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Minireviews:

David O. Wood and Abdu F. Azad

Genetic Manipulation of Rickettsiae: a Preview
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6091-6093. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

Scott C. Kachlany, Daniel H. Fine, and David H. Figurski

Secretion of RTX Leukotoxin by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6094-6100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Simon J. Elliott, Vanessa Sperandio, Jorge A. Girón, Sooan Shin, Jay L. Mellies, Leslie Wainwright, Steven W. Hutcheson, Timothy K. McDaniel, and James B. Kaper

The Locus of Enterocyte Effacement (LEE)-Encoded Regulator Controls Expression of Both LEE- and Non-LEE-Encoded Virulence Factors in Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6115-6126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John S. Gunn, Sara S. Ryan, Jennifer C. Van Velkinburgh, Robert K. Ernst, and Samuel I. Miller

Genetic and Functional Analysis of a PmrA-PmrB-Regulated Locus Necessary for Lipopolysaccharide Modification, Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance, and Oral Virulence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6139-6146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Naoaki Misawa and Martin J. Blaser

Detection and Characterization of Autoagglutination Activity by Campylobacter jejuni
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6168-6175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael J. Coyne, Wiltrud Kalka-Moll, Arthur O. Tzianabos, Dennis L. Kasper, and Laurie E. Comstock

Bacteroides fragilis NCTC9343 Produces at Least Three Distinct Capsular Polysaccharides: Cloning, Characterization, and Reassignment of Polysaccharide B and C Biosynthesis Loci
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6176-6181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laurie E. Comstock, Annalisa Pantosti, and Dennis L. Kasper

Genetic Diversity of the Capsular Polysaccharide C Biosynthesis Region of Bacteroides fragilis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6182-6188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dirk R. Lorenzen, Dirk Günther, Jasmine Pandit, Thomas Rudel, Ernst Brandt, and Thomas F. Meyer

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Porin Modifies the Oxidative Burst of Human Professional Phagocytes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6215-6222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Julie A. Morrissey, Alan Cockayne, Philip J. Hill, and Paul Williams

Molecular Cloning and Analysis of a Putative Siderophore ABC Transporter from Staphylococcus aureus
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6281-6288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Katarzyna Dziewanowska, Andrew R. Carson, Joseph M. Patti, Claudia F. Deobald, Kenneth W. Bayles, and Gregory A. Bohach

Staphylococcal Fibronectin Binding Protein Interacts with Heat Shock Protein 60 and Integrins: Role in Internalization by Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6321-6328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephanie A. Reeves, Alfredo G. Torres, and Shelley M. Payne

TonB Is Required for Intracellular Growth and Virulence of Shigella dysenteriae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6329-6336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

William A. Day, Jr., Jaime L. Sajecki, Todd M. Pitts, and Lynn A. Joens

Role of Catalase in Campylobacter jejuni Intracellular Survival
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6337-6345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stefan Ruhl, John O. Cisar, and Ann L. Sandberg

Identification of Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte and HL-60 Cell Receptors for Adhesins of Streptococcus gordonii and Actinomyces naeslundii
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6346-6354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Magnus Rasmussen, Arvid Edén, and Lars Björck

SclA, a Novel Collagen-Like Surface Protein of Streptococcus pyogenes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6370-6377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christian Busch, Kathrin Schömig, Fred Hofmann, and Klaus Aktories

Characterization of the Catalytic Domain of Clostridium novyi Alpha-Toxin
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6378-6383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. R. Kannan and Joel B. Baseman

Hemolytic and Hemoxidative Activities in Mycoplasma penetrans
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6419-6422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marpadga A. Reddy, Carol A. Wass, Kwang Sik Kim, David D. Schlaepfer, and Nemani V. Prasadarao

Involvement of Focal Adhesion Kinase in Escherichia coli Invasion of Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6423-6430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

O. A. Terry Alli, Lian-Yong Gao, Lisa L. Pedersen, Steven Zink, Marina Radulic, Miljenko Doric, and Yousef Abu Kwaik

Temporal Pore Formation-Mediated Egress from Macrophages and Alveolar Epithelial Cells by Legionella pneumophila
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6431-6440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kate R. Fortney, Royden S. Young, Margaret E. Bauer, Barry P. Katz, Antoinette F. Hood, Robert S. Munson, Jr., and Stanley M. Spinola

Expression of Peptidoglycan-Associated Lipoprotein Is Required for Virulence in the Human Model of Haemophilus ducreyi Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6441-6448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jun Yu, Bryn Edwards-Jones, Olivier Neyrolles, and J. Simon Kroll

Key Role for DsbA in Cell-to-Cell Spread of Shigella flexneri, Permitting Secretion of Ipa Proteins into Interepithelial Protrusions
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6449-6456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James B. Day, Inna Guller, and Gregory V. Plano

Yersinia pestis YscG Protein Is a Syc-Like Chaperone That Directly Binds YscE
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6466-6471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Richard A. O'Connor, Jessica S. Jenson, and Eileen Devaney

