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Contents: October 2004, Volume 186, Issue 20        Guest Commentaries        Minireviews        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Microbial Cell Biology        Gene Regulation        Signal Transduction        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Physiology and Metabolism        Plant Microbiology        Structural Biology        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Genomics and Proteomics        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Errata

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Guest Commentaries:

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Regulatory Small RNAs: the Key to Coordinating Global Regulatory Circuits Shoshy Altuvia J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6679-6680; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Control of Membrane Lipid Fluidity by Molecular Thermosensors María C. Mansilla, Larisa E. Cybulski, Daniela Albanesi, and Diego de Mendoza J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6681-6688; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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MicC, a Second Small-RNA Regulator of Omp Protein Expression in Escherichia coli Shuo Chen, Aixia Zhang, Lawrence B. Blyn, and Gisela Storz J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6689-6697; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

GadY, a Small-RNA Regulator of Acid Response Genes in Escherichia coli Jason A. Opdyke, Ju-Gyeong Kang, and Gisela Storz J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6698-6705; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Transcriptional Effects of a Suppressor tRNA and the Inactivation of the Regulator frmR Christopher D. Herring and Frederick R. Blattner J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6714-6720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Escherichia coli dnaN159 Mutant Displays Altered DNA Polymerase Usage and Chronic SOS Induction Mark D. Sutton J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6738-6748; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional and Structural Analysis of HrcA Repressor Protein from Caulobacter crescentus Michelle F. Susin, Humberto R. Perez, Regina L. Baldini, and Suely L. Gomes J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6759-6767; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Replicon-Specific Regulation of Small Heat Shock Genes in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Sylvia Balsiger, Curdin Ragaz, Christian Baron, and Franz Narberhaus J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6824-6829; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Ribosomes and Translation Initiation Factors from the Gram-Positive Soil Bacterium Streptomyces lividans J. Michael Day and Gary R. Janssen J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6864-6875; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Studies with Escherichia coli MelR Protein: Applications of Chromatin Immunoprecipitation and Microarrays David C. Grainger, Timothy W. Overton, Nikos Reppas, Joseph T. Wade, Eiji Tamai, Jon L. Hobman, Chrystala Constantinidou, Kevin Struhl, George Church, and Stephen J. W. Busby J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6938-6943; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ParB of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Interactions with Its Partner ParA and Its Target parS and Specific Effects on Bacterial Growth Aneta A. Bartosik, Krzysztof Lasocki, Jolanta Mierzejewska, Christopher M. Thomas, and Grazyna Jagura-Burdzy J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6983-6998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Polyadenylated mRNA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Senthil Selvan Saravanamuthu, Franz von Götz, Prabhakar Salunkhe, Rathinam Chozhavendan, Robert Geffers, Jan Buer, Burkhard Tümmler, and Ivo Steinmetz J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 7015-7018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Identification of a Staphylococcal AgrB Segment(s) Responsible for Group-Specific Processing of AgrD by Gene Swapping Linsheng Zhang and Guangyong Ji J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6706-6713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Murein (Peptidoglycan) Binding Property of the Essential Cell Division Protein FtsN from Escherichia coli Astrid Ursinus, Fusinita van den Ent, Sonja Brechtel, Miguel de Pedro, Joachim-Volker Höltje, Jan Löwe, and Waldemar Vollmer J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6728-6737; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Reactivating Factor for Adenosylcobalamin-Dependent Ethanolamine Ammonia Lyase Koichi Mori, Reiko Bando, Naoki Hieda, and Tetsuo Toraya J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6845-6854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thermophilic, Reversible -Resorcylate Decarboxylase from Rhizobium sp. Strain MTP-10005: Purification, Molecular Characterization, and Expression Masahiro Yoshida, Nobuhiro Fukuhara, and Tadao Oikawa J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6855-6863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Dimer Dissociation on Activity and Thermostability of the -Glucuronidase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus: Dissecting the Different Oligomeric Forms of Family 67 Glycoside Hydrolases Dalia Shallom, Gali Golan, Gil Shoham, and Yuval Shoham J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6928-6937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Flagellin from Listeria monocytogenes Is Glycosylated with ß-O-Linked N-Acetylglucosamine M. Schirm, M. Kalmokoff, A. Aubry, P. Thibault, M. Sandoz, and S. M. Logan J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6721-6727; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Concerted Effects of Amino Acid Substitutions in Conserved Charged Residues and Other Residues in the Cytoplasmic Domain of PomA, a Stator Component of Na+-Driven Flagella Hajime Fukuoka, Toshiharu Yakushi, and Michio Homma J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6749-6758; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FtsZ Collaborates with Penicillin Binding Proteins To Generate Bacterial Cell Shape in Escherichia coli Archana Varma and Kevin D. Young J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6768-6774; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Bile on the Cell Surface Permeability Barrier and Efflux System of Vibrio cholerae Arpita Chatterjee, Sohini Chaudhuri, Gargi Saha, Satadeepa Gupta, and Rukhsana Chowdhury J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6809-6814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Fluorescent-Protein Tagging To Determine the Subcellular Localization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Proteins Encoded by the Cytadherence Regulatory Locus Tsuyoshi Kenri, Shintaro Seto, Atsuko Horino, Yuko Sasaki, Tsuguo Sasaki, and Makoto Miyata J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6944-6955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Treponema pallidum Fibronectin-Binding Proteins Caroline E. Cameron, Elizabeth L. Brown, Janelle M. Y. Kuroiwa, Lynn M. Schnapp, and Nathan L. Brouwer J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 7019-7022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Modulation of Monomer Conformation of the BglG Transcriptional Antiterminator from Escherichia coli Liat Fux, Anat Nussbaum-Shochat, Livnat Lopian, and Orna Amster-Choder J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6775-6781; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Regulation of the ant Operon, Encoding Two-Component Anthranilate 1,2-Dioxygenase, on the Carbazole-Degradative Plasmid pCAR1 of Pseudomonas resinovorans Strain CA10 Masaaki Urata, Masatoshi Miyakoshi, Satoshi Kai, Kana Maeda, Hiroshi Habe, Toshio Omori, Hisakazu Yamane, and Hideaki Nojiri J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6815-6823; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Transcriptional Regulator AlgR Controls Cyanide Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Alexander J. Carterson, Lisa A. Morici, Debra W. Jackson, Anders Frisk, Stephen E. Lizewski, Ryan Jupiter, Kendra Simpson, Daniel A. Kunz, Scott H. Davis, Jill R. Schurr, Daniel J. Hassett, and Michael J. Schurr J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6837-6844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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PAS Domain of the Aer Redox Sensor Requires C-Terminal Residues for Native-Fold Formation and Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide Binding Sarah Herrmann, Qinhong Ma, Mark S. Johnson, Alexandre V. Repik, and Barry L. Taylor J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6782-6791; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphorylation and RsbX-Dependent Dephosphorylation of RsbR in the RsbR-RsbS Complex of Bacillus subtilis Chien-Cheng Chen, Michael D. Yudkin, and Olivier Delumeau J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6830-6836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Methylation of GPLs in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium avium Dharshini Jeevarajah, John H. Patterson, Ellen Taig, Tobias Sargeant, Malcolm J. McConville, and Helen Billman-Jacobe J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6792-6799; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

