Contents: March 2002, Volume 70, Issue 3        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Molecular Genomics        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Errata        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Toll Receptors: a Central Element in Innate Immune Responses Thierry Vasselon and Patricia A. Detmers Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1033-1041; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Penicillium marneffei Causes Osteopontin-Mediated Production of Interleukin-12 by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Yoshinobu Koguchi, Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Shigeyuki Kon, Tatsuya Segawa, Masahiro Maeda, Toshimitsu Uede, and Atsushi Saito Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1042-1048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Passive Intranasal Monoclonal Antibody Prophylaxis against Murine Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Francis Gigliotti, Constantine G. Haidaris, Terry W. Wright, and Allen G. Harmsen Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1069-1074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Activation and Oligoclonality of Peripheral CD8+ T Cells in the Chronic Human Helminth Infection Alveolar Echinococcosis Burkhard J. Manfras, Stefan Reuter, Thomas Wendland, and Peter Kern Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1168-1174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Dirofilaria immitis Polyprotein That Stimulates Murine B Cells To Produce Nonspecific Polyclonal Immunoglobulin E Antibody Hiroyuki Tezuka, Shinjiro Imai, Riho Muto, Yuko Furuhashi, and Koichiro Fujita Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1235-1244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of Experimental Trypanosoma brucei Infections Occurs Independently of Lymphotoxin- Induction S. Magez, B. Stijlemans, G. Caljon, H.-P. Eugster, and P. De Baetselier Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1342-1351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of T Helper Type 1 and 2 Responses to 19-Kilodalton Merozoite Surface Protein 1 in Vaccinated Healthy Volunteers and Adults Naturally Exposed to Malaria Edwin A. M. Lee, Dupeh R. Palmer, Katie L. Flanagan, William H. H. Reece, Kennedy Odhiambo, Kevin Marsh, Margaret Pinder, Michael B. Gravenor, Wendy A. Keitel, Kent E. Kester, Carter Diggs, David Kaslow, V. Apostolopoulos, W. Ripley Ballou, Adrian V. S. Hill, Urszula Krzych, and Magdalena Plebanski Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1417-1421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transmission Intensity Affects Both Antigen-Specific and Nonspecific T-Cell Proliferative Responses in Loa loa Infection Jean Paul Akue and Eileen Devaney Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1475-1480; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Expression of the Candida albicans Genes CHK1 and CSSK1, Adherence, and Morphogenesis in a Model of Reconstituted Human Esophageal Epithelial Candidiasis Dongmei Li, Joern Bernhardt, and Richard Calderone Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1558-1565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody-Mediated Protection in Murine Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Is Associated with Pleotrophic Effects on Cytokine and Leukocyte Responses Marta Feldmesser, Aron Mednick, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1571-1580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monoclonal Antibody against the Plasmodium falciparum Chitinase, PfCHT1, Recognizes a Malaria Transmission-Blocking Epitope in Plasmodium gallinaceum Ookinetes Unrelated to the Chitinase PgCHT1 Rebecca C. Langer, Fengwu Li, Vsevolod Popov, Alexander Kurosky, and Joseph M. Vinetz Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1581-1590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Babesia bovis Merozoite Surface Antigen 1 and Rhoptry-Associated Protein 1 Are Expressed in Sporozoites, and Specific Antibodies Inhibit Sporozoite Attachment to Erythrocytes Juan Mosqueda, Terry F. McElwain, David Stiller, and Guy H. Palmer Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1599-1603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Discordance between T-Cell Receptor Expression and Effector Function in Mice Infected with Histoplasma capsulatum George S. Deepe, Jr., Reta S. Gibbons, and Susan R. Ward Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1648-1652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Essential Role of Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 for Gamma Interferon Production Induced by Listeriolysin O in Mouse Spleen Cells Takamasa Nomura, Ikuo Kawamura, Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Chikara Kohda, Hisashi Baba, Yutaka Ito, Terumi Kimoto, Isao Watanabe, and Masao Mitsuyama Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1049-1055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shigella flexneri Interactions with the Basolateral Membrane Domain of Polarized Model Intestinal Epithelium: Role of Lipopolysaccharide in Cell Invasion and in Activation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase ERK Henrik Köhler, Sonia P. Rodrigues, and Beth A. McCormick Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1150-1158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Gamma Interferon-Induced Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Gene Expression by Porphyromonas gingivalis Membrane Vesicles Ratchapin Srisatjaluk, Girish J. Kotwal, Lawrence A. Hunt, and David