NO Contributes to Proliferative Suppression in a Murine Model of Filariasis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6101-6107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hasib R. Choudhury, Nadeem A. Sheikh, Gregory J. Bancroft, David R. Katz, and J. Brian de Souza

Early Nonspecific Immune Responses and Immunity to Blood-Stage Nonlethal Plasmodium yoelii Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6127-6132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rachel M. Syme, Jason C. L. Spurrell, Ling Ling Ma, Francis H. Y. Green, and Christopher H. Mody

Phagocytosis and Protein Processing Are Required for Presentation of Cryptococcus neoformans Mitogen to T Lymphocytes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6147-6153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Alejandra Mandel, Greg G. Grace, Kris I. Orsborn, Fredda Schafer, Juneann W. Murphy, Marc J. Orbach, and John N. Galgiani

The Cryptococcus neoformans Gene DHA1 Encodes an Antigen That Elicits a Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Reaction in Immune Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6196-6201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Magali Moretto, Lori Casciotti, Brigit Durell, and Imtiaz A. Khan

Lack of CD4⁺ T Cells Does Not Affect Induction of CD8⁺ T-Cell Immunity against Encephalitozoon cuniculi Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6223-6232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ryuichi Uchikawa, Shinji Matsuda, and Naoki Arizono

Suppression of Gamma Interferon Transcription and Production by Nematode Excretory-Secretory Antigen during Polyclonal Stimulation of Rat Lymph Node T Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6233-6239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Salamatu S. Mambula, Elizabeth R. Simons, Ryan Hastey, Michael E. Selsted, and Stuart M. Levitz

Human Neutrophil-Mediated Nonoxidative Antifungal Activity against Cryptococcus neoformans
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6257-6264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adrian L. Smith and Adrian C. Hayday

Genetic Dissection of Primary and Secondary Responses to a Widespread Natural Pathogen of the Gut, Eimeria vermiformis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6273-6280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Henry W. Murray, Achim Jungbluth, Erika Ritter, Christina Montelibano, and Michael W. Marino

Visceral Leishmaniasis in Mice Devoid of Tumor Necrosis Factor and Response to Treatment
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6289-6293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Henry W. Murray

Mononuclear Cell Recruitment, Granuloma Assembly, and Response to Treatment in Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis: Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1-Dependent and -Independent Regulation
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6294-6299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Natalia Gomez-Escobar, William F. Gregory, and Rick M. Maizels

Identification of tgh-2, a Filarial Nematode Homolog of Caenorhabditis elegans daf-7 and Human Transforming Growth Factor , Expressed in Microfilarial and Adult Stages of Brugia malayi
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6402-6410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rebecca C. Langer, Rhian E. Hayward, Takafumi Tsuboi, Mayumi Tachibana, Motomi Torii, and Joseph M. Vinetz

Micronemal Transport of Plasmodium Ookinete Chitinases to the Electron-Dense Area of the Apical Complex for Extracellular Secretion
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6461-6465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

M. L. Steinhauser, C. M. Hogaboam, A. Matsukawa, N. W. Lukacs, R. M. Strieter, and S. L. Kunkel

Chemokine C10 Promotes Disease Resolution and Survival in an Experimental Model of Bacterial Sepsis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6108-6114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Humphrey N. Ehigiator, Andrew W. Stadnyk, and Timothy D. G. Lee

Modulation of B-Cell Proliferative Response by a Soluble Extract of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6154-6161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lena Mölne, Margareta Verdrengh, and Andrzej Tarkowski

Role of Neutrophil Leukocytes in Cutaneous Infection Caused by Staphylococcus aureus
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6162-6167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Akiko Morikawa, Naoki Koide, Yutaka Kato, Tsuyoshi Sugiyama, Dipshikha Chakravortty, Tomoaki Yoshida, and Takashi Yokochi

Augmentation of Nitric Oxide Production by Gamma Interferon in a Mouse Vascular Endothelial Cell Line and Its Modulation by Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Lipopolysaccharide
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6209-6214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frank Meyer, Keith T. Wilson, and Stephen P. James

Modulation of Innate Cytokine Responses by Products of Helicobacter pylori
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6265-6272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mattias Svensson, Cecilia Johansson, and Mary Jo Wick

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Induced Maturation of Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6311-6320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Momtchillo Russo, and Sonia Jancar

Essential Role of Platelet-Activating Factor in Control of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6355-6361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Erdmute Kunstmann, Cornelia Hardt, Ercan Elitok, Marianne Harder, Sebastian Suerbaum, Ulrich Peitz, Wolff Schmiegel, and Jörg T. Epplen

The Nonfunctional Allele TCRBV6S1B Is Strongly Associated with Helicobacter pylori Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6493-6495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Anthony F. Barbet, Anna Lundgren, Jooyoung Yi, Fred R. Rurangirwa, and Guy H. Palmer

Antigenic Variation of Anaplasma marginale by Expression of MSP2 Mosaics
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6133-6138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James M. Burns, Jr., Carla C. Belk, and Patricia D. Dunn

