesis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5621-5628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naomi Muryoi, Mika Sato, Shoji Kaneko, Hidehisa Kawahara, Hitoshi Obata, Mahmoud W. F. Yaish, Marilyn Griffith, and Bernard R. Glick

Cloning and Expression of afpA, a Gene Encoding an Antifreeze Protein from the Arctic Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas putida GR12-2
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5661-5671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Brian P. Anton and Elisabeth A. Raleigh

Transposon-Mediated Linker Insertion Scanning Mutagenesis of the Escherichia coli McrA Endonuclease
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5699-5707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole R. Buan, Sang-Jin Suh, and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena

The eutT Gene of Salmonella enterica Encodes an Oxygen-Labile, Metal-Containing ATP:Corrinoid Adenosyltransferase Enzyme
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5708-5714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qi Xu, Yoav Barak, Rina Kenig, Yuval Shoham, Edward A. Bayer, and Raphael Lamed

A Novel Acetivibrio cellulolyticus Anchoring Scaffoldin That Bears Divergent Cohesins
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5782-5789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jono A. Schmidt, Glenn F. Browning, and Philip F. Markham

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae p65 Surface Lipoprotein Is a Lipolytic Enzyme with a Preference for Shorter-Chain Fatty Acids
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5790-5798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John D. McCarter, Daren Stephens, Kevin Shoemaker, Steve Rosenberg, Jack F. Kirsch, and George Georgiou

Substrate Specificity of the Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Protease OmpT
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5919-5925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Lynn E. Hancock and Marta Perego

The Enterococcus faecalis fsr Two-Component System Controls Biofilm Development through Production of Gelatinase
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5629-5639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoichi Yoshizawa, Koichi Toyoda, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi

CO₂-Responsive Expression and Gene Organization of Three Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Enzymes and Carboxysomes in Hydrogenovibrio marinus Strain MH-110
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5685-5691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. Berleman, Benjamin M. Hasselbring, and Carl E. Bauer

Hypercyst Mutants in Rhodospirillum centenum Identify Regulatory Loci Involved in Cyst Cell Differentiation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5834-5841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kuei-Min Chung, Hsin-Hsien Hsu, Suresh Govindan, and Ban-Yang Chang

Transcription Regulation of ezrA and Its Effect on Cell Division of Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5926-5932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Todd D. Allen, Tonya Watkins, Lasse Lindahl, and Janice M. Zengel

Regulation of Ribosomal Protein Synthesis in Vibrio cholerae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5933-5937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Stephen E. Lizewski, Jill R. Schurr, Debra W. Jackson, Anders Frisk, Alexander J. Carterson, and Michael J. Schurr

Identification of AlgR-Regulated Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Use of Microarray Analysis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5672-5684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael P. McLeod, Xiang Qin, Sandor E. Karpathy, Jason Gioia, Sarah K. Highlander, George E. Fox, Thomas Z. McNeill, Huaiyang Jiang, Donna Muzny, Leni S. Jacob, Alicia C. Hawes, Erica Sodergren, Rachel Gill, Jennifer Hume, Maggie Morgan, Guangwei Fan, Anita G. Amin, Richard A. Gibbs, Chao Hong, Xue-jie Yu, David H. Walker, and George M. Weinstock

Complete Genome Sequence of Rickettsia typhi and Comparison with Sequences of Other Rickettsiae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5842-5855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Porwollik, E. F. Boyd, C. Choy, P. Cheng, L. Florea, E. Proctor, and M. McClelland

Characterization of Salmonella enterica Subspecies I Genovars by Use of Microarrays
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5883-5898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Augen A. Pioszak and Alexander J. Ninfa

Mutations Altering the N-Terminal Receiver Domain of NRI (NtrC) That Prevent Dephosphorylation by the NRII-PII Complex in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5730-5740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher J. Kristich and George W. Ordal

Analysis of Chimeric Chemoreceptors in Bacillus subtilis Reveals a Role for CheD in the Function of the McpC HAMP Domain
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5950-5955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Robert L. Davies and Inkyoung Lee

Sequence Diversity and Molecular Evolution of the Heat-Modifiable Outer Membrane Protein Gene (ompA) of Mannheimia(Pasteurella) haemolytica, Mannheimia glucosida, and Pasteurella trehalosi
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5741-5752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anders Johansson, Jason Farlow, Pär Larsson, Meghan Dukerich, Elias Chambers, Mona Byström, James Fox, May Chu, Mats Forsman, Anders Sjöstedt, and Paul Keim

Worldwide Genetic Relationships among Francisella tularensis Isolates Determined by Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5808-5818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Daniel Pérez-Mendoza, Ana Domínguez-Ferreras, Socorro Muñoz, María José Soto, José Olivares, Susana Brom, Lourdes Girard, José A. Herrera-Cervera, and Juan Sanjuán

Identification of Functional mob Regions in Rhizobium etli: Evidence for Self-Transmissibility of the Symbiotic Plasmid pRetCFN42d
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5753-5761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

David E. Anderson, Frederico J. Gueiros-Filho, and Harold P. Erickson

Assembly Dynamics of FtsZ Rings in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli and Effects of FtsZ-Regulating Proteins
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5775-5781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Structural Biology:

Till Maurer, Sebastian Meier, Norman Kachel, Claudia Elisabeth Munte, Sonja Hasenbein, Brigitte Koch, Wolfgang Hengstenberg, and Hans Robert Kalbitzer

High-Resolution Structure of the Histidine-Containing Phosphocarrier Protein (HPr) from Staphylococcus aureus and Characterization of Its Interaction with the Bifunctional HPr Kinase/Phosphorylase
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5906-5918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

John W. Beaber and Matthew K. Waldor

Identification of Operators and Promoters That Control SXT Conjugative Transfer
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5945-5949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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