Synthesis of the sigmaD protein is not sufficient to trigger expression of motility functions in Bacillus subtilis.

abstract：:The cell walls of a selected isolate of Staphylococcus aureus FDA 209P were observed undergoing progressive disintegration when exposed to lysostaphin (1 unit/ml) in 24% NaCl solution. Electron micrographs of ultrathin sections of test cells after exposure to lysostaphin for 2 min showed only superficial evidence of l...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Schuhardt VT,Huber TW,Pope LM

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When heat-activated spores of Bacillus cereus T (thy(-)) were germinated and grown in medium containing (3)H-thymidine, a significant amount of radioactivity was incorporated into ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). A method was developed to restrict the incorporation of radioactivity from (3)H-thymidine...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rana RS,Halvorson HO

更新日期：1972-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptidoglycan cell wall determines the shape and structural integrity of a bacterial cell. Class B penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) carry a transpeptidase activity that cross-links peptidoglycan strands via their peptide side chains, and some of these proteins are directly involved in cell shape determination. N...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wei Y,Havasy T,McPherson DC,Popham DL

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli lactose permease mediates the proton-driven translocation of galactosides across the cytoplasmic membrane. To define regions important for membrane insertion as well as for biological function, we constructed plasmids encoding different portions of the lactose carrier. Among several lacY deletions, tw...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wrubel W,Stochaj U,Sonnewald U,Theres C,Ehring R

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polycistronic mRNA encoding the nine genes of the unc operon of Escherichia coli was studied. We demonstrated the ribosome-binding capabilities of six of the nine unc genes, uncB, uncE, uncF, uncH, uncA, and uncD, by using the technique of primer extension inhibition or "toeprinting." No toeprint was detected for ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Schaefer EM,Hartz D,Gold L,Simoni RD

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of Bacillus subtilis exoproteases is positively regulated by the DegS-DegU two-component regulatory system and other regulatory factors including DegR and ProB. It was shown that the expression of degR was virtually abolished in a sigD mutant and that the transcriptional initiation site in vivo is preceded ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ogura M,Tanaka T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:All methanofuran structural variants contain a basic core structure of 4-[N-(γ-l-glutamyl)-p-(β-aminoethyl)phenoxymethyl]-(aminomethyl)furan (APMF-Glu) but have different side chains depending on the source organism. Recently, we identified four genes (MfnA, MfnB, MfnC, and MfnD) that are responsible for the...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wang Y,Xu H,Jones MK,White RH

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The Mycobacterium tuberculosis exported repetitive protein (RvErp) is a crucial virulence-associated factor as determined by its role in the survival and multiplication of mycobacteria in cultured macrophages and in vivo Although attempts have been made to understand the function of Erp protein, its exact ro...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ganaie AA,Trivedi G,Kaur A,Jha SS,Anand S,Rana V,Singh A,Kumar S,Sharma C

更新日期：2016-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the tol-pal genes induce pleiotropic effects such as release of periplasmic proteins into the extracellular medium and hypersensitivity to drugs and detergents. Other outer membrane defective strains such as tolC, lpp, and rfa mutations are also altered in their outer membrane permeability. In this study,...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bernadac A,Gavioli M,Lazzaroni JC,Raina S,Lloubès R

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for an extremely thermostable oligo-1,6-glucosidase (dextrin-6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.10) of obligately thermophilic Bacillus thermoglucosidasius KP1006 was cloned within a 4.2-kilobase HindIII-PvuII fragment of DNA by using the plasmid pUC19 as a vector and Escherichia coli C600 as a host. The ge...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Watanabe K,Iha H,Ohashi A,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mushin, Rose (University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and Frances M. Ashburner. Gastrointestinal microflora of mutton birds (Puffinus tenuirostris) in relation to "limy" disease. J. Bacteriol. 83:1260-1267. 1962.-The aerobic bacterial intestinal flora of mutton birds, healthy and affected with "limy" disease, wa...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： MUSHIN R,ASHBURNER FM

更新日期：1962-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branching enzyme (BE) catalyzes formation of the branch points in glycogen and amylopectin by cleavage of the alpha-1,4 linkage and its subsequent transfer to the alpha-1,6 position. We have identified a novel BE encoded by an uncharacterized open reading frame (TK1436) of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus k...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Murakami T,Kanai T,Takata H,Kuriki T,Imanaka T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although amino acid transport has been extensively studied in bacteria during the past decade, little is known concerning the transport of those amino acids that are biosynthetic intermediates or have multiple fates within the cell. We have studied homoserine and threonine as examples of this phenomenon. Homoserine is...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Templeton BA,Savageau MA

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baker, F. D. (Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio), H. R. Papiska, and L. Leon Campbell. Choline fermentation by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. J. Bacteriol. 84:973-978. 1962-Hayward and Stadtman pointed out that the organism they described as Vibrio cholinicus is closely related to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： BAKER FD,PAPISKA HR,CAMPBELL LL