E. Justus Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1185-1192; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure of Campylobacter jejuni Lipopolysaccharides Determines Antiganglioside Specificity and Clinical Features of Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher Patients C. W. Ang, J. D. Laman, H. J. Willison, E. R. Wagner, H. P. Endtz, M. A. De Klerk, A. P. Tio-Gillen, N. Van den Braak, B. C. Jacobs, and P. A. Van Doorn Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1202-1208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccination on Interleukin-1ß and RANTES mRNA Expression in Guinea Pig Cells Exposed to Attenuated and Virulent Mycobacteria Amminikutty Jeevan, Teizo Yoshimura, Gregory Foster, and David N. McMurray Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1245-1253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Gingival CD14+ Fibroblasts Primed with Gamma Interferon Increase Production of Interleukin-8 in Response to Lipopolysaccharide through Up-Regulation of Membrane CD14 and MyD88 mRNA Expression Riyoko Tamai, Tetsuya Sakuta, Kenji Matsushita, Mitsuo Torii, Osamu Takeuchi, Shizuo Akira, Sachiko Akashi, Terje Espevik, Shunji Sugawara, and Haruhiko Takada Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1272-1278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses Elicited by Meningococcal Carriage K. Robinson, K. R. Neal, C. Howard, J. Stockton, K. Atkinson, E. Scarth, J. Moran, A. Robins, I. Todd, E. Kaczmarski, S. Gray, I. Muscat, R. Slack, and D. A. A. Ala'Aldeen Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1301-1309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dissociated Linkage of Cytokine-Inducing Activity and Cytotoxicity to Different Domains of Listeriolysin O from Listeria monocytogenes Chikara Kohda, Ikuo Kawamura, Hisashi Baba, Takamasa Nomura, Yutaka Ito, Terumi Kimoto, Isao Watanabe, and Masao Mitsuyama Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1334-1341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide, Phospholipase C, and Exotoxin A: Role of Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 Catharina W. Wieland, Britta Siegmund, Giorgio Senaldi, Michael L. Vasil, Charles A. Dinarello, and Giamila Fantuzzi Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1352-1358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Osteopontin in Murine Lyme Arthritis and Host Defense against Borrelia burgdorferi Melissa R. Potter, Susan R. Rittling, David T. Denhardt, Randall J. Roper, John H. Weis, Cory Teuscher, and Janis J. Weis Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1372-1381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Immune Responses to Mycobacterium bovis in Cattle Depleted of WC1+ T Cells Hilary E. Kennedy, Michael D. Welsh, David G. Bryson, Joseph P. Cassidy, Fiona I. Forster, Christopher J. Howard, Robert A. Collins, and John M. Pollock Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1488-1500; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemokine Expression Patterns Differ within Anatomically Distinct Regions of the Genital Tract during Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Heather K. Maxion and Kathleen A. Kelly Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1538-1546; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Inflammatory Mediators in Resistance and Susceptibility to Pneumococcal Infection Alison R. Kerr, June J. Irvine, Jennifer J. Search, Neill A. Gingles, Aras Kadioglu, Peter W. Andrew, William L. McPheat, Charles G. Booth, and Tim. J. Mitchell Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1547-1557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HLA-B27-Transfected (Salmonella Permissive) and HLA-A2-Transfected (Salmonella Nonpermissive) Human Monocytic U937 Cells Differ in Their Production of Cytokines Päivi Ekman, Marja Saarinen, Qiushui He, Christel Gripenberg-Lerche, Alvar Grönberg, Heikki Arvilommi, and Kaisa Granfors Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1609-1614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Interleukin 4 (IL-4) Receptor Expression and IL-4-Induced Decrease in IL-12 Production by Langerhans Cells Infected with Leishmania major Heidrun Moll, Anabel Scharner, and Eckhart Kämpgen Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1627-1630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Transcutaneous Immunization Using Colonization Factor and Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Induces Correlates of Protective Immunity for Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Jianmei Yu, Frederick Cassels, Tanya Scharton-Kersten, Scott A. Hammond, Antoinette Hartman, Evelina Angov, Blaise Corthésy, Carl Alving, and Gregory Glenn Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1056-1068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dendritic Cells Pulsed with a Recombinant Chlamydial Major Outer Membrane Protein Antigen Elicit a CD4+ Type 2 Rather than Type 1 Immune Response That Is Not Protective Jennifer Shaw, Vernon Grund, Luke Durling, Debbie Crane, and Harlan D. Caldwell Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1097-1105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Nonimmunoglobulin Factor in Human Saliva That Inhibits Streptococcus mutans Glucosyltransferase Christina Jespersgaard, George Hajishengallis, Michael W. Russell, and Suzanne M. Michalek Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1136-1142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cross-Protective Immunity of Mice Induced by Oral Immunization with Pneumococcal Surface Adhesin A