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Guest Commentary:

James P. Pearson

Early Activation of Quorum Sensing
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2569-2571. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meeting Reviews:

Ry Young

Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages, 2001
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2572-2575. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Stephen P. Diggle, Klaus Winzer, Andrée Lazdunski, Paul Williams, and Miguel Cámara

Advancing the Quorum in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: MvaT and the Regulation of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone Production and Virulence Gene Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2576-2586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yung-Hua Li, Nan Tang, Marcelo B. Aspiras, Peter C. Y. Lau, Janet H. Lee, Richard P. Ellen, and Dennis G. Cvitkovitch

A Quorum-Sensing Signaling System Essential for Genetic Competence in Streptococcus mutans Is Involved in Biofilm Formation
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2699-2708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Takeshi Shimizu, Kensuke Shima, Ken-ichi Yoshino, Kazuyoshi Yonezawa, Tohru Shimizu, and Hideo Hayashi

Proteome and Transcriptome Analysis of the Virulence Genes Regulated by the VirR/VirS System in Clostridium perfringens
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2587-2594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudine Médigue, Benjamin Chun-Yu Wong, Marie Chia-Mi Lin, Stéphanie Bocs, and Antoine Danchin

The secE Gene of Helicobacter pylori
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2837-2840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Toshiharu Ichimura, Mitsuyoshi Yamazoe, Maki Maeda, Chieko Wada, and Sota Hiraga

Proteolytic Activity of YibP Protein in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2595-2602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lei Wang, Sandy Huskic, Adam Cisterne, Deborah Rothemund, and Peter R. Reeves

The O-Antigen Gene Cluster of Escherichia coli O55:H7 and Identification of a New UDP-GlcNAc C4 Epimerase Gene
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2620-2625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sei-Kyoung Park, Fenglei Jiang, Ross E. Dalbey, and Gregory J. Phillips

Functional Analysis of the Signal Recognition Particle in Escherichia coli by Characterization of a Temperature-Sensitive ffh Mutant
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2642-2653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Umelo-Njaka, Wade H. Bingle, Faten Borchani, Khai D. Le, Peter Awram, Theo Blake, John F. Nomellini, and John Smit

Caulobacter crescentus Synthesizes an S-Layer-Editing Metalloprotease Possessing a Domain Sharing Sequence Similarity with Its Paracrystalline S-Layer Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2709-2718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Angela Tramonti, Paolo Visca, Michele De Canio, Maurizio Falconi, and Daniela De Biase

Functional Characterization and Regulation of gadX, a Gene Encoding an AraC/XylS-Like Transcriptional Activator of the Escherichia coli Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase System
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2603-2613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Igor N. Olekhnovich and Robert J. Kadner

Mutational Scanning and Affinity Cleavage Analysis of UhpA-Binding Sites in the Escherichia coli uhpT Promoter
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2682-2691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haichun Gao, Xin Jiang, Kit Pogliano, and Arthur I. Aronson

The E1ß and E2 Subunits of the Bacillus subtilis Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Are Involved in Regulation of Sporulation
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2780-2788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chen Dong, Sylvie Elsen, Lee R. Swem, and Carl E. Bauer

AerR, a Second Aerobic Repressor of Photosynthesis Gene Expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2805-2814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danielle L. Swem and Carl E. Bauer

Coordination of Ubiquinol Oxidase and Cytochrome cbb₃ Oxidase Expression by Multiple Regulators in Rhodobacter capsulatus
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2815-2820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ciarán Condon, Jordi Rourera, Dominique Brechemier-Baey, and Harald Putzer

Ribonuclease M5 Has Few, If Any, mRNA Substrates in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2845-2849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Brian H. Lower and Peter J. Kennelly

The Membrane-Associated Protein-Serine/Threonine Kinase from Sulfolobus solfataricus Is a Glycoprotein
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2614-2619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gunnar Schröder, Sabine Krause, Ellen L. Zechner, Beth Traxler, Hye-Jeong Yeo, Rudi Lurz, Gabriel Waksman, and Erich Lanka

