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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY Volume 171 March 1989 No. 3 GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY Autocide AMI Rescues Development in dsg Mutants of Myxococcus xanthus. Amy Rosenbluh and Eugene Rosenberg 1513-1518 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION Structural Analysis of the Carboxy Terminus of Bacteriophage Lambda Repressor Determined by Antipeptide Antibodies. Raquel Sussman and Hannah Ben-Zeev Alexander 1235-1244 Identification and Characterization of the Genes Encoding the Type 3 and Type 1 Fimbrial Adhesins of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Gerald-F. Gerlach, Steven Clegg, and Bradley L. Allen 1262-1270 Identification and Sequence Analysis of Two Related Flagellin Genes in Rhizobium meliloti. Edwin Pleier and Rudiger Schmitt 1467-1475 PLANT MICROBIOLOGY Role of Agrobacterium tumefaciens ChvA Protein in Export of b-1,2-Glucan. Gerard A. Cangelosi, Gladys Martinetti, John A. Leigh, Chi Chang Lee, Corty Theines, and Eugene W. Nester 1609-1615 A Protein Required for Transcriptional Regulation of Agrobacterium Virulence Genes Spans the Cytoplasmic Membrane. Stephen C. Winans, Randall A. Kerstetter, John E. Ward, and Eugene W. Nester 1616-1622 Sequence Determination and Characterization of the Replicator Region in the Tumor-Inducing Plasmid pTiB6S3. Satoshi Tabata, Paul J. J. Hooykaas, and Atsuhiro Oka 1665-1672 Rhizobium meliloti 1021 Has Three Differentially Regulated Loci Involved in Glutamine Biosynthesis, None of Which Is Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. Frans J. de Bruijn, Silvia Rossbach, Maria Schneider, Pascal Ratet, Sabine Messmer, Wynne W. Szeto, Frederick M. Ausubel, and Jeff Schell 1673-1682 Molecular Cloning of a Gene for Indole-3-Acetamide Hydrolase from Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Masami Sekine, Kazutada Watanabe, and Kunihiko Syono 1718-1724 Rhizobium meliloti Regulatory Gene fixJ Activates Transcription of R. meliloti nifA and fixK Genes in Escherichia coli. Cecilia Hertig, Ruo Ya Li, Anne-Marie Louarn, Anne-Marie Garnerone, Michel David, Jacques Batut, Daniel Kahn, and Pierre Boistard 1736-1738 Two Chromosomal Loci Involved in Production of Exopolysaccharide in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Sophien Kamoun, Michael B. Cooley, Peter M. Rogowsky, and Clarence I. Kado 1755-1759 Structure of an Acidic Exopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas marginalis HT041B. Stanley F. Osman and William F. Fett 1760-1762 GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY rpoZ, Encoding the Omega Subunit of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase, Is in the Same Operon as spoT. Daniel R. Gentry and Richard R. Burgess 1271-1277 The algR Gene, Which Regulates Mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Belongs to a Class of Environmentally Responsive Genes. V. Deretic, R. Dikshit, W. M. Konyecsni, A. M. Chakrabarty, and T. K. Misra 1278-1283 Identification of toxS, a Regulatory Gene Whose Product Enhances ToxRMediated Activation of the Cholera Toxin Promoter. Virginia L. Miller, Victor J. DiRita, and John J. Mekalanos 1288-1293 Two Transcribing Activities Are Involved in Expression of the Streptomyces Galactose Operon. Janet Westpheling and Mary Brawner 1355-1361 The Bacillus subtilis spo0B Stage 0 Sporulation Operon Encodes an Essential GTP-Binding Protein. Kathleen Trach and James A. Hoch 1362-1371 DNA and Protein Sequence Conservation at the Replication Terminus in Bacillus subtilis 168 and W23. P. J. Lewis and R. G. Wake 1402-1408 Thiostrepton-Induced Gene Expression in Streptomyces lividans. T. Murakami, T. G. Holt, and C. J. Thompson 1459-1466 Genetic Suppression of a dnaG Mutation in Escherichia coli. Tsutomu Katayama, Yota Murakami, Chieko Wada, Haruo Ohmori, Takashi Yura, and Toshio Nagata 