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Guest Commentaries:

Michael B. Yarmolinsky

Bacteriophage P1 in Retrospect and in Prospect
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7025-7028. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Nelson

Phage Taxonomy: We Agree To Disagree
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7029-7031. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Malgorzata B. Lobocka, Debra J. Rose, Guy Plunkett, III, Marek Rusin, Arkadiusz Samojedny, Hansjörg Lehnherr, Michael B. Yarmolinsky, and Frederick R. Blattner

Genome of Bacteriophage P1
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7032-7068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sandra Chibani-Chennoufi, Marie-Lise Dillmann, Laure Marvin-Guy, Sabrina Rami-Shojaei, and Harald Brüssow

Lactobacillus plantarum Bacteriophage LP65: a New Member of the SPO1-Like Genus of the Family Myoviridae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7069-7083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eve Vedler, Merle Vahter, and Ain Heinaru

The Completely Sequenced Plasmid pEST4011 Contains a Novel IncP1 Backbone and a Catabolic Transposon Harboring tfd Genes for 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Degradation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7161-7174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernd Tiemann, Reinhard Depping, Egle Gineikiene, Laura Kaliniene, Rimas Nivinskas, and Wolfgang Rüger

ModA and ModB, Two ADP-Ribosyltransferases Encoded by Bacteriophage T4: Catalytic Properties and Mutation Analysis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7262-7272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danielle A. Garsin, Jonathan Urbach, Jose C. Huguet-Tapia, Joseph E. Peters, and Frederick M. Ausubel

Construction of an Enterococcus faecalis Tn917-Mediated-Gene-Disruption Library Offers Insight into Tn917 Insertion Patterns
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7280-7289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Jue D. Wang, Megan E. Rokop, Melanie M. Barker, Nathaniel R. Hanson, and Alan D. Grossman

Multicopy Plasmids Affect Replisome Positioning in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7084-7090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason Szeto, Sudeep Acharya, Nelson F. Eng, and Jo-Anne R. Dillon

The N Terminus of MinD Contains Determinants Which Affect Its Dynamic Localization and Enzymatic Activity
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7175-7185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Weng-Keong Choy, Lian Zhou, Chris Kiu-Choong Syn, Lian-Hui Zhang, and Sanjay Swarup

MorA Defines a New Class of Regulators Affecting Flagellar Development and Biofilm Formation in Diverse Pseudomonas Species
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7221-7228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Sauer, M. C. Cullen, A. H. Rickard, L. A. H. Zeef, D. G. Davies, and P. Gilbert

Characterization of Nutrient-Induced Dispersion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Biofilm
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7312-7326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sherry A. Coleman, Elizabeth R. Fischer, Dale Howe, David J. Mead, and Robert A. Heinzen

Temporal Analysis of Coxiella burnetii Morphological Differentiation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7344-7352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Michelle A. Chaussee, Eduardo A. Callegari, and Michael S. Chaussee

Rgg Regulates Growth Phase-Dependent Expression of Proteins Associated with Secondary Metabolism and Stress in Streptococcus pyogenes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7091-7099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohiro Shimada, Hideki Makinoshima, Yoshito Ogawa, Takeyoshi Miki, Michihisa Maeda, and Akira Ishihama

Classification and Strength Measurement of Stationary-Phase Promoters by Use of a Newly Developed Promoter Cloning Vector
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7112-7122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Chris Minion, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Melissa L. Madsen, Barbara J. Cleary, Steven M. Swartzell, and Gregory G. Mahairas

The Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Strain 232, the Agent of Swine Mycoplasmosis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7123-7133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Daisuke Takamatsu, Barbara A. Bensing, and Paul M. Sullam

Four Proteins Encoded in the gspB-secY2A2 Operon of Streptococcus gordonii Mediate the Intracellular Glycosylation of the Platelet-Binding Protein GspB
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7100-7111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrés E. Ciocchini, Mara S. Roset, Nora Iñón de Iannino, and Rodolfo A. Ugalde

Membrane Topology Analysis of Cyclic Glucan Synthase, a Virulence Determinant of Brucella abortus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7205-7213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derek W. Hood, Gaynor Randle, Andrew D. Cox, Katherine Makepeace, Jianjun Li, Elke K. H. Schweda, James C. Richards, and E. Richard Moxon

Biosynthesis of Cryptic Lipopolysaccharide Glycoforms in Haemophilus influenzae Involves a Mechanism Similar to That Required for O-Antigen Synthesis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7429-7439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Structural Biology:

Alexey Teplyakov, Galina Obmolova, Elif Sarikaya, Sadhana Pullalarevu, Wojciech Krajewski, Andrey Galkin, Andrew J. Howard, Osnat Herzberg, and Gary L. Gilliland

Crystal Structure of the YgfZ Protein from Escherichia coli Suggests a Folate-Dependent Regulatory Role in One-Carbon Metabolism
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7134-7140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Boris A. Dmitriev, Filip V. Toukach, O. Holst, E. T. Rietschel, and S. Ehlers

Tertiary Structure of Staphylococcus aureus Cell Wall Murein
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7141-7148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Erin K. O'Reilly and Kenneth N. Kreuzer

Isolation of SOS Constitutive Mutants of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7149-7160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Tina K. Van Dyk, Lori J. Templeton, Keith A. Cantera, Pamela L. Sharpe, and F. Sima Sariaslani