TraG-Like Proteins of DNA Transfer Systems and of the Helicobacter pylori Type IV Secretion System: Inner Membrane Gate for Exported Substrates?
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2767-2779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Gui-Rong Liu, Andrea Rahn, Wei-Qiao Liu, Kenneth E. Sanderson, Randal N. Johnston, and Shu-Lin Liu

The Evolving Genome of Salmonella enterica Serovar Pullorum
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2626-2633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory J. Velicer, Richard E. Lenski, and Lee Kroos

Rescue of Social Motility Lost during Evolution of Myxococcus xanthus in an Asocial Environment
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2719-2727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carine Desplats, Christophe Dez, Françoise Tétart, Heïdy Eleaume, and H. M. Krisch

Snapshot of the Genome of the Pseudo-T-Even Bacteriophage RB49
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2789-2804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Larry C. Anthony, Alan A. Dombkowski, and Richard R. Burgess

Using Disulfide Bond Engineering To Study Conformational Changes in the ß'260-309 Coiled-Coil Region of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase during ⁷⁰ Binding
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2634-2641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela Borden, Paul I. O'Grady, Dominique Vandewiele, Antonio R. Fernández de Henestrosa, Christopher W. Lawrence, and Roger Woodgate

Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase III Can Replicate Efficiently past a T-T cis-syn Cyclobutane Dimer if DNA Polymerase V and the 3' to 5' Exonuclease Proofreading Function Encoded by dnaQ Are Inactivated
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2674-2681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacqueline Tan, Ursula Jakob, and James C. A. Bardwell

Overexpression of Two Different GTPases Rescues a Null Mutation in a Heat-Induced rRNA Methyltransferase
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2692-2698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sabine Brantl and E. Gerhart H. Wagner

An Antisense RNA-Mediated Transcriptional Attenuation Mechanism Functions in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2740-2747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annabelle Thibessard, Annabelle Fernandez, Brigitte Gintz, Nathalie Leblond-Bourget, and Bernard Decaris

Effects of rodA and pbp2b Disruption on Cell Morphology and Oxidative Stress Response of Streptococcus thermophilus CNRZ368
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2821-2826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annie Conter, Rachel Sturny, Claude Gutierrez, and Kaymeuang Cam

The RcsCB His-Asp Phosphorelay System Is Essential To Overcome Chlorpromazine-Induced Stress in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2850-2853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Alexandre Boscari, Karine Mandon, Laurence Dupont, Marie-Christine Poggi, and Daniel Le Rudulier

BetS Is a Major Glycine Betaine/Proline Betaine Transporter Required for Early Osmotic Adjustment in Sinorhizobium meliloti
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2654-2663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wilfried A. Claes, Alfred Pühler, and Jörn Kalinowski

Identification of Two prpDBC Gene Clusters in Corynebacterium glutamicum and Their Involvement in Propionate Degradation via the 2-Methylcitrate Cycle
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2728-2739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aileen Rubio and D. M. Downs

Elevated Levels of Ketopantoate Hydroxymethyltransferase (PanB) Lead to a Physiologically Significant Coenzyme A Elevation in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2827-2832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Nicole Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat, Vladimir E. Shevchik, and William Nasser

PehN, a Polygalacturonase Homologue with a Low Hydrolase Activity, Is Coregulated with the Other Erwinia chrysanthemi Polygalacturonases
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2664-2673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

J. S. Everson, S. A. Garner, B. Fane, B.-L. Liu, P. R. Lambden, and I. N. Clarke

Biological Properties and Cell Tropism of Chp2, a Bacteriophage of the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Chlamydophila abortus
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2748-2754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Hofreuter and Rainer Haas

Characterization of Two Cryptic Helicobacter pylori Plasmids: a Putative Source for Horizontal Gene Transfer and Gene Shuffling
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2755-2766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dean Scholl, Sankar Adhya, and Carl R. Merril

Bacteriophage SP6 Is Closely Related to Phages K1-5, K5, and K1E but Encodes a Tail Protein Very Similar to That of the Distantly Related P22
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2833-2836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan E. Brown, Dennis L. Knudson, and Carol A. Ishimaru

Linear Plasmid in the Genome of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus
J. Bacteriol. 2002 184: 2841-2844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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