1485-1491 Chromosome Partitioning in Escherichia coli: Novel Mutants Producing Anucleate Cells. Sota Hiraga, Hironori Niki, Teru Ogura, Chiyome Ichinose, Hirotada Mori, Bunichi Ezaki, and Aline Jaffe 1496-1505 Organization of the flaFG Gene Cluster and Identification of Two Additional Genes Involved in Flagellum Biogenesis in Caulobacter crescentus. Patricia V. Schoenlein, Lilly S. Gallman, and Bert Ely 1544-1553 Characterization of Strains Containing Mutations in the Contiguous flaF, flbT, or flbA-flaG Transcription Unit and Identification of a Novel Fla Phenotype in Caulobacter crescentus. Patricia V. Schoenlein and Bert Ely 1554-1561 Identification, Characterization, and Mapping of the Escherichia coli htrA Gene, Whose Product Is Essential for Bacterial Growth Only at Elevated Temperatures. Barbara Lipinska, Olivier Fayet, Lisa Baird, and Costa Georgopoulos 1574-1584 Amplification of Bacterial Genomic DNA by the Polymerase Chain Reaction and Direct Sequencing after Asymmetric Amplification: Application to the Study of Periplasmic Permeases. Venkatakrishna Shyamala and Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames 1602-1608 Cyclic-AMP-Dependent Switch in Initiation of Transcription from the Two Promoters of the Escherichia coli gal Operon: Identification and Assay of 5`-Triphosphate Ends of mRNA by GTP:RNA Guanyltransferase. M. Irani, R. Musso, and S. Adhya 1623-1630 Cloning and Organization of Seven Arginine Biosynthesis Genes from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. F. J. Picard and J. R. Dillon 1644-1651 A Protein That Binds to the Regulatory Region of the Escherichia coli ilvIH Operon. Ezio Ricca, Debra A. Aker, and Joseph M. Calvo 1658-1664 Isolation, Characterization, and Nucleotide Sequence of appY, a Regulatory Gene for Growth-Phase-Dependent Gene Expression in Escherichia coli. Tove Atlung, Anne Nielsen, and Flemming G. Hansen 1683-1691 Suppression of the Escherichia coli rpoH Opal Mutation by Ribosomes Lacking S15 Protein. Ryoji Yano and Takashi Yura 1712-1717 Sequence Similarities in the Genes Encoding Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degradation by Pseudomonas Strain LB400 and Alcaligenes eutrophus H850. James R. Yates and Frank J. Mondello 1733-1735 Termination Sites T1 and T2 from the Escherichia coli Chromosome Inhibit DNA Replication in ColE1-Derived Plasmids. Anthony J. Pelletier, Thomas M. Hill, and Peter L. Kuempel 1739-1741 PLASMIDS AND TRANSPOSONS Genetics and Sequence Analysis of the pcnB Locus, an Escherichia coli Gene Involved in Plasmid Copy Number Control. Jingdong Liu and John S. Parkinson 1254-1261 Cloning and Characterization of a Bacteroides Conjugal Tetracycline- Erythromycin Resistance Element by Using a Shuttle Cosmid Vector. Nadja B. Shoemaker, Robert D. Barber, and Abigail A. Salyers 1294-1302 Toluene Transposons Tn4651 and Tn4653 Are Class II Transposons. Masataka Tsuda, Koh-Ichi Minegishi, and Tetsuo Iino 1386-1393 Construction and Shuttling of Novel Bifunctional Vectors for Streptomyces spp. and Escherichia coli. Kaat Neesen and Guido Volckaert 1569-1573 Nucleotide Sequence of IS492, a Novel Insertion Sequence Causing Variation in Extracellular Polysaccharide Production in the Marine Bacterium Pseudomonas atlantica. Douglas H. Bartlett and Michael Silverman 1763-1766 EUCARYOTIC CELLS A Single Point Mutation Results in a Constitutively Activated and Feedback Resistant Chorismate Mutase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Tobias Schmidheini, Peter Sperisen, Gerhard Paravicini, Ralf Hutter, and Gerhard Braus 1245-1253 Comparison of Glucose Uptake Kinetics in Different Yeasts. Amy L. Does and Linda F. Bisson 1303-1308 Cloning, Purification, and Properties of Candida albicans Thymidylate Synthase. Sara C. Singer, Cynthia A. Richards, Robert Ferone, David Benedict, and Paul Ray 1372-1378 Saccharomyces cerevisiae Protein Kinase Dependent on