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Guest Commentaries:

Joseph Englander, Eugenia Klein, Vlad Brumfeld, Ajay K. Sharma, Aidan J. Doherty, and Abraham Minsky

DNA Toroids: Framework for DNA Repair in Deinococcus radiodurans and in Germinating Bacterial Spores
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5973-5977. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Waldemar Vollmer and Joachim-Volker Höltje

The Architecture of the Murein (Peptidoglycan) in Gram-Negative Bacteria: Vertical Scaffold or Horizontal Layer(s)?
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5978-5987. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Laurence Dupont, Isabelle Garcia, Marie-Christine Poggi, Geneviève Alloing, Karine Mandon, and Daniel Le Rudulier

The Sinorhizobium meliloti ABC Transporter Cho Is Highly Specific for Choline and Expressed in Bacteroids from Medicago sativa Nodules
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5988-5996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shi-Yi Yao, Li Luo, Katherine J. Har, Anke Becker, Silvia Rüberg, Guan-Qiao Yu, Jia-Bi Zhu, and Hai-Ping Cheng

Sinorhizobium meliloti ExoR and ExoS Proteins Regulate both Succinoglycan and Flagellum Production
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6042-6049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Gun Kim, Eunkyung Jeon, Jonghee Oh, Jae Sun Moon, and Ingyu Hwang

Mutational Analysis of Xanthomonas Harpin HpaG Identifies a Key Functional Region That Elicits the Hypersensitive Response in Nonhost Plants
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6239-6247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Yuji Yamamoto, Kôichi Fukui, Naoko Koujin, Hiroaki Ohya, Kazuhiko Kimura, and Yoshiyuki Kamio

Regulation of the Intracellular Free Iron Pool by Dpr Provides Oxygen Tolerance to Streptococcus mutans
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 5997-6002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hope Richard and John W. Foster

Escherichia coli Glutamate- and Arginine-Dependent Acid Resistance Systems Increase Internal pH and Reverse Transmembrane Potential
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6032-6041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naeem Rashid, Tamotsu Kanai, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka

Among Multiple Phosphomannomutase Gene Orthologues, Only One Gene Encodes a Protein with Phosphoglucomutase and Phosphomannomutase Activities in Thermococcus kodakaraensis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6070-6076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Giuseppe Amati, Paola Bisicchia, and Alessandro Galizzi

DegU-P Represses Expression of the Motility fla-che Operon in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6003-6014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hervé Nicoloff, Florence Arsène-Ploetze, Cédric Malandain, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Françoise Bringel

Two Arginine Repressors Regulate Arginine Biosynthesis in Lactobacillus plantarum
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6059-6069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. Martínez-Pérez, E. Moreno-Ruiz, B. Floriano, and E. Santero

Regulation of Tetralin Biodegradation and Identification of Genes Essential for Expression of thn Operons
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6101-6109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin M. Conlon, Hilary Humphreys, and James P. O'Gara

Inactivations of rsbU and sarA by IS256 Represent Novel Mechanisms of Biofilm Phenotypic Variation in Staphylococcus epidermidis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6208-6219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason R. Wickstrum and Susan M. Egan

Amino Acid Contacts between Sigma 70 Domain 4 and the Transcription Activators RhaS and RhaR
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6277-6285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kapil Tahlan, Cecilia Anders, and Susan E. Jensen

The Paralogous Pairs of Genes Involved in Clavulanic Acid and Clavam Metabolite Biosynthesis Are Differently Regulated in Streptomyces clavuligerus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6286-6297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yunwei Xie and John N. Reeve

Transcription by Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus RNA Polymerase In Vitro Releases Archaeal Transcription Factor B but Not TATA-Box Binding Protein from the Template DNA
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6306-6310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Amanda S. Engledow, Enrique G. Medrano, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, John J. LiPuma, and Carlos F. Gonzalez

Involvement of a Plasmid-Encoded Type IV Secretion System in the Plant Tissue Watersoaking Phenotype of Burkholderia cenocepacia
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6015-6024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung-Hun Baek, Gireesh Rajashekara, Gary A. Splitter, and James P. Shapleigh

Denitrification Genes Regulate Brucella Virulence in Mice
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6025-6031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susana Mouriño, Carlos R. Osorio, and Manuel L. Lemos

Characterization of Heme Uptake Cluster Genes in the Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6159-6167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kendy K. Y. Wong and Nancy E. Freitag

A Novel Mutation within the Central Listeria monocytogenes Regulator PrfA That Results in Constitutive Expression of Virulence Gene Products
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6265-6276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John W. Goss, Joseph A. Sorg, Kumaran S. Ramamurthi, Hung Ton-That, and Olaf Schneewind

The Secretion Signal of YopN, a Regulatory Protein of the Yersinia enterocolitica Type III Secretion Pathway
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6320-6324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Mamta Rawat, Mandeep Uppal, Gerald Newton, Micah Steffek, Robert C. Fahey, and Yossef Av-Gay

Targeted Mutagenesis of the Mycobacterium smegmatis mca Gene, Encoding a Mycothiol-Dependent Detoxification Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6050-6058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Leonor Fernández-Murga, Fernando Gil-Ortiz, José L. Llácer, and Vicente Rubio

Arginine Biosynthesis in Thermotoga maritima: Characterization of the Arginine-Sensitive N-Acetyl-L-Glutamate Kinase
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6142-6149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrike Johnsen and Peter Schönheit

