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    Molecular Microbiology: Volume 69, Issue 1

    1-285
    July 2008
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MicroCommentaries

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The long strange trip of Borrelia burgdorferi outer-surface protein C

Justin D. Radolf,  Melissa J. Caimano, 
  • Pages: 1-4
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Looking inside the box: bacterial transistor arrays

Thomas S. Shimizu,  Nicolas Le Novère, 
  • Pages: 5-9
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Regulation of bacterial gene expression by the NTP substrates of transcription initiation

Charles L. Turnbough, Jr, 
  • Pages: 10-14
  • First Published: 28 June 2008

Research Articles

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Essential protective role attributed to the surface lipoproteins of Borrelia burgdorferi against innate defences

Qilong Xu,  Kristy McShan,  Fang Ting Liang, 
  • Pages: 15-29
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Location and architecture of the Caulobacter crescentus chemoreceptor array

Ariane Briegel,  H. Jane Ding,  Zhuo Li,  John Werner,  Zemer Gitai,  D. Prabha Dias,  Rasmus B. Jensen,  Grant J. Jensen, 
  • Pages: 30-41
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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The identity of the transcription +1 position is crucial for changes in gene expression in response to amino acid starvation in Bacillus subtilis

Libor Krásný,  Hana Tišerová,  Jiří Jonák,  Dominik Rejman,  Hana Šanderová, 
  • Pages: 42-54
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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EhMLBP is an essential constituent of the Entamoeba histolytica epigenetic machinery and a potential drug target

Tal Lavi,  Rama Siman-Tov,  Serge Ankri, 
  • Pages: 55-66
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Large-scale transposon mutagenesis of Mycoplasma pulmonis

Christopher T. French,  Ping Lao,  Ann E. Loraine,  Brian T. Matthews,  Huilan Yu,  Kevin Dybvig, 
  • Pages: 67-76
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Amino acid-dependent growth of Campylobacter jejuni: key roles for aspartase (AspA) under microaerobic and oxygen-limited conditions and identification of AspB (Cj0762), essential for growth on glutamate

Edward Guccione,  Maria Del Rocio Leon-Kempis,  Bruce M. Pearson,  Edward Hitchin,  Francis Mulholland,  Pauline M. Van Diemen,  Mark P. Stevens,  David J. Kelly, 
  • Pages: 77-93
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Ancestral roles of eukaryotic frataxin: mitochondrial frataxin function and heterologous expression of hydrogenosomal Trichomonas homologues in trypanosomes

Shaojun Long,  Milan Jirků,  Jan Mach,  Michael L. Ginger,  Robert Sutak,  Des Richardson,  Jan Tachezy,  Julius Lukeš, 
  • Pages: 94-109
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Disruption of a Plasmodium falciparum cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase gene causes aberrant gametogenesis

Cathy J. Taylor,  Louisa McRobert,  David A. Baker, 
  • Pages: 110-118
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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The novel Cladosporium fulvum lysin motif effector Ecp6 is a virulence factor with orthologues in other fungal species

Melvin D. Bolton,  H. Peter Van Esse,  Jack H. Vossen,  Ronnie De Jonge,  Ioannis Stergiopoulos,  Iris J. E. Stulemeijer,  Grardy C. M. Van Den Berg,  Orlando Borrás-Hidalgo,  Henk L. Dekker,  Chris G. De Koster,  Pierre J. G. M. De Wit,  Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten,  Bart P. H. J. Thomma, 
  • Pages: 119-136
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Functional interplay between the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis YpsRI and YtbRI quorum sensing systems modulates swimming motility by controlling expression of flhDC and fliA

Steve Atkinson,  Chien-Yi Chang,  Hannah L. Patrick,  Catherine M. F. Buckley,  Yao Wang,  R. Elizabeth Sockett,  Miguel Cámara,  Paul Williams, 
  • Pages: 137-151
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Targeted deletion of SAP1 abolishes the expression of infectivity factors necessary for successful malaria parasite liver infection

Ahmed S. I. Aly,  Sebastian A. Mikolajczak,  Hilda Silva Rivera,  Nelly Camargo,  Vanessa Jacobs-Lorena,  Mehdi Labaied,  Isabelle Coppens,  Stefan H. I. Kappe, 
  • Pages: 152-163
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilms containing free mycolic acids and harbouring drug-tolerant bacteria

Anil K. Ojha,  Anthony D. Baughn,  Dhinakaran Sambandan,  Tsungda Hsu,  Xavier Trivelli,  Yann Guerardel,  Anuradha Alahari,  Laurent Kremer,  William R. Jacobs Jr,  Graham F. Hatfull, 
  • Pages: 164-174
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Yeast α-tubulin suppressor Ats1/Kti13 relates to the Elongator complex and interacts with Elongator partner protein Kti11

René Zabel,  Christian Bär,  Constance Mehlgarten,  Raffael Schaffrath, 
  • Pages: 175-187
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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The Schizosaccharomyces pombe endo-1,3-β-glucanase Eng1 contains a novel carbohydrate binding module required for septum localization

Ana Belén Martín-Cuadrado,  Javier Encinar Del Dedo,  María De Medina-Redondo,  Thierry Fontaine,  Francisco Del Rey,  Jean Paul Latgé,  Carlos R. Vázquez De Aldana, 
  • Pages: 188-200
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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An endocytic mechanism for haemoglobin-iron acquisition in Candida albicans

Ziva Weissman,  Revital Shemer,  Elizabeth Conibear,  Daniel Kornitzer, 
  • Pages: 201-217
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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The generation of nisin variants with enhanced activity against specific Gram-positive pathogens

Des Field,  Paula M. O. Connor,  Paul D. Cotter,  Colin Hill,  R. Paul Ross, 
  • Pages: 218-230
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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In vitro characterization of a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase from Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 reveals a novel cleavage pattern, cytosolic localization and induction by highlight

Daniel Scherzinger,  Salim Al-Babili, 
  • Pages: 231-244
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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A predatory mechanism dramatically increases the efficiency of lateral gene transfer in Streptococcus pneumoniae and related commensal species

Ola Johnsborg,  Vegard Eldholm,  Martha Langedok Bjørnstad,  Leiv Sigve Håvarstein, 
  • Pages: 245-253
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Mutation in the rel gene of Sorangium cellulosum affects morphological and physiological differentiation

Tina Knauber,  Sabrina D. Doss,  Klaus Gerth,  Olena Perlova,  Rolf Müller,  Anke Treuner-Lange, 
  • Pages: 254-266
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Crystal structure of Spa40, the specificity switch for the Shigella flexneri type III secretion system

Janet E. Deane,  Stephen C. Graham,  Edward P. Mitchell,  David Flot,  Steven Johnson,  Susan M. Lea, 
  • Pages: 267-276
  • First Published: 28 June 2008
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Caffeine extends yeast lifespan by targeting TORC1

Valeria Wanke,  Elisabetta Cameroni,  Aino Uotila,  Manuele Piccolis,  Jörg Urban,  Robbie Loewith,  Claudio De Virgilio, 
  • Pages: 277-285
  • First Published: 28 June 2008