Encapsulated in Microspheres Jun-Young Seo, Seung Yong Seong, Byung-Yoon Ahn, Ick Chan Kwon, Hesson Chung, and Seo Young Jeong Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1143-1149; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cross-Reactive Polyclonal Antibodies to the Inner Core of Lipopolysaccharide from Neisseria meningitidis Svein Rune Andersen, Terry Guthrie, Geoffrey R. Guile, Jan Kolberg, Sam Hou, Lisa Hyland, and Simon Y. C. Wong Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1293-1300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lymphocyte Recruitment and Protective Efficacy against Pulmonary Mycobacterial Infection Are Independent of the Route of Prior Mycobacterium bovis BCG Immunization Umaimainthan Palendira, Andrew G. D. Bean, Carl G. Feng, and Warwick J. Britton Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1410-1416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extracellular Antigens from Salmonella enteritidis Induce Effective Immune Response in Mice after Oral Vaccination Lena Strindelius, Lena Degling Wikingsson, and Ingvar Sjöholm Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1434-1442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization with Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines with LT-K63, a Nontoxic Mutant of Heat-Labile Enterotoxin, as Adjuvant Rapidly Induces Protective Immunity against Lethal Pneumococcal Infections in Neonatal Mice Håvard Jakobsen, Stefania Bjarnarson, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Monique Moreau, Claire-Anne Siegrist, and Ingileif Jonsdottir Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1443-1452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Naturally Exposed Populations Differ in Their T1 and T2 Responses to the Circumsporozoite Protein of Plasmodium falciparum W. H. H. Reece, M. Plebanski, P. Akinwunmi, P. Gothard, K. L. Flanagan, E. A. M. Lee, M. Cortina-Borja, A. V. S. Hill, and M. Pinder Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1468-1474; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of a Live, Attenuated aroA Deletion Mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a Candidate Intranasal Vaccine Gregory P. Priebe, Mary M. Brinig, Kazue Hatano, Martha Grout, Fadie T. Coleman, Gerald B. Pier, and Joanna B. Goldberg Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1507-1517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Naturally Attenuated, Orally Administered Mycobacterium microti as a Tuberculosis Vaccine Is Better than Subcutaneous Mycobacterium bovis BCG Yukari C. Manabe, Cherise P. Scott, and William R. Bishai Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1566-1570; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide-Specific but Not Anti-Flagellar Immunoglobulin A Monoclonal Antibodies Prevent Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis Invasion and Replication within HEp-2 Cell Monolayers Ianko D. Iankov, Dragomir P. Petrov, Ivan V. Mladenov, Iana H. Haralambieva, and Ivan G. Mitov Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1615-1618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induced by Dendritic Cells Pulsed with both CD8+- and CD4+-T-Cell Epitopes from Antigen 85A Helen McShane, Shahriar Behboudi, Nilu Goonetilleke, Roger Brookes, and Adrian V. S. Hill Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1623-1626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective T-Cell Recognition of the N-Terminal Peptide of GroES in Tuberculosis Boosbun Chua-Intra, Robert J. Wilkinson, and Juraj Ivanyi Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1645-1647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Recombinant Carboxy-Terminal Domain of the Protective Antigen of Bacillus anthracis Protects Mice against Anthrax Infection Helen C. Flick-Smith, Nicola J. Walker, Paula Gibson, Helen Bullifent, Sarah Hayward, Julie Miller, Richard W. Titball, and E. Diane Williamson Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1653-1656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Role of Lung Epithelial Cells in Defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae Pneumonia Guadalupe Cortés, Dolores Álvarez, Carles Saus, and Sebastián Albertí Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1075-1080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation between an In Vitro Invasion Assay and a Murine Model of Burkholderia cepacia Lung Infection Martin V. Cieri, Nicole Mayer-Hamblett, Adam Griffith, and Jane L. Burns Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1081-1086; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Bacteriophage Ba1 To Identify Properties Associated with Bordetella avium Virulence Celia B. Shelton, Louise M. Temple, and Paul E. Orndorff Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1219-1224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clonal Diversity of Escherichia coli Colonizing Stools and Urinary Tracts of Young Girls Theresa A. Schlager, J. Owen Hendley, Alison L. Bell, and Thomas S. Whittam Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1225-1229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Surfactant Protein D in the Human Gastric Mucosa and during Helicobacter pylori Infection Emma Murray, Wafa Khamri, Marjorie M. Walker, Paul Eggleton, Anthony P. Moran, John A. Ferris, Susanne Knapp, Q. Najma Karim, Mulegata Worku, Peter Strong, Kenneth B. M. Reid, and Mark R. Thursz Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1481-1487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Cholesterol and the Ganglioside GM1 in Entry and