Precursor in cotranslational secretion of diphtheria toxin.

abstract：:A transformable strain of Bacillus subtilis 6160, a derivative of B. subtilis 168, produces three kinds of casein hydrolytic enzymes (alkaline protease, neutral protease, and esterase) in a culture medium. B. natto IAM 1212 produces 15 to 20 times as much total proteolytic activity as does B. subtilis. Extracellular p...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Uehara H,Yoneda Y,Yamane K,Maruo B

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of DNA methyltransferases are important for a variety of cellular functions in bacteria. In this study, we developed a modified high-throughput technique called methyl homopolymer tail mediated sequencing (methyl HTM-seq) to identify the undermethylated sites in the Vibrio cholerae genome for the two DN...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Dalia AB,Lazinski DW,Camilli A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 is a heterotrophic, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium that has been reported to fix nitrogen and reduce acetylene to ethane in the absence of molybdenum. DNA from this strain hybridized well at low stringency to the nitrogenase 2 (vnfDGK) genes of Azotobacter vinelandii. The hybridizing reg...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Thiel T

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroakridin 3582 (NA) formed complexes with native deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and with transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) species from Escherichia coli. Spectrophotometric titrations of NA with these nucleic acids produced numerical results from which nonlinear adsorption isotherms were derived. These curves indicated...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wolfe AD,Cook TM,Hahn FE

更新日期：1971-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer program has been designed to study behavior in populations of Spirochaeta aurantia cells, and this program has been used to analyze changes in behavior in response to chemoattractants. Three kinds of behavior were distinguished: smooth swimming, flexing, and reversals in direction of swimming after a short ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Fosnaugh K,Greenberg EP

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli mutants lacking activities of all known cytosolic ATP-dependent proteases (Lon, ClpAP, ClpXP, and HslVU), due to double deletions [DeltahslVU and Delta(clpPX-lon)], cannot grow at low (30 degrees C) or very high (45 degrees C) temperatures, unlike those carrying either of the deletions. Such growth de...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kanemori M,Yanagi H,Yura T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kil-kor regulon of the self-transmissible, broad-host-range plasmid RK2 is a unique network with eight coregulated operons. Among the genes encoded by the kil-kor regulon are trfA, which encodes the replication initiator, and several kil loci (kilA, kilB, kilC, and kilE), each of which is lethal to the host cell i...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Thomson VJ,Jovanovic OS,Pohlman RF,Chang CH,Figurski DH

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for the isolation of Bacillus subtilis mutants that appear to be defective in septum synthesis has been described. Fourteen mutants isolated with this technique were found to be located at four distinct loci on the B. subtilis chromosome. These have been designated divA, divB, divC, and divD. The four muta...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Van Alstyne D,Simon MI

更新日期：1971-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hedgecock, L. W. (Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.) and R. L. Costello. Utilization of nitrate by pathogenic and saprophytic mycobacteria. J. Bacteriol. 84:195-205. 1962-The ability of mycobacteria to utilize nitrate as a sole source of nitrogen was examined. Nitrate-nitrogen was readily utilized by ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： HEDGECOCK LW,COSTELLO RL

更新日期：1962-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid-deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization studies reveal that the plasmids coding for the production of heat stable and heat labile enteroxtoxins of Escherichia coli, regardless of their origin, have a majority of their polynucleotide sequences in common, but are not related in any significant way to t...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： So M,Crosa JH,Falkow S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spheroplasts of two different auxotrophic strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, both of mating type a, were fused with the aid of polyethylene glycol and calcium ions. After reversion to vegetative cells in solid media, the resulting zygotes were shown to be diploid cells of mating type aa. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： van Solingen P,van der Plaat JB

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:narK mutants of Escherichia coli produce wild-type levels of nitrate reductase but, unlike the wild-type strain, do not accumulate nitrite when grown anaerobically on a glucose-nitrate medium. Comparison of the rates of nitrate and nitrite metabolism in cultures growing anaerobically on glucose-nitrate medium revealed...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： DeMoss JA,Hsu PY

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms protecting nitrogenase in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus from damage by oxygen were studied. Evidence is provided suggesting that in G. diazotrophicus these mechanisms include respiratory protection as well as conformational protection in which a putative FeSII Shethna protein is involved. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ureta A,Nordlund S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MobB is a small protein encoded by the broad-host-range plasmid R1162 and required for efficient mobilization of its DNA during conjugation. The protein was shown previously to stabilize the relaxosome, the complex of plasmid DNA and mobilization proteins at the origin of transfer (oriT). We have generated in-frame mo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Perwez T,Meyer RJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaines, Sidney (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C.), Julius A. Currie, and Joseph G. Tully. Factors affecting formation of incomplete Vi antibody in mice. J. Bacteriol. 90:635-642. 1965.-Single immunizing doses of purified Vi antigen elicited complete and incomplete Vi antibodies in BALB/c mice, ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Gaines S,Currie JA,Tully JG

