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Contents: July 2007, Volume 189, Issue 13        Minireviews        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Population Genetics and Evolution        Gene Regulation        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Genomics and Proteomics        Physiology and Metabolism        Enzymes and Proteins        Microbial Cell Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Errata        Author's Correction

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Minireviews:

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Conversion of Cobinamide into Adenosylcobamide in Bacteria and Archaea Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4555-4560; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00503-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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A Copper-Activated Two-Component System Interacts with Zinc and Imipenem Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Olivier Caille, Claude Rossier, and Karl Perron J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4561-4568; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00095-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of ponA and pilMNOPQ Expression by the MtrR Transcriptional Regulatory Protein in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Jason P. Folster, Vijaya Dhulipala, Robert A. Nicholas, and William M. Shafer J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4569-4577; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00286-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Missing trans-Acting Enoyl Reductase Required for Phthiocerol Dimycocerosate and Phenolglycolipid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Roxane Siméone, Patricia Constant, Christophe Guilhot, Mamadou Daffé, and Christian Chalut J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4597-4602; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00169-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo-Selected Mutations in Methyl-Directed Mismatch Repair Suppress the Virulence Attenuation of Salmonella dam Mutant Strains following Intraperitoneal, but Not Oral, Infection of Naïve Mice Douglas M. Heithoff, Golnaz Badie, Steven M. Julio, Elena Y. Enioutina, Raymond A. Daynes, Robert L. Sinsheimer, and Michael J. Mahan J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4708-4717; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00299-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of the Mannan Backbone of Cryptococcal Glucuronoxylomannan and a Glycolytic Enzyme of Staphylococcus aureus to Contact-Mediated Killing of Cryptococcus neoformans Reiko Ikeda, Fumito Saito, Miki Matsuo, Kenji Kurokawa, Kazuhisa Sekimizu, Masashi Yamaguchi, and Susumu Kawamoto J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4815-4826; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00412-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomic Identification of a Novel Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA Binding Protein That Regulates a Putative Transcription Factor Xueqi Wang, Takane Kikuchi, and Yasuko Rikihisa J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4880-4886; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00318-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Release of the Lipopolysaccharide Deacylase PagL from Latency Compensates for a Lack of Lipopolysaccharide Aminoarabinose Modification-Dependent Resistance to the Antimicrobial Peptide Polymyxin B in Salmonella enterica Kiyoshi Kawasaki, Kotaro China, and Masahiro Nishijima J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4911-4919; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00451-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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A Robust Species Tree for the Alphaproteobacteria Kelly P. Williams, Bruno W. Sobral, and Allan W. Dickerman J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4578-4586; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00269-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Delineation of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium HilA Regulon through Genome-Wide Location and Transcript Analysis Inge M. V. Thijs, Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker, Abeer Fadda, Kristof Engelen, Hui Zhao, Michael McClelland, Kathleen Marchal, and Jos Vanderleyden J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4587-4596; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00178-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Controls Regulate the Expression of mobE, an HNH Homing Endonuclease Gene Embedded within a Ribonucleotide Reductase Gene of Phage Aeh1 Ewan A. Gibb and David R. Edgell J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4648-4661; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00321-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Extracytoplasmic Function-Type Sigma Factor SigM of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 Is Involved in Transcription of Disulfide Stress-Related Genes Diana Nakunst, Christof Larisch, Andrea T. Hüser, Andreas Tauch, Alfred Pühler, and Jörn Kalinowski J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4696-4707; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00382-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Single, Specific Thymine Mutation in the ComK-Binding Site Severely Decreases Binding and Transcription Activation by the Competence Transcription Factor ComK of Bacillus subtilis Kim A. Susanna, Aleksandra M. Mironczuk, Wiep Klaas Smits, Leendert W. Hamoen, and Oscar P. Kuipers J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4718-4728; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00281-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of rapH and rapG in Positive Regulation of Rapamycin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces hygroscopicus Enej Kuscer, Nigel Coates, Iain Challis, Matt Gregory, Barrie Wilkinson, Rose Sheridan, and Hrvoje Petkovic J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4756-4763; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00129-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic SELEX Search for Target Promoters under the Control of the PhoQP-RstBA Signal Relay Cascade Hiroshi Ogasawara, Akiko Hasegawa, Emi Kanda, Takenori