Short-Term Survival of Brucella suis in Murine Macrophages Aroem Naroeni and Françoise Porte Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1640-1644; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Intracellular Induction of Listeria monocytogenes actA Expression Lynne M. Shetron-Rama, Hélène Marquis, H. G. Archie Bouwer, and Nancy E. Freitag Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1087-1096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Second Arcanobacterium pyogenes Neuraminidase and Involvement of Neuraminidase Activity in Host Cell Adhesion B. Helen Jost, J. Glenn Songer, and Stephen J. Billington Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1106-1112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Glutathione Metabolism of Treponema denticola in Bacterial Growth and Virulence Expression Lianrui Chu, Zheng Dong, Xiaoping Xu, David L. Cochran, and Jefferey L. Ebersole Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1113-1120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Cytotoxic Factor in Culture Filtrates of Serratia marcescens Kent B. Marty, Christopher L. Williams, Linda J. Guynn, Michael J. Benedik, and Steven R. Blanke Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1121-1128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Site-Specific Proteolysis of the MALP-404 Lipoprotein Determines the Release of a Soluble Selective Lipoprotein-Associated Motif-Containing Fragment and Alteration of the Surface Phenotype of Mycoplasma fermentans Kelley L. Davis and Kim S. Wise Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1129-1135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcript Heterogeneity of the p44 Multigene Family in a Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent Transmitted by Ticks Ning Zhi, Norio Ohashi, Tomoko Tajima, Jason Mott, Roger W. Stich, Debra Grover, Sam R. Telford III, Quan Lin, and Yasuko Rikihisa Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1175-1184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane Localization of the S1 Subunit of Pertussis Toxin in Bordetella pertussis and Implications for Pertussis Toxin Secretion Karen M. Farizo, Stefanie Fiddner, Anissa M. Cheung, and Drusilla L. Burns Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1193-1201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Variability and Stability of Anaplasma phagocytophila msp2 (p44) Karen Caspersen, Jin-Ho Park, Surekha Patil, and J. Stephen Dumler Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1230-1234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Major Outer Surface Proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae Martin J. G. Hughes, Joanne C. Moore, Jonathan D. Lane, Rebecca Wilson, Philippa K. Pribul, Zabin N. Younes, Richard J. Dobson, Paul Everest, Andrew J. Reason, Joanne M. Redfern, Fiona M. Greer, Thanai Paxton, Maria Panico, Howard R. Morris, Robert G. Feldman, and Joseph D. Santangelo Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1254-1259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of Ganglioside GM1-Binding Ability, Pentamer Formation, and Epitopes of Cholera Toxin B (CTB) Subunits and CTB/Heat-Labile Enterotoxin B Subunit Chimeras Michael G. Jobling and Randall K. Holmes Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1260-1271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloned Shiga Toxin 2 B Subunit Induces Apoptosis in Ramos Burkitt's Lymphoma B Cells Paola Marcato, George Mulvey, and Glen D. Armstrong Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1279-1286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fibronectin Facilitates Mycobacterium tuberculosis Attachment to Murine Alveolar Macrophages Rajamouli Pasula, Paul Wisniowski, and William J. Martin II Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1287-1292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Retrieving Biological Activity from LukF-PV Mutants Combined with Different S Components Implies Compatibility between the Stem Domains of These Staphylococcal Bicomponent Leucotoxins S. Werner, D. A. Colin, M. Coraiola, G. Menestrina, H. Monteil, and G. Prévost Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1310-1318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Fibronectin-Binding Protein to Pathogenesis of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Astrid de Greeff, Herma Buys, Robin Verhaar, Janny Dijkstra, Loek van Alphen, and Hilde E. Smith Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1319-1325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence Gene Identification by Differential Fluorescence Induction Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Gene Expression during Infection-Simulating Culture William P. Schneider, Sun K. Ho, Jillian Christine, Monique Yao, Andrea Marra, and Alexander E. Hromockyj Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1326-1333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Anaplasma phagocytophila on NADPH Oxidase Components in Human Neutrophils and HL-60 Cells Jason Mott, Yasuko Rikihisa, and Shohko Tsunawaki Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1359-1366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Superoxide Dismutase C Mutant of Haemophilus ducreyi Is Virulent in Human Volunteers Cliffton T. H. Bong, Kate R. Fortney, Barry P. Katz, Antoinette F. Hood, Lani R. San Mateo, Thomas H. Kawula, and Stanley M. Spinola Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1367-1371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Sortase SrtA of Listeria monocytogenes Is Involved in Processing of