The Enterococcus faecalis sigV protein is an extracytoplasmic function sigma factor contributing to survival following heat, acid, and ethanol treatments.

abstract：:Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) is synthesized de novo in Salmonella typhimurium and is a required cofactor for many enzymes in the cell. Five kinase activities have been implicated in TPP synthesis, which involves joining a 4-methyl-5-(beta-hydroxyethyl)thiazole (THZ) moiety and a 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimid...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Petersen LA,Downs DM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene Rv2747 encodes a novel 19-kDa ArgA that catalyzes the initial step in L-arginine biosynthesis, namely the conversion of L-glutamate to alpha-N-acetyl-L-glutamate. Initial velocity studies reveal that Rv2747 proceeds through a sequential kinetic mechanism, with K(m) values of 280 mM ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Errey JC,Blanchard JS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homotrimeric enzyme Mt-Cam from Methanosarcina thermophila is the archetype of the gamma class of carbonic anhydrases. A search of databases queried with Mt-Cam revealed that a majority of the homologs comprise a putative subclass (CamH) in which there is major conservation of all of the residues essential for the...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Zimmerman SA,Tomb JF,Ferry JG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short sequence repeats (SSRs), potentially representing variable numbers of tandem repeat (VNTR) loci, were identified for the human-pathogenic yeast species Candida albicans by computerized DNA sequence scanning. The individual SSR regions were investigated in different clinical isolates of C. albicans. Most of the C...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Lunel FV,Licciardello L,Stefani S,Verbrugh HA,Melchers WJ,Meis JF,Scherer S,van Belkum A

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reversal in the relative amounts of the two major species of tyrosine transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNATyr) (I and II) has been previously observed by others during the development of Bacillus subtilis. These species have been purified by benzoylated diethylaminoethyl-cellulose chromatography and were shown to differ ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Menichi B,Heyman T

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic yersiniae require Ca2+ for growth at 37 degrees C. They harbor closely related plasmids of about 70 kb that are essential for virulence. At 37 degrees C and in the absence of Ca2+ ions, these plasmids cause a decrease in growth rate and the release of large amounts of proteins called Yops. Here we describe ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Allaoui A,Scheen R,Lambert de Rouvroit C,Cornelis GR

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AraC protein, a transcriptional regulator of the L-arabinose operon in Escherichia coli, is dimeric. Each monomer consists of a domain for DNA binding plus transcription activation and a domain for dimerization plus arabinose binding. These are connected to one another by a linker region of at least 5 amino acids. Her...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Eustance RJ,Schleif RF

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stevens, Jack G. (University of Washington, Seattle), and Neal B. Groman. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus replication, cytopathology, and plaque formation in the presence and absence of nucleic acid analogues. J. Bacteriol. 87:446-453. 1964.-Cytopathology induced by infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) viru...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： STEVENS JG,GROMAN NB

更新日期：1964-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In growing cultures of Escherichia coli, the nonacylated glycerol of phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is labeled more rapidly than is the acylated glycerol. This is, in part, due to a rapid exchange reaction of the nonacylated glycerol. Only some of the PG molecules undergo this reaction while others are stable. Using a muta...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ballesta JP,De Garcia CL,Schaechter M

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frampton, E. W. (The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston), and B. R. Brinkley. Evidence of lysogeny in derivatives of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 90:446-452. 1965.-Exposure of cultures of several thymine-requiring derivatives of Escherichia coli strain 15 to radiation [X rays o...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： FRAMPTON EW,BRINKLEY BR

更新日期：1965-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli HtrA protein is a periplasmic protease/chaperone that is upregulated under stress conditions. The protease and chaperone activities of HtrA eliminate or refold damaged and unfolded proteins in the bacterial periplasm that are generated upon stress conditions. In the absence of substrates, HtrA oli...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Jomaa A,Iwanczyk J,Tran J,Ortega J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified 3-hydroxypropionate cycle has been proposed as the autotrophic CO2 fixation pathway for the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Metallosphaera sedula. The cycle requires the reductive conversion of 3-hydroxypropionate to propionyl-coenzyme A (propionyl-CoA). The specific activity of the 3-hydroxypropionate-, CoA...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Alber BE,Kung JW,Fuchs G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We constructed mercury resistance operon-luciferase (mer-lux) transcriptional fusion plasmids to evaluate in vivo gene expression rates of the mer structural gene promoter (PTPCAD) of transposon Tn21. In vivo gene expression kinetics corresponded well with those previously determined in vitro, yielding an apparent K0....

