Regulatory circuitry of the CsrA/CsrB and BarA/UvrY systems of Escherichia coli.

abstract：:We have previously shown that the TolA protein is required for the correct surface expression of the Escherichia coli O7 antigen lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In this work, delta tolA and delta pal mutants of E. coli K-12 W3110 were transformed with pMF19 (encoding a rhamnosyltransferase that reconstitutes the expression ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Vinés ED,Marolda CL,Balachandran A,Valvano MA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated an unusual mutant in which the arabinose operon carried an araC lesion that led to a dominant fucose resistance while retaining recessive constitutivity. All previously characterized C(c) mutations have been recessive for both fucose resistance and constitutivity. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nathanson NM,Schleif R

更新日期：1973-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kobayashi, George S. (Tulane University, New Orleans, La.), Lorraine Friedman, and Judith F. Kofroth. Some cytological and pathogenic properties of spheroplasts of Candida albicans. J. Bacteriol. 88:795-801. 1964.-Spheroplasts of Candida albicans were prepared by use of an enzymatic mixture from the digestive tract of...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： KOBAYASHI GS,FRIEDMAN L,KOFROTH JF

更新日期：1964-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fermentative hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus contains an NADPH-utilizing, heterotetrameric (alphabetagammadelta), cytoplasmic hydrogenase (hydrogenase I) that catalyzes both H(2) production and the reduction of elemental sulfur to H(2)S. Herein is described the purification of a second enzyme of this type, hy...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ma K,Weiss R,Adams MW

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of two virulence mutants of Pseudomonas syringae B728a revealed that the Tn 5 sites of insertion were within the gidA open reading frame (ORF). These mutations were pleiotropic, affecting diverse phenotypic traits, such as lipodepsipeptide (syringomycin and syringopeptin) antibiotic production, swarming, pres...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kinscherf TG,Willis DK

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DifA is a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP)-like sensory transducer that regulates exopolysaccharide (EPS) production in Myxococcus xanthus. Here mutational analysis and molecular biology were used to probe the signaling mechanisms of DifA in EPS regulation. We first identified the start codon of DifA experime...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Xu Q,Black WP,Nascimi HM,Yang Z

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermosensitive growth phenotype exerted by runaway-mutant plasmids was suppressed by sublethal doses of the DNA gyrase inhibitors novobiocin or nalidixic acid, although the latter drug was less efficient. A novobiocin-resistant gyrB mutant Escherichia coli strain prevented expression of the runaway phenotype at 3...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Uhlin BE,Nordström K

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a method that labels sulfhydryl-containing proteins in situ, we have detected a major outer membrane protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at 41 kDa. A protein of this molecular mass has not previously been shown to be a major outer membrane protein in gonococci. In addition, a minor protein rich in cysteinyl resi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Norrod EP,Browne SL,Feldweg A,Leonard J

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The host factor (HF-I) for phage Q beta RNA replication is a small protein of 102 amino acid residues encoded by the hfq gene at 94.8 min on the Escherichia coli chromosome. The synthesis rate of HF-I at the exponential-growth phase is higher than at the stationary phase, and it increases concomitantly with the increa...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kajitani M,Kato A,Wada A,Inokuchi Y,Ishihama A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae LZ is a bacterium isolated from soil which can produce 1,3-propanediol from glycerol. Here we present a 5,431,750-bp assembly of its genome sequence. We annotated 9 coding sequences (CDSs) responsible for glycerol fermentation to 1,3-propanediol, 19 CDSs encoding glycerol utilization, and 134 CDS...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tao F,Tai C,Liu Z,Wang A,Wang Y,Li L,Gao C,Ma C,Xu P

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seligman, Stephen J. (University of California, Los Angeles) and William L. Hewitt. Kinetics of the action of ampicillin on Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 85:1160-1164. 1963.-The curve of the number of viable Escherichia coli after exposure to ampicillin can be divided into three phases: a lag phase, a rapid bacteric...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： SELIGMAN SJ,HEWITT WL

更新日期：1963-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical and immunological experiments have suggested that the Escherichia coli enzyme p-aminobenzoate synthetase and anthranilate synthetase are structurally related. Both enzymes are composed of two nonidentical subunits. Anthranilate synthetase is composed of proteins encoded by the genes trp(G)D and trpE, where...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Goncharoff P,Nichols BP

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single polar flagellum of Pseudomonas aeruginosa plays an important role in the pathogenesis of infection by this organism. However, regulation of the assembly of this organelle has not been delineated. In analyzing the sequence available at the Pseudomonas genome database, an open reading frame (ORF), flanked by ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Dasgupta N,Arora SK,Ramphal R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive, spore-forming enteric anaerobe which can infect humans and a wide variety of animal species. Recently, the incidence and severity of human C. difficile infection has markedly increased. In this study, we evaluated the genomic content of 73 C. difficile strains isolated from hu...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Janvilisri T,Scaria J,Thompson AD,Nicholson A,Limbago BM,Arroyo LG,Songer JG,Gröhn YT,Chang YF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport system for glycylglycine in Escherichia coli behaves like a shock-sensitive transport system. The initial rate of transport is reduced 85% by subjecting whole cells to osmotic shock, and glycylglycine is not transported by membrane vesicles. The energetics of transport was studied with strain ML 308-225 ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Cowell JL

