Analysis of the regulation of gene expression during Bacillus subtilis sporulation by manipulation of the copy number of spo-lacZ fusions.

abstract：:Cell size at bud initiation shows the same relationship to growth rate in wild-type and petite yeast cells. The nutrient-modulated size control is related to growth rate rather than a change from fermentative to oxidative metabolism. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bugeja VC,Carter BL

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid desaturation catalyzed by fatty acid desaturases requires molecular oxygen (O(2)). Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells derepress expression of OLE1 encoding Delta9 fatty acid desaturase under hypoxic conditions to allow more-efficient use of limited O(2). It has been proposed that aerobic conditions lead to repr...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nakagawa Y,Sugioka S,Kaneko Y,Harashima S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous work, we cloned a Candida albicans cDNA for the glycolytic enzyme enolase and found a single, abundant enolase transcript on Northern (RNA) blots and a single protein on immunoblots, using antiserum raised against a recombinant enolase fusion protein. Because C. albicans enolase is abundantly produced duri...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Postlethwait P,Sundstrom P

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus swarming is the rapid cyclical population migration across surfaces by elongated cells that hyperexpress flagellar and virulence genes. The mini-Tn5 transposon mutant mns2 was isolated as a tight nonswarming mutant that did not elongate or upregulate flagellar and hemolysin genes. Individual cell motility was ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hay NA,Tipper DJ,Gygi D,Hughes C

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) in Acinetobacter baumannii has raised concern in health care settings worldwide. In order to understand the repertoire of resistance determinants and their organization and origins, we compared the genome sequences of three MDR and three drug-susceptible A. baumannii ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Adams MD,Goglin K,Molyneaux N,Hujer KM,Lavender H,Jamison JJ,MacDonald IJ,Martin KM,Russo T,Campagnari AA,Hujer AM,Bonomo RA,Gill SR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of certain nonmetabolizable sugar-phosphates (including α-methyl glucoside-6-phosphate) in Escherichia coli is growth inhibitory and elicits the glucose-phosphate stress response. The transcription factor SgrR activates transcription of the small RNA SgrS under stress conditions. SgrS represses translatio...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Sun Y,Vanderpool CK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of Escherichia coli purR, which encodes the pur regulon repressor protein, is autoregulated. Autoregulation at the level of transcription requires two operator sites, designated purRo1 and purRo2 (O1 and O2). Operator O1 is in the region of DNA between the transcription start site and the site for trans...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rolfes RJ,Zalkin H

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key step in the regulation of heat shock genes in Escherichia coli is the stress-dependent degradation of the heat shock promoter-specific sigma(32) subunit of RNA polymerase by the AAA protease, FtsH. Previous studies implicated the C termini of protein substrates, including sigma(32), as degradation signals for AA...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tomoyasu T,Arsène F,Ogura T,Bukau B

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments are described in which the tensile strength, the initial (Youngs') modulus, and other mechanical properties of the bacterial cell wall were obtained as functions of relative humidity (RH) in the range of 20 to 95%. These properties were deduced from tensile tests on bacterial thread, a fiber consisting of ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Thwaites JJ,Surana UC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is a soil microorganism that attaches to seeds and efficiently colonizes the plant's rhizosphere. Lysine is one of the major compounds in root exudates, and P. putida KT2440 uses this amino acid as a source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. Lysine is channeled to delta-aminovaleric acid and th...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Revelles O,Espinosa-Urgel M,Molin S,Ramos JL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FtsZ, the bacterial tubulin homologue, is the main player in at least two distinct processes of cell division during the development of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). It forms cytokinetic rings and is required for the formation of both the widely spaced hyphal cross walls in the substrate mycelium and the specialized ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Grantcharova N,Lustig U,Flärdh K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of the molecular species of acidic phospholipids in Escherichia coli B during the late exponential growth phase at 37 degrees C was determined. Two phosphatidyl groups of cardiolipin, the 3-(3-sn-phosphatidyl) and 1-(3-sn-phosphatidyl) moieties of cardiolipin, were isolated by limited hydrolysis with p...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Yokota K,Kanamoto R,Kito M

更新日期：1980-03-01 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 TcbR transcriptional activator protein, which is encoded by the tcbR gene of Pseudomonas sp. strain P51 (J. R. van der Meer, A. C. J. Frijters, J. H. J. Leveau, R. I. L. Eggen, A. J. B. Zehnder, and W. M. de Vos, J. Bacteriol. 173:3700-3708, 1991), was purified from overproducing Escherichia coli cells by using a ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Leveau JH,de Vos WM,van der Meer JR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of nucleoids and mesosomes of Bacillus subtilis in stationary-and lag-phase cultures was studied by making three-dimensional cell reconstructions in plastic of electron micrographs of serial sections. In cells from stationary cultures, the dormant nucleoids are frequently, but not always, spherical and ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Van Iterson W,Michels PA,Vyth-Dreese F,Aten JA

