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Contents: July 2006, Volume 188, Issue 14        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Gene Regulation        Plant Microbiology        Physiology and Metabolism        Microbial Cell Biology        Signal Transduction        Population Genetics and Evolution        Author's Correction

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The Brucella abortus Cyclic ß-1,2-Glucan Virulence Factor Is Substituted with O-Ester-Linked Succinyl Residues Mara S. Roset, Andrés E. Ciocchini, Rodolfo A. Ugalde, and Nora Iñón de Iannino J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5003-5013; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The SloR/Dlg Metalloregulator Modulates Streptococcus mutans Virulence Gene Expression Elizabeth Rolerson, Adam Swick, Lindsay Newlon, Cameron Palmer, Yong Pan, Britton Keeshan, and Grace Spatafora J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5033-5044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autoregulation of the MisR/MisS Two-Component Signal Transduction System in Neisseria meningitidis Yih-Ling Tzeng, Xiaoliu Zhou, Shaojia Bao, Shuming Zhao, Corie Noble, and David S. Stephens J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5055-5065; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

H-NS Represses inv Transcription in Yersinia enterocolitica through Competition with RovA and Interaction with YmoA Damon W. Ellison and Virginia L. Miller J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5101-5112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RecA and RadA Proteins of Brucella abortus Do Not Perform Overlapping Protective DNA Repair Functions following Oxidative Burst Christelle M. Roux, Natha J. Booth, Bryan H. Bellaire, Jason M. Gee, R. Martin Roop, II, Michael E. Kovach, Renée M. Tsolis, Philip H. Elzer, and Don G. Ennis J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5187-5195; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

GlcNAc-6P Levels Modulate the Expression of Curli Fibers by Escherichia coli Michelle M. Barnhart, Jaclyn Lynem, and Matthew R. Chapman J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5212-5219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Transcriptome Analysis of Tropheryma whipplei in Response to Temperature Stresses Nicolas Crapoulet, Pascal Barbry, Didier Raoult, and Patricia Renesto J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5228-5239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenomic and Biochemical Characterization of Three Legionella pneumophila Polypeptide Deformylases Jianzhong Huang, Glenn S. Van Aller, Amy N. Taylor, John J. Kerrigan, Wu-Schyong Liu, Janice M. Trulli, Zhihong Lai, David Holmes, Kelly M. Aubart, James R. Brown, and Magdalena Zalacain J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5249-5257; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the Chlamydia trachomatis Histone H1-Like Protein Hc2 Is IspE Dependent and IhtA Independent Nicole A. Grieshaber, Janet Burgess Sager, Cheryl A. Dooley, Stanley F. Hayes, and Ted Hackstadt J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5289-5292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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DevA, a GntR-Like Transcriptional Regulator Required for Development in Streptomyces coelicolor Paul A. Hoskisson, Sebastien Rigali, Kay Fowler, Kim C. Findlay, and Mark J. Buttner J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5014-5023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Evidence for the Requirement of RecA Loading Activity in SOS Induction after UV Irradiation in Escherichia coli Ivana Ivancic-Bace, Ignacija Vlasic, Erika Salaj-Smic, and Krunoslav Brcic-Kostic J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5024-5032; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations of the Membrane-Bound Disulfide Reductase DsbD That Block Electron Transfer Steps from Cytoplasm to Periplasm in Escherichia coli Seung-Hyun Cho and Jon Beckwith J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5066-5076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