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six mycoplasma strains, isolated under anaerobic conditions from the human oropharynx, were studied by biologic and serologic means. The strains produced nippled colonies with weak hemolytic activity for guinea pig erythrocytes on agar medium. In addition, the strains metabolized arginine with a concomitant alkaline s...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Fox H,Purcell RH,Chanock RM

更新日期：1969-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SwmB is required for swimming motility in Synechococcus sp. strain WH8102. This highly repetitive 1.12-MDa polypeptide is associated with the cell surface, where it is arranged in a punctate manner. Inactivation of swmB does not affect the localization of SwmA, an S-layer protein also required for swimming. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： McCarren J,Brahamsha B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparatus has been developed in which bacterial growth can be measured very precisely over short intervals of time. Its precision is presented and used to assess the constancy of growth in batch culture. Under certain conditions, i.e., Luria broth or 0.2% glucose-M9 medium at very low cell densities, the specific g...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wang CH,Koch AL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To relate the roles of Escherichia coli SSB in recombination in vivo and in vitro, we have studied the mutant proteins SSB-1 and SSB-113, the variant SSBc produced by chymotryptic cleavage, the partially homologous variant F SSB (encoded by the E. coli sex factor), and the protein encoded by gene 32 of bacteriophage T...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Egner C,Azhderian E,Tsang SS,Radding CM,Chase JW

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae causes bacterial leaf blight, a serious disease of rice. Spontaneous mutants which are deficient for virulence and extracellular polysaccharide (Eps) production accumulate in large numbers in stationary-phase cultures of this bacterium, a phenomenon which we have called stationary-phase v...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rajeshwari R,Sonti RV

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the size at initiation of budding is proportional to growth rate for rates from 0.33 to 0.23 h-1. At growth rates lower than 0.23 h-1, cells displayed a minimum cell size at bud initiation independent of growth rate. Regardless of growth rate, cells displayed an increas...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Johnston GC,Ehrhardt CW,Lorincz A,Carter BL

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unusual characteristics of some outer membrane proteins of Rhizobium leguminosarum are described. First, most of the major outer membrane proteins could only be visualized by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after lysozyme treatment of the isolated cell envelopes, suggesting a very strong,...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： de Maagd RA,Wientjes FB,Lugtenberg BJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sets of compounds that can support growth of an organism are defined by the presence of transporters and metabolic pathways that convert nutrient sources into cellular components and energy for growth. A collection of known nutrient sources can therefore serve both as an impetus for investigating new metabolic pat...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Mackie A,Paley S,Keseler IM,Shearer A,Paulsen IT,Karp PD

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal pathogen Clostridium difficile is known to grow only within the intestines of mammals, yet little is known about how the bacterium subsists in this environment. In the intestine, C. difficile must contend with innate defenses within the host, such as cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) produced by t...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Suárez JM,Edwards AN,McBride SM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flavodoxins constitute a highly conserved family of small, acidic electron transfer proteins with flavin mononucleotide prosthetic groups. They are found in prokaryotes and in red and green algae, where they provide electrons at low potentials for the reduction of nitrogen by nitrogenase, for the light-dependent r...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Osborne C,Chen LM,Matthews RG

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenesis of the outer membrane (OM) is an essential process in gram-negative bacteria. One of the key steps of OM biogenesis is the assembly of integral outer membrane beta-barrel proteins (OMPs) by a protein machine called the Bam complex. In Escherichia coli, the Bam complex is composed of the essential proteins B...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rigel NW,Schwalm J,Ricci DP,Silhavy TJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hogg, Robert W. (University of Illinois, Urbana), Chitra S. Biswas, and Harry P. Broquist. Interference with valine and isoleucine biosynthesis by cyclic hydroxamic acids. J. Bacteriol. 90:1265-1270. 1965.-The introduction of a hydroxyl group in a number of common barbiturates, a substitution which converts these comp...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hogg RW,Biswas CS,Broquist HP

更新日期：1965-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although arsenic is highly toxic to most organisms, certain prokaryotes are known to grow on and respire toxic metalloids of arsenic (i.e., arsenate and arsenite). Two enzymes are known to be required for this arsenic-based metabolism: (i) the arsenate respiratory reductase (ArrA) and (ii) arsenite oxidase (AoxB). Bot...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Zargar K,Hoeft S,Oremland R,Saltikov CW

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoaspartyl sites, in which an aspartic acid residue is linked to its C-flanking neighbor via its beta-carboxyl side chain, are generally assumed to be an abnormal modification arising as proteins age. The enzyme protein L-isoaspartate methyltransferase (PIMT), present in many bacteria, plants, and animals, catalyzes ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： David CL,Keener J,Aswad DW

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of AI-2 in many bacteria and the physiological role of LuxS, the enzyme responsible for its production, remain matters of debate. Here, we show that in Staphylococcus aureus the luxS gene forms a monocistronic transcriptional unit under the control of a sigma(70)-dependent promoter. The gene was transcrib...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Doherty N,Holden MT,Qazi SN,Williams P,Winzer K

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00