Miki, Kaneyoshi Yamamoto, and Akira Ishihama J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4791-4799; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00319-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Translational Regulation of the Escherichia coli Stress Factor RpoS: a Role for SsrA and Lon Caroline Ranquet and Susan Gottesman J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4872-4879; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01838-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of the Three Multicopper Oxidases from Myxococcus xanthus María Celestina Sánchez-Sutil, Nuria Gómez-Santos, Aurelio Moraleda-Muñoz, Lígia O. Martins, Juana Pérez, and José Muñoz-Dorado J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4887-4898; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00309-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Genetic Dissection of Specificity Determinants in the Interaction of HPr with Enzymes II of the Bacterial Phosphoenolpyruvate:Sugar Phosphotransferase System in Escherichia coli Birte Reichenbach, Daniel A. Breustedt, Jörg Stülke, Bodo Rak, and Boris Görke J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4603-4613; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00236-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Silencing Essential Protein Secretion in Mycobacterium smegmatis by Using Tetracycline Repressors Xinzheng V. Guo, Mercedes Monteleone, Marcus Klotzsche, Annette Kamionka, Wolfgang Hillen, Miriam Braunstein, Sabine Ehrt, and Dirk Schnappinger J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4614-4623; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00216-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase I in Conferring Viability upon the dnaN159 Mutant Strain Robert W. Maul, Laurie H. Sanders, James B. Lim, Rosemary Benitez, and Mark D. Sutton J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4688-4695; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00476-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization and Subcellular Localization of Macrophage Infectivity Potentiator, a Chlamydia trachomatis Lipoprotein Laurence Neff, Sawsan Daher, Patrick Muzzin, Ursula Spenato, Fazil Gülaçar, Cem Gabay, and Sylvette Bas J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4739-4748; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01889-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Additive Effects of SbcCD and PolX Deficiencies in the In Vivo Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Deinococcus radiodurans Esma Bentchikou, Pascale Servant, Geneviève Coste, and Suzanne Sommer J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4784-4790; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00452-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

YbxF, a Protein Associated with Exponential-Phase Ribosomes in Bacillus subtilis Ludek Sojka, Vladimír Fucík, Libor Krásny, Ivan Barvík, and Jirí Jonák J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4809-4814; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01786-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure-Based Functional Analysis of the Replication Protein of Plasmid R6K: Key Amino Acids at the /DNA Interface Selvi Kunnimalaiyaan, Sheryl A. Rakowski, and Marcin Filutowicz J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4953-4956; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00109-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Characterization of a Novel Bile-Inducible Operon Encoding a Two-Component Regulatory System in Lactobacillus acidophilus Erika A. Pfeiler, M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, and Todd R. Klaenhammer J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4624-4634; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00337-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity of Toxigenic and Nontoxigenic Vibrio cholerae Serogroups O1 and O139 Revealed by Array-Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization Bo Pang, Meiying Yan, Zhigang Cui, Xiaofen Ye, Baowei Diao, Yonghong Ren, Shouyi Gao, Liang Zhang, and Biao Kan J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4837-4849; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01959-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Genome Analysis of Four Magnetotactic Bacteria Reveals a Complex Set of Group-Specific Genes Implicated in Magnetosome Biomineralization and Function Michael Richter, Michael Kube, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Thierry Lombardot, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Richard Reinhardt, and Dirk Schüler J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4899-4910; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00119-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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A Polyomic Approach To Elucidate the Fluoranthene-Degradative Pathway in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 Ohgew Kweon, Seong-Jae Kim, Richard C. Jones, James P. Freeman, Michael D. Adjei, Ricky D. Edmondson, and Carl E. Cerniglia J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4635-4647; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00128-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Levels of Ca2+-Dipicolinic Acid in Individual Bacillus Spores Determined Using Microfluidic Raman Tweezers Shu-shi Huang, De Chen, Patricia L. Pelczar, Venkata Ramana Vepachedu, Peter Setlow, and Yong-qing Li J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4681-4687; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00282-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes, Enzymes, and Regulation of para-Cresol Metabolism in Geobacter metallireducens Franziska Peters, Dimitri Heintz, Jörg Johannes, Alain van Dorsselaer, and Matthias Boll J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4729-4738; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00260-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

