Journal of Bacteriology: 189 (9)

May 1, 2007; Volume 189,Issue 9

Physiology and Metabolism

PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Escherichia coli abg Genes Enable Uptake and Cleavage of the Folate Catabolite p-Aminobenzoyl-Glutamate
Eric L. Carter, Lindsey Jager, Lars Gardner, Christel C. Hall, Stacey Willis, Jacalyn M. Green
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Characterization of Sinorhizobium meliloti Triose Phosphate Isomerase Genes
Nathan J. Poysti, Ivan J. Oresnik
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Reconstitution of the Biochemical Activities of the AttJ Repressor and the AttK, AttL, and AttM Catabolic Enzymes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Yunrong Chai, Ching Sung Tsai, Hongbaek Cho, Stephen C. Winans

Gene Regulation

GENE REGULATION
Transcriptional Regulation of the CO₂-Concentrating Mechanism in a Euryhaline, Coastal Marine Cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002: Role of NdhR/CcmR
Fiona J. Woodger, Donald A. Bryant, G. Dean Price
GENE REGULATION
Regulators of the Bacillus subtilis cydABCD Operon: Identification of a Negative Regulator, CcpA, and a Positive Regulator, ResD
Ankita Puri-Taneja, Matthew Schau, Yinghua Chen, F. Marion Hulett
GENE REGULATION
A-Factor and Phosphate Depletion Signals Are Transmitted to the Grixazone Biosynthesis Genes via the Pathway-Specific Transcriptional Activator GriR
Tatsuichiro Higashi, Yuko Iwasaki, Yasuo Ohnishi, Sueharu Horinouchi
GENE REGULATION
Separation of Chromosome Termini during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis Depends on SpoIIIE
Marina Bogush, Panagiotis Xenopoulos, Patrick J. Piggot
GENE REGULATION
Elongation Factor Tu3 (EF-Tu3) from the Kirromycin Producer Streptomyces ramocissimus Is Resistant to Three Classes of EF-Tu-Specific Inhibitors
Lian N. Olsthoorn-Tieleman, Robert-Jan T. S. Palstra, Gilles P. van Wezel, Mervyn J. Bibb, Cornelis W. A. Pleij
GENE REGULATION
The Symbiosis Regulator CbrA Modulates a Complex Regulatory Network Affecting the Flagellar Apparatus and Cell Envelope Proteins
Katherine E. Gibson, Melanie J. Barnett, Carol J. Toman, Sharon R. Long, Graham C. Walker
GENE REGULATION
A Riboswitch Regulates Expression of the Coenzyme B₁₂-Independent Methionine Synthase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications for Differential Methionine Synthase Function in Strains H37Rv and CDC1551
Digby F. Warner, Suzana Savvi, Valerie Mizrahi, Stephanie S. Dawes
GENE REGULATION
HpdR Is a Transcriptional Activator of Sinorhizobium meliloti hpdA, Which Encodes a Herbicide-Targeted 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase
Suvit Loprasert, Wirongrong Whangsuk, James M. Dubbs, Ratiboot Sallabhan, Kumpanart Somsongkul, Skorn Mongkolsuk