Ca2+ and Calmodulin. Tokichi Miyakawa, Youichi Oka, Eiko Tsuchiya, and Sakuzo Fukui 1417-1422 Identification and Characterization of catA, a Mutation Causing Catalase Deficiency in Dictyostelium discoideum. Sanford J. Madigan and Eugene R. Katz 1492-1495 In Vivo Control of Gluconeogenesis in Wild-Type Neurospora crassa and in the Adenylate Cyclase-Deficient cr-1 (crisp) Mutant. Maria Jose Neves and Hector Francisco Terenzi 1767-1771 13N Isotope Studies of Glutamine Assimilation Pathways in Neurospora crassa. Jorge Calderon, Arthur J. L. Cooper, Alan S. Gelbard, and Jaime Mora 1772-1774 CELL SURFACES Molecular Cloning of gltS and gltP, Which Encode Glutamate Carriers of Escherichia coli B. Yutaka Deguchi, Ichiro Yamato, and Yasuhiro Anraku 1314-1319 In Vitro Synthesis of a Lipid-Linked Trisaccharide Involved in Synthesis of Enterobacterial Common Antigen. Kathleen Barr, Perri Nunes-Edwards, and Paul D. Rick 1326-1332 Preparation and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies against Native Membrane-Bound Penicillin-Binding Protein 1B of Escherichia coli. Tanneke Den Blaauwen, Frans B. Wientjes, Arend H. J. Kolk, Brian G. Spratt, and Nanne Nanninga 1394-1401 Purification and Characterization of a Low-Molecular-Weight Membrane Protein with Affinity for the Escherichia coli Origin of Replication. Annick Jacq, Renee Kern, Akira Tsugita, and Masamichi Kohiyama 1409-1416 Transport of Basic Amino Acids by Membrane Vesicles of Lactococcus lactis. Arnold J. M. Driessen, Cornelis van Leeuwen, and Wil N. Konings 1453-1458 Specific Amino Acid Residues in Both the PstB and PstC Proteins Are Required for Phosphate Transport by the Escherichia coli Pst System. G. B. Cox, D. Webb, and H. Rosenberg 1531-1534 Cloning and Sequence Analysis of flaA, a Gene Encoding a Spirochaeta aurantia Flagellar Filament Surface Antigen. B. Brahamsha and E. P. Greenberg 1692-1697 Temperature-Sensitive sec Mutants of Escherichia coli: Inhibition of Protein Export at the Permissive Temperature. Koreaki Ito, Yukinori Hirota, and Yoshinori Akiyama 1742-1743 Mutation of Bacillus firmus OF4 to Duramycin Resistance Results in Substantial Replacement of Membrane Lipid Phosphatidylethanolamine by Its Plasmalogen Form. Sanda Clejan, Arthur A. Guffanti, Matthew A. Cohen, and Terry A. Krulwich 1744-1746 PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM Molybdenum Accumulation in chlD Mutants of Escherichia coli. Deborah Scott and Nancy Klein Amy 1284-1287 Changes in Gene Expression during Nitrogen Starvation in Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413. Jay L. Wealand, Jill A. Myers, and Rona Hirschberg 1309-1313 Genetic Determinants of a Nickel-Specific Transport System Are Part of the Plasmid-Encoded Hydrogenase Gene Cluster in Alcaligenes eutrophus. Gunther Eberz, Thomas Eitinger, and Barbel Friedrich 1340-1345 The groES and groEL Heat Shock Gene Products of Escherichia coli Are Essential for Bacterial Growth at All Temperatures. Olivier Fayet, Thomas Ziegelhoffer, and Costa Georgopoulos 1379-1385 Activation of Formylmethanofuran Synthesis in Cell Extracts of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Thomas A. Bobik and Ralph S. Wolfe 1423-1427 Microbial Degradation of b-Chlorinated Four-Carbon Aliphatic Acids. Doris Kohler-Staub and H.-P. E. Kohler 1428-1434 Defective g Subunit of ATP Synthase (F1F0) from Escherichia coli Leads to Resistance to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics. Richard Humbert and Karlheinz Altendorf 1435-1444 Escherichia coli Proteins Inducible by Oxidative Stress Mediated by the Superoxide Radical. Linda K. B. Walkup and Tokio Kogoma 1476-1484 Changes in Diadenosine Tetraphosphate Levels in Physarum polycephalum with Different Oxygen Concentrations. Preston N. Garrison, Sandra A. Mathis, and Larry D. Barnes 1506-1512 Induction of Saccharolytic Enzymes by Sucrose in Bacillus subtilis: Evidence for Two