更新日期：1965-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Krebs cycle enzyme activity in Bacillus subtilis was examined under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Citrate synthase and aconitase activities in cells grown anaerobically in the presence of nitrate were reduced by as much as 10- and 30-fold, respectively, from levels observed under aerobic culture conditions. The ma...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nakano MM,Zuber P,Sonenshein AL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parnas, Józef (Academy of Medicine, Lublin, Poland). Differentiation of brucellae by the aid of phages. J. Bacteriol. 82:319-325. 1961.-There appears to be no absolute specificity of phages for the three species of the genus Brucella. The phage test is only supplementary to biochemical and serological methods for spec...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： PARNAS J

更新日期：1961-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmid-encoded yop genes of pathogenic yersiniae are regulated by the environmental stimuli calcium and temperature. A novel protein, LcrQ, which exhibits a key function in the negative calcium-controlled pathway, was identified. DNA sequence analysis revealed that LcrQ has a molecular mass of 12,412 daltons and ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rimpiläinen M,Forsberg A,Wolf-Watz H

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：:When Legionella pneumophila grows on agar plates, it secretes a surfactant that promotes flagellum- and pilus-independent "sliding" motility. We isolated three mutants that were defective for surfactant. The first two had mutations in genes predicted to encode cytoplasmic enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. These ge...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Stewart CR,Burnside DM,Cianciotto NP

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuS-encoded polysialytransferase (polyST) in Escherichia coli K1 catalyzes synthesis of polysialic acid homopolymers composed of unbranched sialyl alpha 2,8 linkages. Subcloning and complementation experiments showed that the K1 neuS was functionally interchangeable with the neuS from E. coli K92 (S. M. Steenberg...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Vimr ER,Bergstrom R,Steenbergen SM,Boulnois G,Roberts I

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the marine sponge Halichondria panicea a lectin was isolated and characterized. The homogeneous lectin (composed of protein to 80.7% and of neutral carbohydrates to 14.1%) had a molecular weight of 78,000 (determined by gel filtration) and consisted of four subunits with a molecular weight of 21,000 each (determi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Müller WE,Zahn RK,Kurelec B,Lucu C,Müller I,Uhlenbruck G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of the long propeptides of fungal proteinases is not known. Aspergillus fumigatus produces a 33-kDa serine proteinase of the subtilisin family and a 42-kDa metalloproteinase of the thermolysin family. These extracellular enzymes are synthesized as preproenzymes containing large amino-terminal propeptides....

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Markaryan A,Lee JD,Sirakova TD,Kolattukudy PE

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemotaxis system for Pseudomonas aeruginosa was defined by using the method of Adler. Cells were attracted to compounds in the order ammonium chloride greater than amino acids greater than organic acids. Two sugars were assayed and elicited no response. Comparisons with other model systems are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Moench TT,Konetzka WA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell walls isolated from axenically grown leprosy-derived corynebacteria were submitted to various chemical and enzymatic degradations. The glycan strands of the wall peptidoglycan are essentially composed of N-acetylglycosaminyl-N-acetylmuramic acid disaccharide units. Small amounts of N-acetylglycosaminyl-N-glyc...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Janczura E,Leyh-Bouille M,Cocito C,Ghuysen JM

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions of the uvrB gene were not obtained in polA1 strains of Escherichia coli either by selecting for spontaneous deletions or by transduction from strains carrying such deletions. A strain forming a temperature-sensitive deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase I and carrying a deletion of the uvrB gene is inviable at th...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Shizuya H,Dykhuizen D

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activities of Bacillus subtilis ribosomes pretreated with 0.5, 1, or 2 mmp-chloromercuribenzoate (PCMB) were examined. The ribosomes treated with 1 or 2 mm PCMB lost their capacity to synthesize polyphenylalanine as well as the capacity to bind phenylalanyl-transfer ribonucleic acid. On the other hand, ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ranu RS,Kaji A

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ParB is one of two P1-encoded proteins that are required for active partition of the P1 prophage in Escherichia coli. To probe the native domain structure of ParB, we performed limited proteolytic digestions of full-length ParB, as well as of several N-terminal and C-terminal deletion fragments of ParB. The C-terminal...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Surtees JA,Funnell BE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 12 individual codons, which differed widely with respect to the frequency of use in Escherichia coli and the abundance of the corresponding tRNAs, for their influence on the coupling between transcription and translation. This was probed by determining the effects of codon substitutions in the leader pepti...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bonekamp F,Dalbøge H,Christensen T,Jensen KF

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The colH gene encoding a collagenase was cloned from Clostridium histolyticum JCM 1403. Nucleotide sequencing showed a major open reading frame encoding a 116-kDa protein of 1,021 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence contains a putative signal sequence and a zinc metalloprotease consensus sequence, HEX...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Yoshihara K,Matsushita O,Minami J,Okabe A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00