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Condee CW,Summers AO

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated bacterium, Pseudomonas geniculata N1, can efficiently degrade nicotine. Here we present a 4.51-Mb assembly of its genome, which is the first sequence of the P. geniculata group. The sequence contains the genes related to nicotine catabolism and may provide insights into its molecular mechanism for N-h...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tang H,Yu H,Tai C,Huang K,Liu Y,Wang L,Yao Y,Wu G,Xu P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The region of the colicin E1 polypeptide that interacts with immunity protein has been localized to a 168-residue COOH-terminal peptide. This is the length of a proteolytically generated peptide fragment of colicin E1 against which imm+ function can be demonstrated in osmotically shocked cells. The role of particular ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bishop LJ,Bjes ES,Davidson VL,Cramer WA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pelA and pelC genes from Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16 were sequenced and overexpressed in Escherichia coli cells. These genes and two others from the same strain that were characterized previously encode catalytically related pectate lyase proteins that are involved with the maceration and soft-rotting of plant tissu...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tamaki SJ,Gold S,Robeson M,Manulis S,Keen NT

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that rdxB, encoding a likely membrane-bound two [4Fe-4S]-containing center, is involved in the aerobic regulation of photosystem gene expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1. To further investigate the role of rdxB as well as other genes of the rdxBHIS operon on photosystem gene expression,...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Roh JH,Kaplan S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NBU1 is an integrated Bacteroides element that can he mobilized from Bacteroides donors to Bacteroides recipients. Previous studies have shown that a plasmid carrying the internal mobilization region of NBU1 could be transferred by conjugation from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron to Escherichia coli. In this report, we s...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Shoemaker NB,Wang GR,Salyers AA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproduction and morphogenesis of Rickettsiella chironomi, an unusual procaryotic parasite of midge larvae, was studied with electron microscopy. The morphogenic cycle was similar to that found in chlamydia and consisted of four major cell types: (i) medium-sized spherical initial bodies (ca. 1 micrometers in diam...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Federici BA

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An R plasmid, R100-1, was mapped previously (Yoshikawa, 1974) by transduction from an integratively suppressed Hfr strain to a recipient with a mutation in gene dnaA. By this method various types of transductants of plasmid R100-1 that exist autonomously or in the integrated state were obtained. Seventy-one such trans...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Yoshikawa M

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, flagellar genes are regulated in a cascade headed by FleQ, an NtrC/NifA-type activator. FleQ and RpoN positively regulate expression of flhA, fliE, fliL, and fleSR genes, among others. Direct interaction of FleQ with flhA, fliE, fliL, and fleSR promoters was demonstrated by gel shift assay, ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Jyot J,Dasgupta N,Ramphal R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydiae are unusual obligately intracellular bacteria that do not synthesize detectable peptidoglycan. However, they possess genes that appear to encode products with peptidoglycan biosynthetic activity. Bioinformatic analysis predicts that chlamydial MurE possesses UDP-MurNAc-L-Ala-D-Glu:meso-diaminopimelic acid (...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Patin D,Bostock J,Blanot D,Mengin-Lecreulx D,Chopra I

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain has been constructed to facilitate tightly regulated gene expression. Arabinose-inducible and glucose-repressible expression of a T7 RNA polymerase gene that has been integrated with an adjacent araC-P(BAD) control element into the bacterial chromosome allows dynami...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： McKinney J,Guerrier-Takada C,Galán J,Altman S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shufflon, a multiple DNA inversion system in the plasmid R64, consists of four DNA segments flanked and separated by seven 19-bp repeat sequences. Site-specific recombinations mediated by the rci product occur between each inverted repeat sequence, resulting in inversions of the four segments independently or in g...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Gyohda A,Funayama N,Komano T

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discadenine,3-(3-amino-3-carboxypropyl)-N6-delta 2-isopentenyladenine, which inhibits spore germination, was previously found in Dictyostelium discoideum. Studies on the distribution of discadenine in different species of cellular slime molds by high-pressure liquid chromatography showed that discadenine is present in...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Taya Y,Yamada T,Nishimura S

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant of Escherichia coli has been isolated, the growth of which is inhibited by low concentrations (1 mm) of NaCl. High levels of magnesium, calcium, or strontium in the medium permit growth in the presence of sodium. The metal content of the inhibited mutant is normal, but the strain is unable to tolerate levels ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Lusk JE,Kennedy EP

更新日期：1972-03-01 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：:Transcription-coupled repair (TCR) is a cellular process by which some forms of DNA damage are repaired more rapidly from transcribed strands of active genes than from nontranscribed strands or the overall genome. In humans, the TCR coupling factor, CSB, plays a critical role in restoring transcription following both ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Schalow BJ,Courcelle CT,Courcelle J

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Streptococcus agalactiae is a primary cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Essential to the virulence of this pathogen is the production of a type-specific capsular polysaccharide (CPS) that enables the bacteria to evade host immune defenses. The identification, cloning, sequencing, and functional characterizati...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Chaffin DO,Beres SB,Yim HH,Rubens CE

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00