Internalin and in Virulence Caroline Garandeau, Hélène Réglier-Poupet, Iharilalao Dubail, Jean-Luc Beretti, Patrick Berche, and Alain Charbit Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1382-1390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Osmolarity and pH Growth Conditions Regulate fim Gene Transcription and Type 1 Pilus Expression in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli William R. Schwan, Jeffrey L. Lee, Farrah A. Lenard, Brian T. Matthews, and Michael T. Beck Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1391-1402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type III Secretion of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Translocated Effectors and SseFG Imke Hansen-Wester, Bärbel Stecher, and Michael Hensel Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1403-1409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Fraction 1 Antigen of Yersinia pestis in Inhibition of Phagocytosis Yidong Du, Roland Rosqvist, and Åke Forsberg Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1453-1460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Replication of Neisseria meningitidis within Epithelial Cells Requires TonB-Dependent Acquisition of Host Cell Iron Jason A. Larson, Dustin L. Higashi, Igor Stojiljkovic, and Magdalene So Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1461-1467; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Putative Classical Nitroreductase Gene Whose Expression Is Coregulated with That of the acr Gene within Macrophages, in Standing versus Shaking Cultures, and under Low Oxygen Conditions Anjan Purkayastha, Lee Ann McCue, and Kathleen A. McDonough Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1518-1529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of the Alternative 28 Factor on Virulence and Flagellum Expression of Legionella pneumophila Klaus Heuner, Claudia Dietrich, Carina Skriwan, Michael Steinert, and Jörg Hacker Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1604-1608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae: PsaA Mutants Are Hypersensitive to Oxidative Stress Hsing-Ju Tseng, Alastair G. McEwan, James C. Paton, and Michael P. Jennings Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1635-1639; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System of Legionella pneumophila Is Essential for the Induction of Apoptosis in Human Macrophages Steven D. Zink, Lisa Pedersen, Nicholas P. Cianciotto, and Yousef Abu Kwaik Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1657-1663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Genomic Localization of a T Serotype Locus to a Recombinatorial Zone Encoding Extracellular Matrix-Binding Proteins in Streptococcus pyogenes Debra E. Bessen and Awdhesh Kalia Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1159-1167; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Fluorescence Induction Analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Identifies Genes Involved in Pathogenesis Andrea Marra, Jyoti Asundi, Magdalena Bartilson, Stacey Lawson, Flora Fang, Jillian Christine, Cedric Wiesner, Daniel Brigham, William P. Schneider, and Alexander E. Hromockyj Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1422-1433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analyses of the Evolutionary Distribution of Salmonella Translocated Effectors Imke Hansen-Wester, Bärbel Stecher, and Michael Hensel Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1619-1622; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Identification and Characterization of hsa, the Gene Encoding the Sialic Acid-Binding Adhesin of Streptococcus gordonii DL1 Yukihiro Takahashi, Kiyoshi Konishi, John O. Cisar, and Masanosuke Yoshikawa Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1209-1218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Tropheryma whipplei, the Agent of Whipple's Disease, Requires Phagosome Acidification Eric Ghigo, Christian Capo, Marianne Aurouze, Ching-Hsuan Tung, Jean-Pierre Gorvel, Didier Raoult, and Jean-Louis Mege Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1501-1506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of an Outer Membrane Protein of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli with Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans James M. Fleckenstein, James T. Holland, and David L. Hasty Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1530-1537; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophage Therapy Rescues Mice Bacteremic from a Clinical Isolate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Biswajit Biswas, Sankar Adhya, Paul Washart, Brian Paul, Andrei N. Trostel, Bradford Powell, Richard Carlton, and Carl R. Merril Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1664 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia pneumoniae Secretion of a Protease-Like Activity Factor for Degrading Host Cell Transcription Factors Required for Major Histocompatibility Complex Antigen Expression Peiyi Fan, Feng Dong, Yanqing Huang, and Guangming Zhong Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1664 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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A 60-Kilodalton Immunodominant Glycoprotein Is Essential for Cell Wall Integrity and the Maintenance of Cell Shape in Streptococcus mutans Jean-San Chia, Lan Yi Chang, Chia-Tung Shun, Ying-Ying Chang, Yeou-Guang Tsay, and Jen-Yang Chen Infect. Immun. March 2002 70: 1665 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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