Effects of essential amino acid starvation in Streptococcus faecalis: structural change in the 50S ribosomal subunit.

abstract：:Expression plasmids containing various portions of araFGH operon sequences were assayed for their ability to facilitate the high-affinity L-arabinose transport process in a strain lacking the chromosomal copy of this operon. Accumulation studies demonstrated that the specific induction of all three operon coding seque...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Horazdovsky BF,Hogg RW

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA was prepared from a strain of Escherichia coli bearing a mutation which confers the GlnC phenotype (inability to reduce the expression of glnA and other nitrogen-regulated operons in response to ammonia in the growth medium). A fragment of this DNA carrying glnA, the structural gene for glutamine synthetase, was c...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Chen YM,Backman K,Magasanik B

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two proteins of Escherichia coli, termed Wzc and Wzb, were analyzed for their capacity to participate in the reversible phosphorylation of proteins on tyrosine. First, Wzc was overproduced from its specific gene and purified to homogeneity by affinity chromatography. Upon incubation in the presence of radioactive ATP,...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Vincent C,Doublet P,Grangeasse C,Vaganay E,Cozzone AJ,Duclos B

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lambda phage (lambdaNK55) carrying the translocatable element Tn10, conferring tetracycline resistance (Tetr), has been utilized to isolate glutamine auxotrophs of Escherichia coli K-12. Such strains lack uridylyltransferase as a result of an insertion of the TN10 element in the glnD gene. The glnD::Tn10 insertion h...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bloom FR,Levin MS,Foor F,Tyler B

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of acute and chronic Q fever in humans, is a naturally intracellular pathogen that directs the formation of an acidic Coxiella-containing vacuole (CCV) derived from the host lysosomal network. Central to its pathogenesis is a specialized type IVB secretion system (T4SS) that de...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Weber MM,Chen C,Rowin K,Mertens K,Galvan G,Zhi H,Dealing CM,Roman VA,Banga S,Tan Y,Luo ZQ,Samuel JE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was previously reported that unlike the other obg/cgtA GTPases, the Vibrio harveyi cgtAV is not essential. Here we show that cgtAV was not disrupted in these studies and is, in fact, essential for viability. Depletion of CgtAV did not result in cell elongation. CgtAV is associated with the large ribosomal particle....

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Sikora AE,Zielke R,Datta K,Maddock JR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of the ilvF locus at 54 min on the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome revealed that it is a cryptic gene for expression of a valine-resistant acetohydroxy acid synthase (acetolactate synthase; EC 4.1.3.18) distinct from previously reported isozymes. A spontaneous mutation, ilvF663, yielded IlvF+ enzyme activ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Alexander-Caudle C,Latinwo LM,Jackson JH

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnocytophaga spp. contain a group of unusual sulfonolipids, called capnoids (W. Godchaux III and E. R. Leadbetter, J. Bacteriol. 144:592-602, 1980). One of these lipids, capnine, is 2-amino-3-hydroxy-15-methylhexadecane-1-sulfonic acid; the others are, apparently, N-acylated versions of capnine. The lipids were foun...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Godchaux W 3rd,Leadbetter ER

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage phi29 protein p6 is a viral architectural protein, which binds along the whole linear phi29 DNA in vivo and is involved in initiation of DNA replication and transcription control. Protein p1 is a membrane-associated viral protein, proposed to attach the viral genome to the cell membrane. Protein p17 is i...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： González-Huici V,Alcorlo M,Salas M,Hermoso JM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions, immunofluorescence microscopy, and cryo-electron tomography revealed that the chemoreceptors of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi form long, thin arrays near both cell poles. These arrays are in close proximity to the flagellar motors. This information provides a...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Xu H,Raddi G,Liu J,Charon NW,Li C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine possible functions of the calmodulinlike protein of Bacillus subtilis, the time course of its expression during sporulation and its cellular localization were studied. The protein was expressed in a constitutive manner from the end of logarithmic growth through 8 h of sporulation as determined by antibody...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Dominguez DC,Adams H,Hageman JH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned the Micromonospora viridifaciens neuraminidase (EC 3.2.1.18) gene (nedA) in Streptomyces lividans. This was accomplished by using the vector pIJ702 and BglII-BclI libraries of M. viridifaciens chromosomal inserts created in S. lividans. The libraries were screened for the expression of neuraminidase by ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Sakurada K,Ohta T,Hasegawa M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video techniques were used to record changes in motility of cells of Streptococcus sp. strain V4051 exposed to a variety of protein modification reagents. Starved cells were tethered to glass by a single flagellum, energized metabolically with glucose, or treated with valinomycin and energized artificially via shifts ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Conley MP,Berg HC

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mu promoters active during the lytic cycle were located by isolating RNA at various times after induction of Mu prophages, radiolabeling it by capping in vitro, and hybridizing it to Mu DNA fragments on Southern blots. Signals were detected from four new promoters in addition to the previously characterized Pe (early)...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Stoddard SF,Howe MM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uracil-DNA glycosylase activity was found in Streptococcus pneumoniae, and the enzyme was partially purified. An ung mutant lacking the activity was obtained by positive selection of cells transformed with a plasmid containing uracil in its DNA. The effects of the ung mutation on mutagenic processes in S. pneumoniae w...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Chen JD,Lacks SA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonies of S. mutans OMZ61, Streptococcus sp. D182, Staphylococcus aureus Oxford NCTC 6571, and Candida albicans type A, MRL 3153 were grown on various media. Cubes of agar bearing two to three colonies were excised and processed for scanning electron microscopy. The characteristic shape of the colonies was seen when...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Whittaker DK,Drucker DB