更新日期：1962-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:An ability to sense and respond to changes in extracellular phosphate is critical for the survival of most bacteria. For Caulobacter crescentus, which typically lives in phosphate-limited environments, this process is especially crucial. Like many bacteria, Caulobacter responds to phosphate limitation throug...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Lubin EA,Henry JT,Fiebig A,Crosson S,Laub MT

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus thermophilus strain CNRZ 302 is unable to ferment galactose, neither that generated intracellularly by lactose hydrolysis nor the free sugar. Nevertheless, sequence analysis and complementation studies with Escherichia coli demonstrated that strain CNRZ 302 contained structurally intact genes for the Lel...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Vaughan EE,van den Bogaard PT,Catzeddu P,Kuipers OP,de Vos WM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a number of infections in humans, but is best known for its association with cystic fibrosis. It is able to use a wide range of sulfur compounds as sources of sulfur for growth. Gene expression in response to changes in sulfur supply was studied in P. aer...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tralau T,Vuilleumier S,Thibault C,Campbell BJ,Hart CA,Kertesz MA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that the Bvg virulence control system regulates biofilm formation in Bordetella bronchiseptica (Y. Irie, S. Mattoo, and M. H. Yuk, J. Bacteriol. 186:5692-5698, 2004). Analyses of the extracellular components of B. bronchiseptica biofilm matrix revealed that the major sugar component in the matrix ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Irie Y,Preston A,Yuk MH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli gene coding for dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) has been cloned and sequenced. The protein has 282 amino acids and a compositional molecular mass of 30,314 daltons. Increased expression of the enzyme was realized by using a T7 expression system. The enzyme was purified and crystallized. A temperat...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Dallas WS,Gowen JE,Ray PH,Cox MJ,Dev IK

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of study on ribonucleic acid (RNA) metabolism during sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a new species of RNA (20S) was observed in sporulating cells by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The relative content of this RNA to total RNA increased linearly early in sporulation. Labeled adenine was pref...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kadowaki K,Halvorson HO

更新日期：1971-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primer extension inhibition (toeprint) assay was developed using ribosomes and ribosomal subunits from Streptomyces lividans. This assay allowed the study of ribosome binding to streptomycete leaderless and leadered mRNA. Purified 30S subunits were unable to form a ternary complex on aph leaderless mRNA, whereas 70S...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Day JM,Janssen GR

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogenase activity in Rhodospirillum rubrum and in some other photosynthetic bacteria is regulated in part by the availability of light. This regulation is through a posttranslational modification system that is itself regulated by P(II) homologs in the cell. P(II) is one of the most broadly distributed regulatory p...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Zhang Y,Pohlmann EL,Roberts GP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis utilizes the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway for biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate and its isomer, dimethylallyl diphosphate, precursors of all isoprenoid compounds. This pathway is of interest as a source of new drug targets, as it is absent from humans and disruption of the ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Eoh H,Brown AC,Buetow L,Hunter WN,Parish T,Kaur D,Brennan PJ,Crick DC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was devised to efficiently select isolates of Staphylococcus aureus 8325 in which Tn551, a transposon originating on the pI258 plasmid responsible for erythromycin resistance (Emr), had translocated to the host chromosome. This method consisted of selecting for Emr at 43 degrees C with a strain in which the p...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Pattee PA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical analysis of branched pathway regulation has led to the prediction of a novel homoserine control in Escherichia coli B. Experimental support for such control is presented in this paper. Homoserine, the precursor of both threonine and methionine, inhibits nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP(...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kotre AM,Sullivan SJ,Savageau MA

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cell surface components can be important determinants of virulence. At least three gene clusters important for extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) biosynthesis have been previously identified in the plant pathogen Pseudomonas solanacearum. We have found that one of these gene clusters, named ops, is also requ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kao CC,Sequeira L

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA binding proteins ArgR and AhrC are essential for regulation of arginine metabolism in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, respectively. A unique property of these regulators is that they form hexameric protein complexes, mediating repression of arginine biosynthetic pathways as well as activation of argini...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Larsen R,Buist G,Kuipers OP,Kok J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxococcus xanthus mutants resistant to a clear-plaque derivative of phage Mx8 were isolated. A significant fraction of the mutants, easily recognizable by their colony morphology, were induced by the presence of the phage and may correspond to low-frequency lysogens. They were all defective in cell motility and showe...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ruiz-Vázquez R,Murillo FJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H-NS is an abundant nucleoid-associated protein involved in the maintenance of chromosomal architecture in bacteria. H-NS also has a role in silencing the expression of a variety of environmentally regulated genes during growth under nonpermissive conditions. In this study we demonstrate a role for H-NS in the negativ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nye MB,Pfau JD,Skorupski K,Taylor RK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lectin activity in a host-mycoparasite relationship was demonstrated with Rhizoctonia solani and Trichoderma harzianum. Attachment of O but not A and B erythrocytes to hyphae occurred on R. solani but not on its mycoparasite. This phenomenon, which was Ca2+ and Mn2+ dependent, was prevented by galactose, present in T....

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Elad Y,Barak R,Chet I

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00