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Guest Commentaries:

Giuseppe Bertani

Lysogeny at Mid-Twentieth Century: P1, P2, and Other Experimental Systems
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 595-600. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Isabel Martinez-Argudo, Richard Little, Neil Shearer, Philip Johnson, and Ray Dixon

The NifL-NifA System: a Multidomain Transcriptional Regulatory Complex That Integrates Environmental Signals
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 601-610. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

L. M. Meslet-Cladiere, A. Pimenta, E. Duchaud, I. B. Holland, and M. A. Blight

In Vivo Expression of the Mannose-Resistant Fimbriae of Photorhabdus temperata K122 during Insect Infection
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 611-622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kari L. Schmidt, Nicholas D. Peterson, Ryan J. Kustusch, Mark C. Wissel, Becky Graham, Gregory J. Phillips, and David S. Weiss

A Predicted ABC Transporter, FtsEX, Is Needed for Cell Division in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 785-793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Anthony K.-C. So, George S. Espie, Eric B. Williams, Jessup M. Shively, Sabine Heinhorst, and Gordon C. Cannon

A Novel Evolutionary Lineage of Carbonic Anhydrase ( Class) Is a Component of the Carboxysome Shell
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 623-630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Willie F. Vann, Dayle A. Daines, Andrew S. Murkin, Martin E. Tanner, Donald O. Chaffin, Craig E. Rubens, Justine Vionnet, and Richard P. Silver

The NeuC Protein of Escherichia coli K1 Is a UDP N-Acetylglucosamine 2-Epimerase
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 706-712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William T. Jones, Taha Al-Samarrai, Janice M. Reeves, Gordon B. Ryan, Christopher A. Kirk, Eva Vincze, Dawn Harvey, Marie McCambridge, David Greenwood, and Paul H. S. Reynolds

The trans-Acting Protein Interacting with the DNA Motif Proximal to the Transcriptional Start Site of Plant L-Asparaginase Is Bacterial Sarcosine Oxidase
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 811-817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

M. L. Urbanowski, C. P. Lostroh, and E. P. Greenberg

Reversible Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Binding to Purified Vibrio fischeri LuxR Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 631-637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah R. Yoder and Lee Kroos

Mutational Analysis of the Myxococcus xanthus 4400 Promoter Region Provides Insight into Developmental Gene Regulation by C Signaling
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 661-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helen J. Wing, Arthur W. Yan, Seth R. Goldman, and Marcia B. Goldberg

Regulation of IcsP, the Outer Membrane Protease of the Shigella Actin Tail Assembly Protein IcsA, by Virulence Plasmid Regulators VirF and VirB
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 699-705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cynthia L. Richard, Animesh Tandon, and Robert G. Kranz

Rhodobacter capsulatus nifA1 Promoter: High-GC -10 Regions in High-GC Bacteria and the Basis for Their Transcription
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 740-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reka Szigeti, Mirela Milescu, and Paul Gollnick

Regulation of the Tryptophan Biosynthetic Genes in Bacillus halodurans: Common Elements but Different Strategies than Those Used by Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 818-828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Barbara A. Bensing, Bradford W. Gibson, and Paul M. Sullam

The Streptococcus gordonii Platelet Binding Protein GspB Undergoes Glycosylation Independently of Export
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 638-645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helen Leavis, Janetta Top, Nathan Shankar, Katrine Borgen, Marc Bonten, Jan van Embden, and Rob J. L. Willems

A Novel Putative Enterococcal Pathogenicity Island Linked to the esp Virulence Gene of Enterococcus faecium and Associated with Epidemicity
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 672-682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong Lim, Malabendu Jana, Thanh T. Luong, and Chia Y. Lee

Control of Glucose- and NaCl-Induced Biofilm Formation by rbf in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 722-729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ching-ju Chen, Deborah M. Tobiason, Christopher E. Thomas, William M. Shafer, H. Steven Seifert, and P. Frederick Sparling

A Mutant Form of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Pilus Secretin Protein PilQ Allows Increased Entry of Heme and Antimicrobial Compounds
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 730-739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wolfgang Fischer and Rainer Haas

The RecA Protein of Helicobacter pylori Requires a Posttranslational Modification for Full Activity
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 777-784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehmet Sevket Cetin, Chaomei Zhang, Robert W. Hutkins, and Andrew K. Benson

Regulation of Transcription of Compatible Solute Transporters by the General Stress Sigma Factor, ^B, in Listeria monocytogenes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 794-802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric D. Cambronne, Joseph A. Sorg, and Olaf Schneewind