Novel Xylose Dehydrogenase in the Halophilic Archaeon Haloarcula marismortui
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6198-6207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Damon S. Anderson, Pratima Adhikari, Andrew J. Nowalk, Cheng Y. Chen, and Timothy A. Mietzner

The hFbpABC Transporter from Haemophilus influenzae Functions as a Binding-Protein-Dependent ABC Transporter with High Specificity and Affinity for Ferric Iron
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6220-6229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lyður S. Erlendsson, Mirja Möller, and Lars Hederstedt

Bacillus subtilis StoA Is a Thiol-Disulfide Oxidoreductase Important for Spore Cortex Synthesis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6230-6238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiang-Qin Liu and Jing Yang

Bacterial Thymidylate Synthase with Intein, Group II Intron, and Distinctive ThyX Motifs
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6316-6319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angel Manteca and Jesus Sanchez

Recombinant Cyclophilins Lack Nuclease Activity
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6325-6326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Augusto A. Franco

The Bacteroides fragilis Pathogenicity Island Is Contained in a Putative Novel Conjugative Transposon
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6077-6092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nanzhang Ye and Naoki Nemoto

Processing of the Tail Lysozyme (gp5) of Bacteriophage T4
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6335-6339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Oliver Puk, Daniel Bischoff, Claudia Kittel, Stefan Pelzer, Stefan Weist, Efthimia Stegmann, Roderich D. Süssmuth, and Wolfgang Wohlleben

Biosynthesis of Chloro-ß-Hydroxytyrosine, a Nonproteinogenic Amino Acid of the Peptidic Backbone of Glycopeptide Antibiotics
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6093-6100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samina Iqbal, George Parker, Helen Davidson, Elham Moslehi-Rahmani, and Robert L. Robson

Reversible Phase Variation in the phnE Gene, Which Is Required for Phosphonate Metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6118-6123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tae-Jong Kim, Tatiana A. Gaidenko, and Chester W. Price

In Vivo Phosphorylation of Partner Switching Regulators Correlates with Stress Transmission in the Environmental Signaling Pathway of Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6124-6132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abram Aertsen, Rob Van Houdt, Kristof Vanoirbeek, and Chris W. Michiels

An SOS Response Induced by High Pressure in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6133-6141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gudrun Holtmann, Matthias Brigulla, Leif Steil, Alexandra Schütz, Karsta Barnekow, Uwe Völker, and Erhard Bremer

RsbV-Independent Induction of the SigB-Dependent General Stress Regulon of Bacillus subtilis during Growth at High Temperature
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6150-6158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard A. Lease, Dorie Smith, Kathleen McDonough, and Marlene Belfort

The Small Noncoding DsrA RNA Is an Acid Resistance Regulator in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6179-6185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Jean-Philippe Suppini, Mouna Amor, Jean-Hervé Alix, and Moncef M. Ladjimi

Complementation of an Escherichia coli DnaK Defect by Hsc70-DnaK Chimeric Proteins
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6248-6253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peggy Freede and Sabine Brantl

Transcriptional Repressor CopR: Use of SELEX To Study the copR Operator Indicates that Evolution Was Directed at Maximal Binding Affinity
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6254-6264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir L. Motin, Anca M. Georgescu, Joseph P. Fitch, Pauline P. Gu, David O. Nelson, Shalini L. Mabery, Janine B. Garnham, Bahrad A. Sokhansanj, Linda L. Ott, Matthew A. Coleman, Jeffrey M. Elliott, Laura M. Kegelmeyer, Andrew J. Wyrobek, Thomas R. Slezak, Robert R. Brubaker, and Emilio Garcia

Temporal Global Changes in Gene Expression during Temperature Transition in Yersinia pestis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6298-6305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claire Punginelli, Bérengère Ize, Nicola R. Stanley, Valley Stewart, Gary Sawers, Ben C. Berks, and Tracy Palmer

mRNA Secondary Structure Modulates Translation of Tat-Dependent Formate Dehydrogenase N
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6311-6315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

André Piette, Claudine Fraipont, Tanneke den Blaauwen, Mirjam E. G. Aarsman, Soumya Pastoret, and Martine Nguyen-Distèche

Structural Determinants Required To Target Penicillin-Binding Protein 3 to the Septum of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6110-6117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruifeng Yang, Sarah Bartle, Rebecca Otto, Angela Stassinopoulos, Matthew Rogers, Lynda Plamann, and Patricia Hartzell

AglZ Is a Filament-Forming Coiled-Coil Protein Required for Adventurous Gliding Motility of Myxococcus xanthus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6168-6178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcos C. Alegria, Cassia Docena, Leticia Khater, Carlos H. I. Ramos, Ana C. R. da Silva, and Chuck S. Farah

New Protein-Protein Interactions Identified for the Regulatory and Structural Components and Substrates of the Type III Secretion System of the Phytopathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis Pathovar citri
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6186-6197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Fernanda C. Petersen, Daniele Pecharki, and Anne A. Scheie

Biofilm Mode of Growth of Streptococcus intermedius Favored by a Competence-Stimulating Signaling Peptide
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6327-6331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Makeda Semret, Gary Zhai, Serge Mostowy, Cynthia Cleto, David Alexander, Gerard Cangelosi, Debby Cousins, Desmond M. Collins, Dick van Soolingen, and Marcel A. Behr

Extensive Genomic Polymorphism within Mycobacterium avium
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6332-6334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Retractions:

Valeri G. Kossykh and R. Stephen Lloyd

A DNA Adenine Methyltransferase of Escherichia coli That Is Cell Cycle Regulated and Essential for Viability
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 6340. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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