Partially Interchangeable Regulatory Pathways. Michael Steinmetz, Dominique Le Coq, and Stephane Aymerich 1519-1523 Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of a Mutation (fatA) That Allows trans Unsaturated Fatty Acids To Replace the Essential cis Unsaturated Fatty Acids of Escherichia coli. Linda C. DeVeaux, John E. Cronan, Jr., and Terrance L. Smith 1562-1568 Modulation of Stability of the Escherichia coli Heat Shock Regulatory Factor j32. Kit Tilly, Jean Spence, and Costa Georgopoulos 1585-1589 Nucleotide Sequence and Expression of cheF, an Essential Gene for Chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis. Chingwen Ying and George W. Ordal 1631-1637 Molecular Cloning and Expression in Escherichia coli of the Bacillus lichenformis Bacitracin Synthetase 2 Gene. Hiroaki Ishihra, Noriko Hara, and Tokuroh Iwabuchi 1705-1711 Cloning and Expression in Escherichia coli of Pseudomonas Strain LB400 Genes Encoding Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degradation. Frank J. Mondello 1725-1732 Effect of Mutations Causing Gluconate Kinase or Gluconate Permease Deficiency on Expression of the Bacillus subtilis gnt Operon. Yasutaro Fujita and Tamie Fujita 1751-1754 ENZYMES AND PROTEINS Analysis of Prepro-a-Lytic Protease Expression in Escherichia coli Reveals that the Pro Region Is Required for Activity. Joy L. Silen, Dan Frank, Amy Fujishige, Roger Bone, and David A. Agard 1320-1325 Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence of the Gene (amyP) for Maltotetraose-Forming Amylase from Pseudomonas stutzeri MO-19. Masaya Fujita, Kakuji Torigoe, Tetsuya Nakada, Keiji Tsusaki, Michio Kubota, Shuzo Sakai, and Yoshio Tsujisaka 1333-1339 Isolation of an Atypically Small Lipoamide Dehydrogenase Involved in the Glycine Decarboxylase Complex from Eubacterium acidaminophilum. Wilfried Freudenberg, Daniel Dietrichs, Herbert Lebertz, and Jan Remmer Andreesen 1346-1354 Mutations in the Escherichia coli fnr and tgt Genes: Control of Molybdate Reductase Activity and the Cytochrome d Complex by fnr. Bruno Frey, Gerlinde Janel, Uwe Michelsen, and Helga Kersten 1524-1530 Site-Directed Mutation of the Escherichia coli ada Gene: Effects of Substitution of Methyl Acceptor Cysteine-321 by Histidine in Ada Protein. Keizo Tano, Debasish Bhattacharyya, Robert S. Foote, Richard J. Mural, and Sankar Mitra 1535-1543 Escherichia coli DnaK and GrpE Heat Shock Proteins Interact Both In Vivo and In Vitro. Claudia Johnson, G. N. Chandrasekhar, and Costa Georgopoulos 1590-1596 Nisin, a Peptide Antibiotic: Cloning and Sequencing of the nisA Gene and Posttranslational Processing of Its Peptide Product. Cortina Kaletta and Karl-Dieter Entian 1597-1601 Coupled Enzymatic Production of Sulfite, Thiosulfate, and Hydrogen Sulfide from Sulfur: Purification and Properties of a Sulfur Oxygenase Reductase from the Facultatively Anaerobic Archaebacterium Desulfurolobus ambivalens. Arnulf Kletzin 1638-1643 Structural Gene and Complete Amino Acid Sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa IFO 3455 Elastase. Jun Fukushima, Shunji Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Morihara, Yusaku Atsumi, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Susumu Kawamoto, and Kenji Okuda 1698-1704 BACTERIOPHAGES Extent of the DNA Sequence Required in Integration of Staphylococcal Bacteriophage L54a. Chia Y. Lee and Sara L. Buranen 1652-1657 Site-Specific Recombination between Cloned attP and attB Sites from the Haemophilus influenzae Bacteriophage HP1 Propagated in Recombination-Deficient Escherichia coli. Janette Hakimi Astumian, Alan S. Waldman, and John J. Scocca 1747-1750 POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION Occurrence and Distribution of Gas Vesicle Genes among Cyanobacteria. Thierry Damerval, Anne-Marie Castets, Gerard Guglielmi, Jean Houmard, and Nicole Tandeau de Marsac 1445-1452 Date of Issue: 28 February 1989