GlpD and PlsB Participate in Persister Cell Formation in Escherichia coli Amy L. Spoering, Marin Vulic, and Kim Lewis J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5136-5144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RNase E Maintenance of Proper FtsZ/FtsA Ratio Required for Nonfilamentous Growth of Escherichia coli Cells but Not for Colony-Forming Ability Masaru Tamura, Kangseok Lee, Christine A. Miller, Christopher J. Moore, Yukio Shirako, Masahiko Kobayashi, and Stanley N. Cohen J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5145-5152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Unstable Competence-Induced Protein, CoiA, Promotes Processing of Donor DNA after Uptake during Genetic Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae Bhushan V. Desai and Donald A. Morrison J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5177-5186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of DNA Replication and Repair in Thymineless Death in Escherichia coli Pamela A. Morganroth and Philip C. Hanawalt J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5286-5288; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Na+-Translocating F1Fo-ATPase from the Thermoalkaliphilic Bacterium Clostridium paradoxum Scott A. Ferguson, Stefanie Keis, and Gregory M. Cook J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5045-5054; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CYP153A6, a Soluble P450 Oxygenase Catalyzing Terminal-Alkane Hydroxylation Enrico G. Funhoff, Ulrich Bauer, Inés García-Rubio, Bernard Witholt, and Jan B. van Beilen J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5220-5227; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Peptidoglycan Structure Analysis of Lactococcus lactis Reveals the Presence of an L,D-Carboxypeptidase Involved in Peptidoglycan Maturation Pascal Courtin, Guy Miranda, Alain Guillot, Françoise Wessner, Christine Mézange, Elena Domakova, Saulius Kulakauskas, and Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5293-5298; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Osmotic Upshift Transiently Inhibits Uptake via ABC Transporters in Gram-Negative Bacteria M. A. Fox, J. P. White, A. H. F. Hosie, E. M. Lodwig, and P. S. Poole J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5304-5307; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Limited Role for the DsrA and RprA Regulatory RNAs in rpoS Regulation in Salmonella enterica Amy M. Jones, Adam Goodwill, and Thomas Elliott J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5077-5088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of LiaRS-Dependent Gene Expression in Bacillus subtilis: Identification of Inhibitor Proteins, Regulator Binding Sites, and Target Genes of a Conserved Cell Envelope Stress-Sensing Two-Component System Sina Jordan, Anja Junker, John D. Helmann, and Thorsten Mascher J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5153-5166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the Myxococcus xanthus C-Signal-Dependent 4400 Promoter by the Essential Developmental Protein FruA Deborah R. Yoder-Himes and Lee Kroos J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5167-5176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of the ComA-Dependent Quorum Response in Bacillus subtilis by Multiple Rap Proteins and Phr Peptides Jennifer M. Auchtung, Catherine A. Lee, and Alan D. Grossman J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5273-5285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphate Starvation Induces the Sporulation Killing Factor of Bacillus subtilis Nicholas E. E. Allenby, Carys A. Watts, Georg Homuth, Zoltán Prágai, Anil Wipat, Alan C. Ward, and Colin R. Harwood J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5299-5303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the Helicobacter pylori Fe-S Cluster Synthesis Protein NifS by Iron, Oxidative Stress Conditions, and Fur Praveen Alamuri, Nalini Mehta, Andrew Burk, and Robert J. Maier J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5325-5330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Molecular Characterization of Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii HrpY, a Conserved Response Regulator of the Hrp Type III Secretion System, and its Interaction with the hrpS Promoter Massimo Merighi, Doris R. Majerczak, Michael Zianni, Kimberly Tessanne, and David L. Coplin J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5089-5100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Occurrence of Two 5-Aminolevulinate Biosynthetic Pathways in Streptomyces nodosus subsp. asukaensis Is Linked with the Production of Asukamycin Miroslav Petrícek, Katerina Petrícková, Libor Havlícek, and Jürgen Felsberg J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5113-5123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alanine Dehydrogenase Activity Is Required for Adequate Progression of Phycobilisome Degradation during Nitrogen Starvation in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 Roxane Lahmi, Eleonora Sendersky, Alexander Perelman, Martin Hagemann, Karl Forchhammer, and Rakefet Schwarz J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5258-5265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glycogen Phosphorylase, the Product of the glgP Gene, Catalyzes Glycogen Breakdown by Removing Glucose Units from the Nonreducing Ends in Escherichia coli Nora Alonso-Casajús, David Dauvillée, Alejandro Miguel Viale, Francisco José Muñoz, Edurne Baroja-Fernández, María Teresa Morán-Zorzano, Gustavo Eydallin, Steven Ball, and Javier Pozueta-Romero J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5266-5272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Interplay of the Wzx Translocase and the Corresponding Polymerase and Chain Length Regulator Proteins in the Translocation and Periplasmic Assembly of Lipopolysaccharide O Antigen Cristina L. Marolda, Laura D. Tatar, Cristina Alaimo, Markus Aebi, and Miguel A. Valvano J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5124-5135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

28-Dependent Transcription in Salmonella enterica Is Independent of Flagellar Shearing Valentina Rosu and Kelly T. Hughes J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5196-5203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the Flagellar Rotor Protein FliN: Identification of Surfaces Important for Flagellar Assembly and Switching Koushik Paul, Jacob G. Harmon, and David F. Blair J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5240-5248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of the Intramolecular Disulfide Bridge in MotX and MotY, the Specific Proteins for Sodium-Driven Motors in Vibrio spp. Jin Yagasaki, Mayuko Okabe, Rie Kurebayashi, Toshiharu Yakushi, and Michio Homma J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5308-5314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Constitutive Activation of Two-Component Response Regulators: Characterization of VirG Activation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Rong Gao, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Fang Fang, and David G. Lynn J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5204-5211; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Holdfast Formation in Motile Swarmer Cells Optimizes Surface Attachment during Caulobacter crescentus Development Assaf Levi and Urs Jenal J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5315-5318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Population Structure of Francisella tularensis Ulrich Nübel, Rolf Reissbrodt, Annette Weller, Roland Grunow, Mustafa Porsch-Özcürümez, Herbert Tomaso, Erwin Hofer, Wolf Splettstoesser, Ernst-Jürgen Finke, Helmut Tschäpe, and Wolfgang Witte J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5319-5324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Biochemical Characterization of a Prokaryotic Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase Longkuan Xiang and Bradley S. Moore J. Bacteriol. July 2006 188: 5331 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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