Journal of Bacteriology: 189 (2)

January 15, 2007; Volume 189,Issue 2

Guest Commentaries

GUEST COMMENTARIES
From Oil to Bioplastics, a Dream Come True?
María A. Prieto
GUEST COMMENTARIES
How 34 Pegs Fit into 26 + 8 Holes in the Flagellar Motor
Michael D. Manson
GUEST COMMENTARIES
An Important Step in Listeria Lipoprotein Research
Francisco García-del Portillo, Pascale Cossart

Minireviews

Minireview
A New Look at Bacteriophage λ Genetic Networks
Donald L. Court, Amos B. Oppenheim, Sankar L. Adhya

Signal Transduction

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
Mutational Analysis of the Flagellar Protein FliG: Sites of Interaction with FliM and Implications for Organization of the Switch Complex
Perry N. Brown, Moises Terrazas, Koushik Paul, David F. Blair
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
Phosphotransfer Reactions of the CbbRRS Three-Protein Two- Component System from Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA010 Appear To Be Controlled by an Internal Molecular Switch on the Sensor Kinase
Simona Romagnoli, F. Robert Tabita

Molecular Biology of Pathogens

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Inactivation of Lgt Allows Systematic Characterization of Lipoproteins from Listeria monocytogenes
Maja Baumgärtner, Uwe Kärst, Birgit Gerstel, Martin Loessner, Jürgen Wehland, Lothar Jänsch
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
The lspA Gene, Encoding the Type II Signal Peptidase of Rickettsia typhi: Transcriptional and Functional Analysis
M. Sayeedur Rahman, Shane M. Ceraul, Sheila M. Dreher-Lesnick, Magda S. Beier, Abdu F. Azad
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Lytic Transglycosylases Slt and MltD
Catherine Chaput, Agnès Labigne, Ivo G. Boneca
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Identification and Characterization of an RTX Toxin in the Emerging Pathogen Kingella kingae
Thomas E. Kehl-Fie, Joseph W. St. Geme
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Borrelia burgdorferi Alters Its Gene Expression and Antigenic Profile in Response to CO₂ Levels
Jenny A. Hyde, Jerome P. Trzeciakowski, Jonathan T. Skare
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Interference of Components of the Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphotransferase System with the Central Virulence Gene Regulator PrfA of Listeria monocytogenes
Sonja Mertins, Biju Joseph, Monika Goetz, Regina Ecke, Gerald Seidel, Mareen Sprehe, Wolfgang Hillen, Werner Goebel, Stefanie Müller-Altrock
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Characterization of a higBA Toxin-Antitoxin Locus in Vibrio cholerae
Priya Prakash Budde, Brigid M. Davis, Jie Yuan, Matthew K. Waldor
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Complete and SOS-Mediated Response of Staphylococcus aureus to the Antibiotic Ciprofloxacin
Ryan T. Cirz, Marcus B. Jones, Neill A. Gingles, Timothy D. Minogue, Behnam Jarrahi, Scott N. Peterson, Floyd E. Romesberg
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Role of Gne and GalE in the Virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila Serotype O34
Rocío Canals, Natalia Jiménez, Silvia Vilches, Miguel Regué, Susana Merino, Juan M. Tomás
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Characterization of Francisella tularensis Outer Membrane Proteins
Jason F. Huntley, Patrick G. Conley, Kayla E. Hagman, Michael V. Norgard
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Cloning and Expression of the Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora Gene Encoding the Low-Molecular-Weight Bacteriocin Carocin S1
Duen-yau Chuang, Yung-chei Chien, Huang-Pin Wu
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Identification of a Secreted Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin (Mitilysin) from Streptococcus mitis
Johanna Jefferies, Leena Nieminen, Lea-Ann Kirkham, Calum Johnston, Andrew Smith, Tim J. Mitchell

Genetics and Molecular Biology

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Molecular Evolution of Typical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Clonal Analysis by Multilocus Sequence Typing and Virulence Gene Allelic Profiling
David W. Lacher, Hans Steinsland, T. Eric Blank, Michael S. Donnenberg, Thomas S. Whittam
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Cys303 in the Histidine Kinase PhoR Is Crucial for the Phosphotransfer Reaction in the PhoPR Two-Component System in Bacillus subtilis
Amr Eldakak, F. Marion Hulett
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Naturally Occurring Adenines within mRNA Coding Sequences Affect Ribosome Binding and Expression in Escherichia coli
Jay E. Brock, Robert L. Paz, Patrick Cottle, Gary R. Janssen
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Identification of the Functional Initiation Codons of a Phase-Variable Gene of Haemophilus influenzae, lic2A, with the Potential for Differential Expression
Kevin Dixon, Christopher D. Bayliss, Katherine Makepeace, E. Richard Moxon, Derek W. Hood
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Mutants, Suppressors, and Wrinkled Colonies: Mutant Alleles of the Cell Division Gene ftsQ Point to Functional Domains in FtsQ and a Role for Domain 1C of FtsA in Divisome Assembly
Nathan W. Goehring, Ivana Petrovska, Dana Boyd, Jon Beckwith