Binding of SycH Chaperone to YscM1 and YscM2 Activates Effector yop Expression in Yersinia enterocolitica
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 829-841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geneviève Renauld-Mongénie, Laurence Lins, Tino Krell, Laure Laffly, Michèle Mignon, Monique Dupuy, Rose-May Delrue, Françoise Guinet-Morlot, Robert Brasseur, and Ling Lissolo

Transferrin-Binding Protein B of Neisseria meningitidis: Sequence-Based Identification of the Transferrin-Binding Site Confirmed by Site-Directed Mutagenesis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 850-857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy Moore, Gary J. Sharples, and Robert G. Lloyd

DNA Binding by the Meningococcal RdgC Protein, Associated with Pilin Antigenic Variation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 870-874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shumin Tan and Douglas E. Berg

Motility of Urease-Deficient Derivatives of Helicobacter pylori
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 885-888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Hui Li, Kirstin J. Milks, and Donald A. Bryant

Nine Mutants of Chlorobium tepidum Each Unable To Synthesize a Different Chlorosome Protein Still Assemble Functional Chlorosomes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 646-653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maurizio Labbate, Shu Yeong Queck, Kai Shyang Koh, Scott A. Rice, Michael Givskov, and Staffan Kjelleberg

Quorum Sensing-Controlled Biofilm Development in Serratia liquefaciens MG1
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 692-698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gunilla Jäger, Ramune Leipuviene, Michael G. Pollard, Qiang Qian, and Glenn R. Björk

The Conserved Cys-X₁-X₂-Cys Motif Present in the TtcA Protein Is Required for the Thiolation of Cytidine in Position 32 of tRNA from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 750-757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramune Leipuviene, Qiang Qian, and Glenn R. Björk

Formation of Thiolated Nucleosides Present in tRNA from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Occurs in Two Principally Distinct Pathways
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 758-766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George Schmitz and Diana M. Downs

Reduced Transaminase B (IlvE) Activity Caused by the Lack of yjgF Is Dependent on the Status of Threonine Deaminase (IlvA) in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 803-810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shulu Zhang, Susan M. Laborde, Laurie K. Frankel, and Terry M. Bricker

Four Novel Genes Required for Optimal Photoautotrophic Growth of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Identified by In Vitro Transposon Mutagenesis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 875-879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Xiaoming Zhan, Junjun Gao, Chaitanya Jain, Michael J. Cieslewicz, James R. Swartz, and George Georgiou

Genetic Analysis of Disulfide Isomerization in Escherichia coli: Expression of DsbC Is Modulated by RNase E-Dependent mRNA Processing
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 654-660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre-Marie Akochy, Dominic Bernard, Paul H. Roy, and Jacques Lapointe

Direct Glutaminyl-tRNA Biosynthesis and Indirect Asparaginyl-tRNA Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 767-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Walker, Matthew Rolfe, Arthur Thompson, Geoffrey R. Moore, Richard James, Jay C. D. Hinton, and Colin Kleanthous

Transcriptional Profiling of Colicin-Induced Cell Death of Escherichia coli MG1655 Identifies Potential Mechanisms by Which Bacteriocins Promote Bacterial Diversity
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 866-869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Stephan Schmitz-Esser, Nicole Linka, Astrid Collingro, Cora L. Beier, H. Ekkehard Neuhaus, Michael Wagner, and Matthias Horn

ATP/ADP Translocases: a Common Feature of Obligate Intracellular Amoebal Symbionts Related to Chlamydiae and Rickettsiae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 683-691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Susana Domingues, Alain Chopin, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Marie-Christine Chopin

The Lactococcal Abortive Phage Infection System AbiP Prevents both Phage DNA Replication and Temporal Transcription Switch
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 713-721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leslie A. Lewis, Edruge Cylin, Ho Kyung Lee, Robert Saby, Wilson Wong, and Nigel D. F. Grindley

The Left End of IS2: a Compromise between Transpositional Activity and an Essential Promoter Function That Regulates the Transposition Pathway
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 858-865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Emma Lodwig, Shalini Kumar, David Allaway, Alex Bourdes, Jürgen Prell, Ursula Priefer, and Philip Poole

Regulation of L-Alanine Dehydrogenase in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae and Its Role in Pea Nodules
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 842-849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

S. J. Ryan Arends and David S. Weiss

Inhibiting Cell Division in Escherichia coli Has Little If Any Effect on Gene Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 880-884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Lavin A. Joseph and Anita C. Wright

Expression of Vibrio vulnificus Capsular Polysaccharide Inhibits Biofilm Formation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 889-893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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