Molecular Biology of Pathogens

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Antisense RNA Modulation of Alkyl Hydroperoxide Reductase Levels in Helicobacter pylori Correlates with Organic Peroxide Toxicity but Not Infectivity
Matthew A. Croxen, Peter B. Ernst, Paul S. Hoffman
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Mutations Blocking Side Chain Assembly, Polymerization, or Transport of a Wzy-Dependent Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsule Are Lethal in the Absence of Suppressor Mutations and Can Affect Polymer Transfer to the Cell Wall
Bobbi Xayarath, Janet Yother
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
A Pair of Highly Conserved Two-Component Systems Participates in the Regulation of the Hypervariable FIR Proteins in Different Legionella Species
Michal Feldman, Gil Segal
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae mhp379 Is a Ca²⁺-Dependent, Sugar-Nonspecific Exonuclease Exposed on the Cell Surface
Jonathan A. Schmidt, Glenn F. Browning, Philip F. Markham
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Defective Ribonucleoside Diphosphate Reductase Impairs Replication Fork Progression in Escherichia coli
Estrella Guarino, Alfonso Jiménez-Sánchez, Elena C. Guzmán
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Role of PBP1 in Cell Division of Staphylococcus aureus
S. F. F. Pereira, A. O. Henriques, M. G. Pinho, H. de Lencastre, A. Tomasz
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Inactivation of the Mismatch Repair System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Attenuates Virulence but Favors Persistence of Oropharyngeal Colonization in Cystic Fibrosis Mice
Ana Mena, María D. Maciá, Nuria Borrell, Bartolomé Moya, Teresa de Francisco, José L. Pérez, Antonio Oliver
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Repression of Intracellular Virulence Factors in Salmonella by the Hha and YdgT Nucleoid-Associated Proteins
Umaporn Silphaduang, Mariola Mascarenhas, Mohamed Karmali, Brian K. Coombes

Genomics and Proteomics

Genomics and Proteomics
Peptide Transport in Helicobacter pylori: Roles of Dpp and Opp Systems and Evidence for Additional Peptide Transporters
Michael V. Weinberg, Robert J. Maier
Genomics and Proteomics
Defining Genomic Islands and Uropathogen-Specific Genes in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Amanda L. Lloyd, David A. Rasko, Harry L. T. Mobley
Genomics and Proteomics
Analysis of Temporal Gene Expression during Bacillus subtilis Spore Germination and Outgrowth
Bart J. F. Keijser, Alex Ter Beek, Han Rauwerda, Frank Schuren, Roy Montijn, Hans van der Spek, Stanley Brul

Genetics and Molecular Biology

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
H-NS Antagonism in Shigella flexneri by VirB, a Virulence Gene Transcription Regulator That Is Closely Related to Plasmid Partition Factors
Elizebeth C. Turner, Charles J. Dorman
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Identification of Novel Escherichia coli Ribosome-Associated Proteins Using Isobaric Tags and Multidimensional Protein Identification Techniques
M. Jiang, S. M. Sullivan, A. K. Walker, J. R. Strahler, P. C. Andrews, J. R. Maddock
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Transposon Mutagenesis Identifies Sites Upstream of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilE Gene That Modulate Pilin Antigenic Variation
Kimberly A. Kline, Alison K. Criss, Anne Wallace, H. Steven Seifert
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Transcription Termination within the Iron Transport-Biosynthesis Operon of Vibrio anguillarum Requires an Antisense RNA
Michiel Stork, Manuela Di Lorenzo, Timothy J. Welch, Jorge H. Crosa
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
The Escherichia coli Regulator of Sigma 70 Protein, Rsd, Can Up-Regulate Some Stress-Dependent Promoters by Sequestering Sigma 70
Jennie E. Mitchell, Taku Oshima, Sarah E. Piper, Christine L. Webster, Lars F. Westblade, Gouzel Karimova, Daniel Ladant, Annie Kolb, Jon L. Hobman, Stephen J. W. Busby, David J. Lee
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Comparative Analysis of hmuO Function and Expression in Corynebacterium Species
Carey A. Kunkle, Michael P. Schmitt

Microbial Communities and Interactions

MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND INTERACTIONS
Two Distinct Pathways Supply Anthranilate as a Precursor of the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal
John M. Farrow, Everett C. Pesci
MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND INTERACTIONS
Inverse Regulation of Biofilm Formation and Swarming Motility by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14
Nicky C. Caiazza, Judith H. Merritt, Kimberly M. Brothers, George A. O'Toole
MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND INTERACTIONS
Role of EAL-Containing Proteins in Multicellular Behavior of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Roger Simm, Astrid Lusch, Abdul Kader, Mats Andersson, Ute Römling