Characterization of the Escherichia coli AaeAB Efflux Pump: a Metabolic Relief Valve?
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7196-7204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eyal Gur, Dvora Biran, Nelia Shechter, Pierre Genevaux, Costa Georgopoulos, and Eliora Z. Ron

The Escherichia coli DjlA and CbpA Proteins Can Substitute for DnaJ in DnaK-Mediated Protein Disaggregation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7236-7242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuela Di Lorenzo, Sophie Poppelaars, Michiel Stork, Maho Nagasawa, Marcelo E. Tolmasky, and Jorge H. Crosa

A Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase with a Novel Domain Organization Is Essential for Siderophore Biosynthesis in Vibrio anguillarum
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7327-7336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian H. Eggers, Melissa J. Caimano, and Justin D. Radolf

Analysis of Promoter Elements Involved in the Transcriptional Initiation of RpoS-Dependent Borrelia burgdorferi Genes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7390-7402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark W. Silby and Stuart B. Levy

Use of In Vivo Expression Technology To Identify Genes Important in Growth and Survival of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1 in Soil: Discovery of Expressed Sequences with Novel Genetic Organization
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7411-7419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Stephan Lacour and Paolo Landini

^S-Dependent Gene Expression at the Onset of Stationary Phase in Escherichia coli: Function of ^S-Dependent Genes and Identification of Their Promoter Sequences
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7186-7195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Vijay K. Sharma and Richard L. Zuerner

Role of hha and ler in Transcriptional Regulation of the esp Operon of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7290-7301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Valladares, Alicia M. Muro-Pastor, Antonia Herrero, and Enrique Flores

The NtcA-Dependent P₁ Promoter Is Utilized for glnA Expression in N₂-Fixing Heterocysts of Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7337-7343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dafne Solera, Fabio L. G. Arenghi, Tanja Woelk, Enrica Galli, and Paola Barbieri

TouR-Mediated Effector-Independent Growth Phase-Dependent Activation of the ⁵⁴ Ptou Promoter of Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7353-7363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhuo Ma, Nobuhisa Masuda, and John W. Foster

Characterization of EvgAS-YdeO-GadE Branched Regulatory Circuit Governing Glutamate-Dependent Acid Resistance in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7378-7389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reiko Ohki and Kozue Tateno

Increased Stability of bmr3 mRNA Results in a Multidrug-Resistant Phenotype in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7450-7455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Yasuyoshi Sakai, Hironori Takahashi, Yuori Wakasa, Tetsuya Kotani, Hiroya Yurimoto, Nobuya Miyachi, Paul P. Van Veldhoven, and Nobuo Kato

Role of -Methylacyl Coenzyme A Racemase in the Degradation of Methyl-Branched Alkanes by Mycobacterium sp. Strain P101
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7214-7220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Insook Kim, Eunjung Kim, Seokho Yoo, Daesung Shin, Bumchan Min, Jeeyeon Song, and Chankyu Park

Ribose Utilization with an Excess of Mutarotase Causes Cell Death Due to Accumulation of Methylglyoxal
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7229-7235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsuyoshi Uehara and James T. Park

The N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine Kinase of Escherichia coli and Its Role in Murein Recycling
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7273-7279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrice L. Moreau

Diversion of the Metabolic Flux from Pyruvate Dehydrogenase to Pyruvate Oxidase Decreases Oxidative Stress during Glucose Metabolism in Nongrowing Escherichia coli Cells Incubated under Aerobic, Phosphate Starvation Conditions
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7364-7368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

René Handrick, Simone Reinhardt, Philipp Kimmig, and Dieter Jendrossek

The "Intracellular" Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) Depolymerase of Rhodospirillum rubrum Is a Periplasm-Located Protein with Specificity for Native PHB and with Structural Similarity to Extracellular PHB Depolymerases
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7243-7253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonette Robles-Price, Thiang Yian Wong, Håvard Sletta, Svein Valla, and Neal L. Schiller

AlgX Is a Periplasmic Protein Required for Alginate Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7369-7377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beronda L. Montgomery, Elena Silva Casey, Arthur R. Grossman, and David M. Kehoe

AplA, a Member of a New Class of Phycobiliproteins Lacking a Traditional Role in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7420-7428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Lan-Ying Lee and Stanton B. Gelvin

Osa Protein Constitutes a Strong Oncogenic Suppression System That Can Block vir-Dependent Transfer of IncQ Plasmids between Agrobacterium Cells and the Establishment of IncQ Plasmids in Plant Cells
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7254-7261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Mark T. Anderson and Sandra K. Armstrong

The BfeR Regulator Mediates Enterobactin-Inducible Expression of Bordetella Enterobactin Utilization Genes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7302-7311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Celeste N. Peterson, Natividad Ruiz, and Thomas J. Silhavy

RpoS Proteolysis Is Regulated by a Mechanism That Does Not Require the SprE (RssB) Response Regulator Phosphorylation Site
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7403-7410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kylie J. Watts, Qinhong Ma, Mark S. Johnson, and Barry L. Taylor

Interactions between the PAS and HAMP Domains of the Escherichia coli Aerotaxis Receptor Aer
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7440-7449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qinhong Ma, Francis Roy, Sarah Herrmann, Barry L. Taylor, and Mark S. Johnson

The Aer Protein of Escherichia coli Forms a Homodimer Independent of the Signaling Domain and Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide Binding
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7456-7459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Ferdousi Rezwan, Ruiting Lan, and Peter R. Reeves

Molecular Basis of the Indole-Negative Reaction in Shigella Strains: Extensive Damages to the tna Operon by Insertion Sequences
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 7460-7465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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