Antigens, Surface

GENE REGULATION
Reciprocal Expression of ospA and ospC in Single Cells of Borrelia burgdorferi
Siddharth Y. Srivastava, Aravinda M. de Silva
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Mutations in the waaR Gene of Escherichia coli Which Disrupt Lipopolysaccharide Outer Core Biosynthesis Affect Cell Surface Retention of Group 2 Capsular Polysaccharides
Clare M. Taylor, Marie Goldrick, Liz Lord, Ian S. Roberts
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
Alternate Sigma Factor RpoS Is Required for the In Vivo-Specific Repression of Borrelia burgdorferi Plasmid lp54-Borne ospA and lp6.6 Genes
Melissa J. Caimano, Christian H. Eggers, Cynthia A. Gonzalez, Justin D. Radolf
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
TP0453, a Concealed Outer Membrane Protein of Treponema pallidum, Enhances Membrane Permeability
Karsten R. O. Hazlett, David L. Cox, Marc Decaffmeyer, Michael P. Bennett, Daniel C. Desrosiers, Carson J. La Vake, Morgan E. La Vake, Kenneth W. Bourell, Esther J. Robinson, Robert Brasseur, Justin D. Radolf
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Evidence for the Contribution of Point Mutations tovlsE Variation and for Apparent Constraints on the Net Accumulation of Sequence Changes in vlsE during Infection with Lyme Disease Spirochetes
Shian-Ying Sung, John V. McDowell, Richard T. Marconi
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Juxtaposition of an Active Promoter to vsp Genes via Site-Specific DNA Inversions Generates Antigenic Variation inMycoplasma bovis
Innesa Lysnyansky, Yael Ron, David Yogev
Plant Microbiology
Alfalfa Root Nodule Invasion Efficiency Is Dependent on Sinorhizobium melilotiPolysaccharides
Brett J. Pellock, Hai-Ping Cheng, Graham C. Walker
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
Cryptic and Exposed Invariable Regions of VlsE, the Variable Surface Antigen of Borrelia burgdorferisl
Fang Ting Liang, Jena M. Nowling, Mario T. Philipp
CELL SURFACES
Characterization of the Moraxella catarrhalis uspA1 and uspA2 Genes and Their Encoded Products
Leslie D. Cope, Eric R. Lafontaine, Clive A. Slaughter, Charles A. Hasemann, Christoph Aebi, Frederick W. Henderson, George H. McCracken, Eric J. Hansen
CELL SURFACES
Conserved Organization in the cps Gene Clusters for Expression of Escherichia coli Group 1 K Antigens: Relationship to the Colanic Acid Biosynthesis Locus and the cps Genes from Klebsiella pneumoniae
Andrea Rahn, Jolyne Drummelsmith, Chris Whitfield