Microbial Cell Biology

Microbial Cell Biology
Characterization of a Novel Two-Partner Secretion System in Escherichia coli O157:H7
Peter S. Choi, Ashley J. Dawson, Harris D. Bernstein
Microbial Cell Biology
Assembly of Fimbrial Structures in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Functionality and Specificity of Chaperone-Usher Machineries
Ségolène Ruer, Silke Stender, Alain Filloux, Sophie de Bentzmann
Microbial Cell Biology
A Putative Gene Cluster for Aminoarabinose Biosynthesis Is Essential for Burkholderia cenocepacia Viability
Ximena P. Ortega, Silvia T. Cardona, Alan R. Brown, Slade A. Loutet, Ronald S. Flannagan, Dominic J. Campopiano, John R. W. Govan, Miguel A. Valvano

Enzymes and Proteins

ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
In Vitro Studies of the Uridylylation of the Three P_II Protein Paralogs from Rhodospirillum rubrum: the Transferase Activity of R. rubrum GlnD Is Regulated by α-Ketoglutarate and Divalent Cations but Not by Glutamine
Anders Jonsson, Stefan Nordlund
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
Characterization of a Pseudomonad 2-Nitrobenzoate Nitroreductase and Its Catabolic Pathway-Associated 2-Hydroxylaminobenzoate Mutase and a Chemoreceptor Involved in 2-Nitrobenzoate Chemotaxis
Hiroaki Iwaki, Takamichi Muraki, Shun Ishihara, Yoshie Hasegawa, Kathryn N. Rankin, Traian Sulea, Jason Boyd, Peter C. K. Lau
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
Probing the Essential Catalytic Residues and Substrate Affinity in the Thermoactive Bacillus stearothermophilus US100 l-Arabinose Isomerase by Site-Directed Mutagenesis
Moez Rhimi, Michel Juy, Nushin Aghajari, Richard Haser, Samir Bejar
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
In Vivo Modulation of a DnaJ Homolog, CbpA, by CbpM
Matthew R. Chenoweth, Nancy Trun, Sue Wickner

Structural Biology

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Crystal Structure of Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase from Bacillus subtilis
Jun Fan, Qun Liu, Quan Hao, Maikun Teng, Liwen Niu

Signal Transduction

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
In Vitro Analysis of the Two-Component System MtrB-MtrA from Corynebacterium glutamicum
Nina Möker, Jens Krämer, Gottfried Unden, Reinhard Krämer, Susanne Morbach

Genome Announcement

GENOME ANNOUNCEMENT
The Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Al Hakam
Jean F. Challacombe, Michael R. Altherr, Gary Xie, Smriti S. Bhotika, Nancy Brown, David Bruce, Connie S. Campbell, Mary L. Campbell, Jin Chen, Olga Chertkov, Cathy Cleland, Mira Dimitrijevic, Norman A. Doggett, John J. Fawcett, Tijana Glavina, Lynne A. Goodwin, Lance D. Green, Cliff S. Han, Karen K. Hill, Penny Hitchcock, Paul J. Jackson, Paul Keim, Avinash Ramesh Kewalramani, Jon Longmire, Susan Lucas, Stephanie Malfatti, Diego Martinez, Kim McMurry, Linda J. Meincke, Monica Misra, Bernice L. Moseman, Mark Mundt, A. Christine Munk, Richard T. Okinaka, B. Parson-Quintana, Lee Philip Reilly, Paul Richardson, Donna L. Robinson, Elizabeth Saunders, Roxanne Tapia, Judith G. Tesmer, Nina Thayer, Linda S. Thompson, Hope Tice, Lawrence O. Ticknor, Patti L. Wills, Paul Gilna, Thomas S. Brettin

Author's Correction

AUTHOR'S CORRECTION
The Seventh International Conference on the Genetics of Streptococci, Lactococci, and Enterococci
Robert A. Burne, Debra E. Bessen, Jeffery R. Broadbent, Jean-Pierre Claverys

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Physiology and Metabolism

Gene Regulation

Molecular Biology of Pathogens

Genomics and Proteomics

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Microbial Communities and Interactions

Microbial Cell Biology

Enzymes and Proteins

Structural Biology

Signal Transduction

Genome Announcement

Author's Correction

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