The holin of bacteriophage lambda forms rings with large diameter.

abstract：:The replication-initiator protein DnaA is ubiquitous in the eubacterial world. It binds to an asymmetric 9 bp consensus DNA sequence, the DnaA box. Besides its primary function as an initiator, it acts as a transcription factor that represses or activates several genes, or terminates transcription, depending on the lo...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Messer W,Weigel C

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferrichrome-iron is actively transported across the outer membrane of Escherichia coli by the TonB-dependent receptor FhuA. To obtain FhuA in a form suitable for secondary-structure analyses, a hexahistidine tag was inserted into a surface-located site and the recombinant protein was purified by metal chelate chromato...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Moeck GS,Tawa P,Xiang H,Ismail AA,Turnbull JL,Coulton JW

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions or substitutions of amino acids at the carboxyl-terminus of the heat-labile enterotoxin B subunit (EtxB) affect its assembly into pentamers in a temperature-dependent manner. At 42 degrees C, the mutations prevent the B subunits from achieving their final pentameric structure resulting in membrane associatio...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Sandkvist M,Bagdasarian M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A search with the proposed amino acid translation product from the new 'candidate gene' for human Menkes disease against protein sequence libraries showed a remarkable similarity to that for the cadmium efflux ATPase from Staphylococcus aureus resistance plasmids. The Menkes sequence appears closer to the CadA Cd2+ se...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Silver S,Nucifora G,Phung LT

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromalveolates like the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum arose through the uptake of a red alga by a phagotrophic protist, a process termed secondary endosymbiosis. In consequence, the plastids are surrounded by two additional membranes compared with primary plastids. This plastid morphology poses additional barriers...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Hempel F,Felsner G,Maier UG

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligosaccharides derived from cell wall of fungal pathogens induce host primary immune responses. To understand fungal strategies circumventing the host plant immune responses, cell wall polysaccharide localization was investigated using fluorescent labels during infectious structure differentiation in the rice blast ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Fujikawa T,Kuga Y,Yano S,Yoshimi A,Tachiki T,Abe K,Nishimura M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that transcription of most of the early genes in the Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) phage phi C31 is from a series of unusual promoters that depend on a function expressed early in the phi C31 lytic cycle. Primer extension analysis on the 5' ends of three early mRNAs, from samples prepared 10 min ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Ingham CJ,Crombie HJ,Bruton CJ,Chater KF,Hartley NM,Murphy GJ,Smith MC

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three distinct types of terminal oxidases participate in the aerobic respiratory pathways of Paracoccus denitrificans. Two alternative genes encoding subunit I of the aa3-type cytochrome c oxidase have been isolated before, namely ctaDI and ctaDII. Each of these genes can be expressed separately to complement a double...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： de Gier JW,Lübben M,Reijnders WN,Tipker CA,Slotboom DJ,van Spanning RJ,Stouthamer AH,van der Oost J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of strains of the widespread aerobic soil bacterium, Bacillus sphaericus, possess crystalline inclusions of a toxin lethal to a variety of insect (larvae) which are vectors of major tropical diseases. Partial amino acid sequence data from one strain, B. sphaericus 2362 have permitted us to design oligonucleot...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Hindley J,Berry C

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group A streptococcal emm-like genes, which encode the cell-surface M and M-like proteins, are divided into distinct mrp, emm and enn subdivisions and are clustered together in a region of the chromosome called the vir regulon. In order to understand the mechanisms involved in the evolution of emm-like genes, a 18...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Whatmore AM,Kapur V,Musser JM,Kehoe MA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria in terrestrial habitats frequently reside as biofilm communities on surfaces that are unsaturated, i.e. biofilms are covered in water films varying in thickness depending on the environmental conditions. Water availability in these habitats is influenced by the osmolarity of the water (solute stress) and by c...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： van de Mortel M,Halverson LJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are utilized by a wide range of Gram negative bacteria to deliver protein and DNA substrates to recipient cells. The best characterized T4SS are the type IVA systems, which exhibit extensive similarity to the Agrobacterium VirB T4SS. In contrast, type IVB secretion systems share almost...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Vincent CD,Friedman JR,Jeong KC,Buford EC,Miller JL,Vogel JP

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugative transfer of toxin and antibiotic resistance plasmids in Clostridium perfringens is mediated by the tcp conjugation locus. Surprisingly, neither a relaxase gene nor an origin of transfer (oriT) has been identified on these plasmids, which are typified by the 47 kb tetracycline resistance plasmid pCW3. The t...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Wisniewski JA,Traore DA,Bannam TL,Lyras D,Whisstock JC,Rood JI

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the nucleotide sequence changes caused by three missense mutations leading to the production of inactive colicin E3 proteins. The ceaC1 mutation, affecting the translocation of colicin E3 through bacterial membranes, is caused by a serine to phenylalanine change at position 37 within the glycine-ric...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Escuyer V,Mock M

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione (GSH) is an abundant low-molecular-mass thiol which has been implicated in numerous cellular processes including protection against cytotoxic agents such as xenobiotics, carcinogens and free radicals. Utilization of GSH results in its conversion to the oxidized form (GSSG), and it is recycled to GSH by the...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Grant CM,Maciver FH,Dawes IW