Gene Regulation

GENE REGULATION
Global Gene Expression and Phenotypic Analysis of a Vibrio cholerae rpoH Deletion Mutant
Leyla Slamti, Jonathan Livny, Matthew K. Waldor
GENE REGULATION
Coordinate Expression of the Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase Genes, accB and accC, Is Necessary for Normal Regulation of Biotin Synthesis in Escherichia coli
Ahmed M. Abdel-Hamid, John E. Cronan
GENE REGULATION
Regulation of Rugosity and Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae: Comparison of VpsT and VpsR Regulons and Epistasis Analysis of vpsT, vpsR, and hapR
Sinem Beyhan, Kivanc Bilecen, Sofie R. Salama, Catharina Casper-Lindley, Fitnat H. Yildiz
GENE REGULATION
The Single Extracytoplasmic-Function Sigma Factor of Xylella fastidiosa Is Involved in the Heat Shock Response and Presents an Unusual Regulatory Mechanism
José F. da Silva Neto, Tie Koide, Suely L. Gomes, Marilis V. Marques
GENE REGULATION
Contribution of Invariant Residues to the Function of Rgg Family Transcription Regulators
Jennifer A. Loughman, Michael G. Caparon
GENE REGULATION
Expression of the Iron-Activated nspA and secY Genes in Neisseria meningitidis Group B by Fur-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms
Yazdani B. Shaik, Susan Grogan, Michael Davey, Shite Sebastian, Sulip Goswami, Borys Szmigielski, Caroline A. Genco

Microbial Cell Biology

Microbial Cell Biology
Minimum Length Requirement of the Flexible N-Terminal Translocation Subdomain of Colicin E3
Onkar Sharma, William A. Cramer
Microbial Cell Biology
Kinetic Analysis of the Assembly of the Outer Membrane Protein LamB in Escherichia coli Mutants Each Lacking a Secretion or Targeting Factor in a Different Cellular Compartment
Alejandro R. Ureta, Robert G. Endres, Ned S. Wingreen, Thomas J. Silhavy
Microbial Cell Biology
Role for the Nonessential N Terminus of FtsN in Divisome Assembly
Nathan W. Goehring, Carine Robichon, Jon Beckwith

Genomics and Proteomics

Genomics and Proteomics
Genomic Structure and Phylogeny of the Plant Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum Inferred from Gene Distribution Analysis
Alice Guidot, Philippe Prior, Jens Schoenfeld, Sébastien Carrère, Stéphane Genin, Christian Boucher
Genomics and Proteomics
Essential Bacterial Functions Encoded by Gene Pairs
Helena B. Thomaides, Ella J. Davison, Lisa Burston, Hazel Johnson, David R. Brown, Alison C. Hunt, Jeffery Errington, Lloyd Czaplewski

Enzymes and Proteins

ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
CC1, a Novel Crenarchaeal DNA Binding Protein
Xiao Luo, Uli Schwarz-Linek, Catherine H. Botting, Reinhard Hensel, Bettina Siebers, Malcolm F. White
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
Substrate Specificity of the Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Protease OmpP
Bum-Yeol Hwang, Navin Varadarajan, Haixin Li, Sarah Rodriguez, Brent L. Iverson, George Georgiou
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
Role of the β1 Subunit in the Function and Stability of the 20S Proteasome in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus
Lara S. Madding, Joshua K. Michel, Keith R. Shockley, Shannon B. Conners, Kevin L. Epting, Matthew R. Johnson, Robert M. Kelly
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
Escherichia coli HdeB Is an Acid Stress Chaperone
Renée Kern, Abderrahim Malki, Jad Abdallah, Jihen Tagourti, Gilbert Richarme

Physiology and Metabolism

PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Heme Concentration Dependence and Metalloporphyrin Inhibition of the System I and II Cytochrome c Assembly Pathways
Cynthia L. Richard-Fogal, Elaine R. Frawley, Robert E. Feissner, Robert G. Kranz
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Complete and Integrated Pyrene Degradation Pathway in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 Based on Systems Biology
Seong-Jae Kim, Ohgew Kweon, Richard C. Jones, James P. Freeman, Ricky D. Edmondson, Carl E. Cerniglia
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Biosynthesis of Phosphoserine in the Methanococcales
Sunna Helgadóttir, Guillermina Rosas-Sandoval, Dieter Söll, David E. Graham
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Respiratory Nitrate Ammonification by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Claribel Cruz-García, Alison E. Murray, Joel A. Klappenbach, Valley Stewart, James M. Tiedje

Microbial Communities and Interactions

MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND INTERACTIONS
Aggregation during Fruiting Body Formation in Myxococcus xanthus Is Driven by Reducing Cell Movement
Oleksii Sliusarenko, David R. Zusman, George Oster

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Guest Commentaries

Minireviews

Signal Transduction

Molecular Biology of Pathogens

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Gene Regulation

Microbial Cell Biology

Genomics and Proteomics

Enzymes and Proteins

Physiology and Metabolism

Microbial Communities and Interactions

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