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oceaniovalibus guishaninsula, as a representative of a new genus within the family Rhodobacteraceae, was isolated from surface seawater that was sulfidic. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of the type strain, JLT2003(T). ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tang K,Liu K,Jiao N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum have the ability to catabolize indole-3-acetic acid. Indoleacetic acid (IAA), 4-chloro-IAA (4-Cl-IAA), and 5-Cl-IAA were metabolized to different extents by strains 61A24 and 110. Metabolites were isolated and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography and conventional ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Jensen JB,Egsgaard H,Van Onckelen H,Jochimsen BU

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase-partitioning studies of the euryhaline bacterium Halomonas elongata demonstrated that the hydrophobic-hydrophilic nature of the cell surface changed as the bacterium grew in different NaCl concentrations. Mid-log-phase cells grown in a high (3.4 M) NaCl concentration were more hydrophilic than were cells grown i...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hart DJ,Vreeland RH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression levels of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens alpha-amylase, Escherichia coli TEM-beta-lactamase, and Semliki Forest virus glycoprotein E1 genes were compared in Bacillus subtilis. All three model genes were expressed by using a secretion vector, constructed by joining the B. amyloliquefaciens alpha-amylase promoter...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ulmanen I,Lundström K,Lehtovaara P,Sarvas M,Ruohonen M,Palva I

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An RNA polymerase mutant with a single-base-pair change in the rpoC gene affects chromosome initiation control. The mutation, which is recessive, is a G to A transition leading to the substitution of aspartate for glycine at amino acid residue 1033 in the RNA polymerase beta' subunit. The chromosome copy number is inc...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Petersen SK,Hansen FG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Bacterial cell division is an essential and highly coordinated process. It requires the polymerization of the tubulin homologue FtsZ to form a dynamic ring (Z-ring) at midcell. Z-ring formation relies on a group of FtsZ-associated proteins (Zap) for stability throughout the process of division. In Escherichi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Roach EJ,Wroblewski C,Seidel L,Berezuk AM,Brewer D,Kimber MS,Khursigara CM

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 unable to excise pyrimidine dimers from their deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) because of a uvr mutation show a higher survival when plated on a minimal salts medium after exposure to ultraviolet radiation than when plated on a complex medium such as nutrient agar containing yeast extract. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ganesan AK,Smith KC

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2,647-bp nucleotide sequence of cryptic plasmid pTD1, isolated from the oral spirochete Treponema denticola, was determined. The sequence revealed two open reading frames, A and B, which encode polypeptides of 335 and 235 amino acids, respectively. Open reading frame A shows sequence similarity to genes that encod...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： MacDougall J,Margarita D,Saint Girons I

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Acinetobacter calcoaceticus the seven genes coding for the enzymes responsible for tryptophan synthesis map at three chromosomal locations. Two three-gene clusters, one (trpGDC) specifying the small subunit of anthranilate synthase, phosphoribosyl transferase, and indoleglycerol phosphate synthase and the other (tr...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Cohn W,Crawford IP

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serpulina hyodysenteriae, the etiologic agent of swine dysentery, contains complex periplasmic flagella which are composed of multiple class A and class B polypeptides. To examine the role these proteins play in flagellar synthesis, structure, and function and to develop strains which may provide insight into the impo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rosey EL,Kennedy MJ,Petrella DK,Ulrich RG,Yancey RJ Jr

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sigA and sigB genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encode two sigma 70-like sigma factors of RNA polymerase. While transcription of the sigA gene is growth rate independent, sigB transcription is increased during entry into stationary phase. The sigA gene transcription is unresponsive to environmental stress but th...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hu Y,Coates AR

更新日期：1999-01-01 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 effect of CheY and fumarate on switching frequency and rotational bias of the bacterial flagellar motor was analyzed by computer-aided tracking of tethered Escherichia coli. Plots of cells overexpressing CheY in a gutted background showed a bell-shaped correlation curve of Switching frequency and bias centering at...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Montrone M,Eisenbach M,Oesterhelt D,Marwan W

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pore-forming colicins are soluble bacteriocins which form voltage-gated ion channels in the inner membrane of Escherichia coli. To reach their target, these colicins first bind to a receptor located on the outer membrane and then are translocated through the envelope. Colicins are subdivided into two groups according ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Duché D,Letellier L,Géli V,Bénédetti H,Baty D

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tdh promoter of Escherichia coli is induced seven- to eightfold when cells are grown in the presence of exogenous leucine. A scheme was devised to select mutants that exhibited high constitutive expression of the tdh promoter. The mutations in these strains were shown to lie within a previously identified gene (lr...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rex JH,Aronson BD,Somerville RL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00