L-Sorbose Reductase and Its Transcriptional Regulator Involved in L-Sorbose Utilization of Gluconobacter frateurii Wichai Soemphol, Hirohide Toyama, Duangtip Moonmangmee, Osao Adachi, and Kazunobu Matsushita J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4800-4808; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01895-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conversion of Flavodoxin from Holoenzyme to Apoprotein during Growth Phase Changes in Helicobacter pylori Hirofumi Shimomura, Shunji Hayashi, Kenji Yokota, Keiji Oguma, and Yoshikazu Hirai J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4960-4963; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00272-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quorum Sensing Regulates Denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Masanori Toyofuku, Nobuhiko Nomura, Tatsuya Fujii, Naoki Takaya, Hideaki Maseda, Isao Sawada, Toshiaki Nakajima, and Hiroo Uchiyama J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4969-4972; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00289-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Deletion and Substitution Analysis of the Escherichia coli TonB Q160 Region Hema Vakharia-Rao, Kyle A. Kastead, Marina I. Savenkova, Charles M. Bulathsinghala, and Kathleen Postle J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4662-4670; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00180-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flavodoxin:Quinone Reductase (FqrB): a Redox Partner of Pyruvate:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase That Reversibly Couples Pyruvate Oxidation to NADPH Production in Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni Martin St. Maurice, Nunilo Cremades, Matthew A. Croxen, Gary Sisson, Javier Sancho, and Paul S. Hoffman J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4764-4773; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00287-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Cell Surface-Anchored Cellulose-Binding Protein Encoded by the sca Gene Cluster of Ruminococcus flavefaciens Marco T. Rincon, Tadej Cepeljnik, Jennifer C. Martin, Yoav Barak, Raphael Lamed, Edward A. Bayer, and Harry J. Flint J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4774-4783; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00143-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Bonds between an Iron Oxide Surface and Outer Membrane Cytochromes MtrC and OmcA from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Brian H. Lower, Liang Shi, Ruchirej Yongsunthon, Timothy C. Droubay, David E. McCready, and Steven K. Lower J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4944-4952; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01518-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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An Antibiotic-Inducible Cell Wall-Associated Protein That Protects Bacillus subtilis from Autolysis Letal I. Salzberg and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4671-4680; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00403-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 Requires Type IV Pili Katy J. Evans, Carey Lambert, and R. Elizabeth Sockett J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4850-4859; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01942-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Oxidoreductase DsbA Plays a Key Role in the Ability of the Crohn's Disease-Associated Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli Strain LF82 To Resist Macrophage Killing Marie-Agnès Bringer, Nathalie Rolhion, Anne-Lise Glasser, and Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4860-4871; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00233-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Clocking Out: Modeling Phage-Induced Lysis of Escherichia coli Gillian L. Ryan and Andrew D. Rutenberg J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4749-4755; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00392-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Parasitism of Chlamydiae: Specific Infectivity of Chlamydiaphage Chp2 in Chlamydophila abortus R. J. Skilton, L. T. Cutcliffe, M. A. Pickett, P. R. Lambden, B. A. Fane, and I. N. Clarke J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4957-4959; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00235-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Environmental Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Las and Rhl Quorum-Sensing Systems Kangmin Duan and Michael G. Surette J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4827-4836; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00043-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis Pellicle Formation Proceeds through Genetically Defined Morphological Changes Kazuo Kobayashi J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4920-4931; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00157-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Pseudomonas putida Rough Variant Evolved in a Mixed-Species Biofilm with Acinetobacter sp. Strain C6 Susse Kirkelund Hansen, Janus A. J. Haagensen, Morten Gjermansen, Thomas Martini Jørgensen, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, and Søren Molin J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4932-4943; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00041-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diffusible Signal Factor-Dependent Cell-Cell Signaling and Virulence in the Nosocomial Pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Yvonne Fouhy, Karl Scanlon, Katherine Schouest, Charles Spillane, Lisa Crossman, Matthew B. Avison, Robert P. Ryan, and J. Maxwell Dow J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4964-4968; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00310-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Whole-Genome Analysis of the Methyl tert-Butyl Ether-Degrading Beta-Proteobacterium Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1 Staci R. Kane, Anu Y. Chakicherla, Patrick S. G. Chain, Radomir Schmidt, Maria W. Shin, Tina C. Legler, Kate M. Scow, Frank W. Larimer, Susan M. Lucas, Paul M. Richardson, and Krassimira R. Hristova J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4973 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Global Analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Zur (FurB) Regulon Anna Maciag, Elisa Dainese, G. Marcela Rodriguez, Anna Milano, Roberta Provvedi, Maria R. Pasca, Issar Smith, Giorgio Palù, Giovanna Riccardi, and Riccardo Manganelli J. Bacteriol. July 2007 189: 4974 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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