A Protective Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Membrane Protein of Plasmodium yoelii Trophozoites and Merozoites Contains Two Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Domains
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6189-6195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, Thomas J. McIntosh, G. Robin Barclay, D. Scott Snyder, Richard J. Gibbs, Michael G. Mythen, and Ian R. Poxton

Preparation and Preclinical Evaluation of a Novel Liposomal Complete-Core Lipopolysaccharide Vaccine
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6202-6208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Su L. Chiang and John J. Mekalanos

Construction of a Vibrio cholerae Vaccine Candidate Using Transposon Delivery and FLP Recombinase-Mediated Excision
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6391-6397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Edgar Valle, Talena Ledón, Bárbara Cedré, Javier Campos, Tania Valmaseda, Boris Rodríguez, Luis García, Karen Marrero, Jorge Benítez, Sandra Rodríguez, and Rafael Fando

Construction and Characterization of a Nonproliferative El Tor Cholera Vaccine Candidate Derived from Strain 638
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6411-6418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mark S. Hanson, Nita K. Patel, David R. Cassatt, and Nancy D. Ulbrandt

Evidence for Vaccine Synergy between Borrelia burgdorferi Decorin Binding Protein A and Outer Surface Protein A in the Mouse Model of Lyme Borreliosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6457-6460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephanie F. Mel, Karla Jean Fullner, Susan Wimer-Mackin, Wayne I. Lencer, and John J. Mekalanos

Association of Protease Activity in Vibrio cholerae Vaccine Strains with Decreases in Transcellular Epithelial Resistance of Polarized T84 Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6487-6492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. A. Wilkinson, T. D. Martin, S. M. Reba, H. Aung, R. W. Redline, W. H. Boom, Z. Toossi, and S. A. Fulton

Latency-Associated Peptide of Transforming Growth Factor Enhances Mycobacteriocidal Immunity in the Lung during Mycobacterium bovis BCG Infection in C57BL/6 Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6505-6508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Genomics:

Alessandra Occhialini, Armelle Marais, Richard Alm, Fernando Garcia, Rafaela Sierra, and Francis Mégraud

Distribution of Open Reading Frames of Plasticity Region of Strain J99 in Helicobacter pylori Strains Isolated from Gastric Carcinoma and Gastritis Patients in Costa Rica
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6240-6249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eva Lorenz, Jean Paul Mira, Kristyn L. Cornish, Nancy C. Arbour, and David A. Schwartz

A Novel Polymorphism in the Toll-Like Receptor 2 Gene and Its Potential Association with Staphylococcal Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6398-6401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lola V. Stamm and Heather L. Bergen

The Sequence-Variable, Single-Copy tprK Gene of Treponema pallidum Nichols Strain UNC and Street Strain 14 Encodes Heterogeneous TprK Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6482-6486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacterial Infections:

Timothy F. Murphy, Aimee L. Brauer, Norine Yuskiw, and Thomas J. Hiltke

Antigenic Structure of Outer Membrane Protein E of Moraxella catarrhalis and Construction and Characterization of Mutants
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6250-6256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karen M. Dobos, Ellen A. Spotts, Frederick D. Quinn, and C. Harold King

Necrosis of Lung Epithelial Cells during Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Preceded by Cell Permeation
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6300-6310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rita G. Kansal, Allison McGeer, Donald E. Low, Anna Norrby-Teglund, and Malak Kotb

Inverse Relation between Disease Severity and Expression of the Streptococcal Cysteine Protease, SpeB, among Clonal M1T1 Isolates Recovered from Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection Cases
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6362-6369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Brandi Limbago, Vikram Penumalli, Brian Weinrick, and June R. Scott

Role of Streptolysin O in a Mouse Model of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6384-6390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Efrosinia O. Krejany, Travis H. Grant, Vicki Bennett-Wood, Louise M. Adams, and Roy M. Robins-Browne

Contribution of Plasmid-Encoded Fimbriae and Intimin to Capacity of Rabbit-Specific Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli To Attach to and Colonize Rabbit Intestine
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6472-6477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laura G. Pantoja, Richard D. Miller, Julio A. Ramirez, Robert E. Molestina, and James T. Summersgill

Inhibition of Chlamydia pneumoniae Replication in Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells by Gamma Interferon-Induced Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Activity
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6478-6481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Koh-En Yamauchi and Johannes Snel

Transmission Electron Microscopic Demonstration of Phagocytosis and Intracellular Processing of Segmented Filamentous Bacteria by Intestinal Epithelial Cells of the Chick Ileum
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6496-6504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Haim Shirin, Emilia Mia Sordillo, Tatiana K. Kolevska, Hanina Hibshoosh, Yuichi Kawabata, Sung H. Oh, Joachim F. Kuebler, Thomas Delohery, Christopher M. Weghorst, I. Bernard Weinstein, and Steven F. Moss

Chronic Helicobacter pylori Infection Induces an Apoptosis-Resistant Phenotype Associated with Decreased Expression of p27^kip1
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6509. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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