更新日期：1970-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative stability of membrane proteins in Escherichia coli was investigated to determine whether these proteins are degraded at heterogeneous rates and, if so, whether the degradative rates are correlated with the sizes or charges of the proteins. Cells growing in a glucose-limited chemostat with a generation tim...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Schroer DW,St John AC

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of gene expression using fusions to lacZ demonstrated that the Bacillus subtilis dacB gene, encoding penicillin-binding protein 5*, is in an operon with two downstream genes, spmA and spmB. Mutations affecting any one of these three genes resulted in the production of spores with reduced heat resistance. The c...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Popham DL,Illades-Aguiar B,Setlow P

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli K-12 mtr gene, which encodes a tryptophan-specific permease, was cloned, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The precise location of the mtr gene at 69 min on the E. coli chromosome was determined. The mtr gene product was identified as a 414-amino-acid residue protein with a calculated mo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Sarsero JP,Wookey PJ,Pittard AJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus brevis HPD31 contains a surface (S)-layer protein, termed the HWP, which forms a hexagonal array in the cell wall. The 5' region of the HWP gene was isolated from a DNA library constructed in bacteriophage vector EMBL3 from a partial BamHI digest of the chromosomal DNA. The 3' region contained in a 2.7-kiloba...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ebisu S,Tsuboi A,Takagi H,Naruse Y,Yamagata H,Tsukagoshi N,Udaka S

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Ribose isomerase was purified and crystallized from cells of Mycobacterium smegmatis grown on either D-ribose or L-rhamnose. Isomerase activity for both of these sugars remained together throughout the purification. The isomerase from L-rhamnose-grown cells had the same chemical and physical properties as the enzyme...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Izumori K,Mitchell M,Elbein AD

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:top mutations (formerly supX) eliminate DNA topoisomerase I activity and suppress the leu-500 promoter mutation in Salmonella typhimurium (K. M. Overbye, S. K. Basu, and P. Margolin, Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 47:785-791, 1983). Sublethal doses of coumermycin which reduce intracellular levels of supercoilin...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Pruss GJ,Drlica K

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus plantarum is a lactic acid bacterium (LAB) species commonly used as a probiotic. We have sequenced the genome of Lactobacillus plantarum JDM1, which is a Chinese commercial LAB with several probiotic functions, using a GS 20 system. We recommend that each commercial probiotic strain should undergo comple...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Zhang ZY,Liu C,Zhu YZ,Zhong Y,Zhu YQ,Zheng HJ,Zhao GP,Wang SY,Guo XK

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fragment from the ponB region of the Escherichia coli chromosome comprising the promoterless sequence encoding penicillin-binding protein 1B (PBP 1B) has been cloned in a broad-host-range expression vector under the control of the kanamycin resistance gene promoter present in the vector. The hybrid plasmid (pJP3) wa...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Plá J,Rojo F,de Pedro MA,Ayala JA

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterium Myxococcus xanthus alternates between two colony types distinguished by colony morphology and pigmentation. Because the two phases are interconvertible, this phenomenon has been termed phase variation. In one phase, the colonies are bright yellow, rough, and swarming. In the alternate phase, the colonies...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Laue BE,Gill RE

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sdiA gene codes for a protein that regulates expression of the ftsQAZ cluster of essential cell division genes of Escherichia coli. SdiA up-regulates the ftsQ2p promoter that initiates transcription into the ftsQAZ cluster. In this paper, we report that expression of sdiA is itself regulated by a factor that is re...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： García-Lara J,Shang LH,Rothfield LI

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fowler, Audree V. (University of California, Los Angeles), and Irving Zabin. Effects of dimethylsulfoxide on the lactose operon in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 92:353-357. 1966.-Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) at a concentration of 5% (v/v) in the culture medium inhibits the growth of Escherichia coli to only a slight ext...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Fowler AV,Zabin I

更新日期：1966-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sog gene of the IncI alpha group plasmid ColIb is known to encode a DNA primase that can substitute for defective host primase in dnaG mutants of Escherichia coli during discontinuous DNA replication. The biological significance of this enzyme was investigated by using sog mutants, constructed from a derivative of...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Chatfield LK,Orr E,Boulnois GJ,Wilkins BM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus mirabilis swarming behavior is characterized by the development of concentric rings of growth that are formed as cyclic events of swarmer cell differentiation, swarming migration, and cellular differentiation are repeated during colony translocation across a surface. This cycle produces the bull's-eye colony o...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Belas R,Schneider R,Melch M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the major transmutations of donor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) after uptake by competent Bacillus subtilis cells. Kinetic experiments confirm that after exposure to competent cells, donor DNA is converted to double-stranded fragments (DSF) which can be isolated as early as 30 s from the beginning o...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Davidoff-Abelson R,Dubnau D

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00