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence determination of a region downstream from the vanXYc gene in Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174 revealed an open reading frame, designated vanT, that encodes a 698-amino-acid polypeptide with an amino-terminal domain containing 10 predicted transmembrane segments. The protein contained a highly conserved pyridoxa...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Arias CA,Martín-Martinez M,Blundell TL,Arthur M,Courvalin P,Reynolds PE

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxococcus xanthus is a Gram-negative, soil-dwelling bacterium with a complex life cycle which includes fruiting body formation and sporulation in response to starvation. This developmental process is slow, requiring a minimum of 24-48 h, and requires cells to be at high cell density on a solid surface. It is known th...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： O'Connor KA,Zusman DR

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NAC (nitrogen assimilation control) protein from Klebsiella aerogenes is a LysR-like regulator for transcription of several operons involved in nitrogen metabolism, and couples the transcription of these sigma 70-dependent operons to regulation by the sigma 54-dependent NTR system. NAC activates expression of oper...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Bender RA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threonine dehydratase IlvA is part of the isoleucine biosynthesis pathway in the Gram-positive model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Consequently, deletion of ilvA causes isoleucine auxotrophy. It has been reported that ilvA pseudo-revertants having a derepressed hom-thrCB operon appear in the presence of threonine. ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Rosenberg J,Müller P,Lentes S,Thiele MJ,Zeigler DR,Tödter D,Paulus H,Brantl S,Stülke J,Commichau FM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear plasmids and chromosomes of Streptomyces carry terminal proteins (TPs) covalently attached to the 5' ends of the DNA. Most known telomeres are conserved in primary sequence and in the potential secondary structures formed during replication. The TP that caps these telomeres is also highly conserved and its codi...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Huang CH,Tsai HH,Tsay YG,Chien YN,Wang SL,Cheng MY,Ke CH,Chen CW

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erwinia chrysanthemi causes soft-rot diseases of various plants by enzymatic degradation of the pectin in plant cell walls. The linear regions of pectin are composed of an acidic sugar, D-galacturonic acid. The ramified regions of pectin also include neutral sugars, and are rich in L-rhamnose residues. E. chrysanthemi...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat N

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is able to site-specifically melt 12 bp of promoter DNA at temperatures far below those normally associated with DNA melting. Here we consider several models to explain how RNA polymerase destabilizes duplex DNA. One popular model proposes that upon binding to the promoter, RNA polymera...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： deHaseth PL,Helmann JD

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential gene expression is a key strategy adopted by the Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi, for adaptation and survival in the mammalian host and the tick vector. Many B. burgdorferi surface lipoproteins fall into two distinct groups according to their expression patterns: one group primarily express...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Wang P,Dadhwal P,Cheng Z,Zianni MR,Rikihisa Y,Liang FT,Li X

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the intracellular pathogen Brucella abortus, the general stress response (GSR) signalling system determines survival under acute stress conditions in vitro, and is required for long-term residence in a mammalian host. To date, the identity of the Brucella sensor kinase(s) that function to perceive stress and direct...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Kim HS,Willett JW,Jain-Gupta N,Fiebig A,Crosson S

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have shown that the catalase-deficient pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) has a robust ability to resist oxidative stress that partially involves the transcriptional regulator PerR. However, the extent of the PerR regulon and the contribution of the members of this regulon to virulen...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Brenot A,King KY,Caparon MG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25 kbp DNA fragment from the chromosome of Rhodobacter capsulatus B10 carrying hydrogenase (hup) determinants was completely sequenced. Coding regions corresponding to 20 open reading frames were identified. The R. capsulatus hydrogenase-specific gene (hup and hyp) products bear significant structural identity to hy...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Colbeau A,Richaud P,Toussaint B,Caballero FJ,Elster C,Delphin C,Smith RL,Chabert J,Vignais PM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ICEMlSym(R7A) of Mesorhizobium loti is an integrative and conjugative element (ICE) that confers the ability to form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with Lotus species. Horizontal transfer is activated by TraR and N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL), which can stimulate ICE excision in 100% of cells. However, in wild-type cu...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Ramsay JP,Major AS,Komarovsky VM,Sullivan JT,Dy RL,Hynes MF,Salmond GP,Ronson CW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola, which causes halo blight disease of beans, contains a 106 kb genomic island PPHGI-1. PPHGI-1 carries a gene, avrPphB, which encodes an effector protein that triggers a resistance response in certain bean cultivars. Previous studies have shown that when PPHGI-1 ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Neale HC,Jackson RW,Preston GM,Arnold DL

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoadherence to the vaginal epithelium is a critical step in infection by the eukaryotic flagellate Trichomonas vaginalis. Four trichomonad surface proteins (AP65, AP51, AP33 and AP23) mediate cytoadherence. The cDNA encoding the AP65 adhesin was isolated from a phagemid cDNA expression library by screening with anti...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Alderete JF,O'Brien JL,Arroyo R,Engbring JA,Musatovova O,Lopez O,Lauriano C,Nguyen J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exosporium is the outermost layer of the Bacillus anthracis spore. The predominant protein on the exosporium surface is BclA, a collagen-like glycoprotein. BclA is incorporated on the spore surface late in the B. anthracis sporulation pathway. A second collagen-like protein, BclB, has been shown to be surface-expo...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Thompson BM,Stewart GC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00