lpt6, a Gene Required for Addition of Phosphoethanolamine to Inner-Core Lipopolysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae J. Claire Wright, Derek W. Hood, Gaynor A. Randle, Katherine Makepeace, Andrew D. Cox, Jianjun Li, Ronald Chalmers, James C. Richards, and E. Richard Moxon J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6970-6982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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The Glutathione-Glutaredoxin System in Rhodobacter capsulatus: Part of a Complex Regulatory Network Controlling Defense against Oxidative Stress Kuanyu Li, Silke Hein, Wenxin Zou, and Gabriele Klug J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6800-6808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A pH-Sensitive Function and Phenotype: Evidence that EutH Facilitates Diffusion of Uncharged Ethanolamine in Salmonella enterica Joseph T. Penrod, Christopher C. Mace, and John R. Roth J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6885-6890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Isolation, Free-Living Capacities, and Genome Structure of "Candidatus Glomeribacter gigasporarum," the Endocellular Bacterium of the Mycorrhizal Fungus Gigaspora margarita P. Jargeat, C. Cosseau, B. Ola'h, A. Jauneau, P. Bonfante, J. Batut, and G. Bécard J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6876-6884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Chemical Structure, Conjugation, and Cross-Reactivity of Bacillus pumilus Sh18 Cell Wall Polysaccharide Joanna Kubler-Kielb, Bruce Coxon, and Rachel Schneerson J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6891-6901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Crystal Structures of Escherichia coli ATP-Dependent Glucokinase and Its Complex with Glucose Vladimir V. Lunin, Yunge Li, Joseph D. Schrag, Pietro Iannuzzi, Miroslaw Cygler, and Allan Matte J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6915-6927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Three Parallel Quorum-Sensing Systems Regulate Gene Expression in Vibrio harveyi Jennifer M. Henke and Bonnie L. Bassler J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6902-6914; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Complete Genome Sequence of the Genetically Tractable Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis E. L. Hendrickson, R. Kaul, Y. Zhou, D. Bovee, P. Chapman, J. Chung, E. Conway de Macario, J. A. Dodsworth, W. Gillett, D. E. Graham, M. Hackett, A. K. Haydock, A. Kang, M. L. Land, R. Levy, T. J. Lie, T. A. Major, B. C. Moore, I. Porat, A. Palmeiri, G. Rouse, C. Saenphimmachak, D. Söll, S. Van Dien, T. Wang, W. B. Whitman, Q. Xia, Y. Zhang, F. W. Larimer, M. V. Olson, and J. A. Leigh J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6956-6969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome-Wide Transcriptional Analysis of the Cold Shock Response in Wild-Type and Cold-Sensitive, Quadruple-csp-Deletion Strains of Escherichia coli Sangita Phadtare and Masayori Inouye J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 7007-7014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Thirty-Eight C-Terminal Amino Acids of the Coupling Protein TraD of the F-Like Conjugative Resistance Plasmid R1 Are Required and Sufficient To Confer Binding to the Substrate Selector Protein TraM Andreas Beranek, Markus Zettl, Klaus Lorenzoni, Alexandra Schauer, Michael Manhart, and Günther Koraimann J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 6999-7006; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Cloning Serratia entomophila Antifeeding Genes—a Putative Defective Prophage Active against the Grass Grub Costelytra zealandica Mark R. H. Hurst, Travis R. Glare, and Trevor A. Jackson J. Bacteriol. October 2004 186: 7023-7024; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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