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Minireviews:

Helen S. Garmory and Richard W. Titball

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters Are Targets for the Development of Antibacterial Vaccines and Therapies
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6757-6763. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Y. Wu, B. Lau, S. Smith, K. Troyan, and D. E. Barnett Foster

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection Triggers Host Phospholipid Metabolism Perturbations
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6764-6772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hye Cheong Koo, Yong Ho Park, Mary Jo Hamilton, George M. Barrington, Christopher J. Davies, Jong Bae Kim, John L. Dahl, W. Ray Waters, and William C. Davis

Analysis of the Immune Response to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Experimentally Infected Calves
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6870-6883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brad Gilbertson, Susie Germano, Pauline Steele, Steven Turner, Barbara Fazekas de St. Groth, and Christina Cheers

Bystander Activation of CD8⁺ T Lymphocytes during Experimental Mycobacterial Infection
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6884-6891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. D. Murphey, David N. Herndon, and Edward R. Sherwood

Gamma Interferon Does Not Enhance Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa but Does Amplify a Proinflammatory Response in a Murine Model of Postseptic Immunosuppression
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6892-6901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claire L. Townes, Georgios Michailidis, Christopher J. Nile, and Judith Hall

Induction of Cationic Chicken Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide 2 in Response to Salmonella enterica Infection
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6987-6993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Delphine Nicolle, Cécile Fremond, Xavier Pichon, André Bouchot, Isabelle Maillet, Bernhard Ryffel, and Valerie J. F. Quesniaux

Long-Term Control of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Infection in the Absence of Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs): Investigation of TLR2-, TLR6-, or TLR2-TLR4-Deficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6994-7004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wan-Hua Tsai, Chia-Wen Chang, Woei-Jer Chuang, Yee-Shin Lin, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Ching-Chuan Liu, Wen-Tsan Chang, and Ming T. Lin

Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B-Induced Apoptosis in A549 Cells Is Mediated by a Receptor- and Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7055-7062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jyotika Sharma, Anthony M. Bosnic, Jeanna M. Piper, and Guangming Zhong

Human Antibody Responses to a Chlamydia-Secreted Protease Factor
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7164-7171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helena Lindgren, Stephan Stenmark, Wangxue Chen, Arne Tärnvik, and Anders Sjöstedt

Distinct Roles of Reactive Nitrogen and Oxygen Species To Control Infection with the Facultative Intracellular Bacterium Francisella tularensis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7172-7182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiang Zhang, Jane E. Aubin, Tae-Hwan Kim, Ursula Payne, Basil Chiu, and Robert D. Inman

Synovial Fibroblasts Infected with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Mediate Osteoclast Differentiation and Activation
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7183-7189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Gervassi, Mark R. Alderson, Robert Suchland, Jean François Maisonneuve, Kenneth H. Grabstein, and Peter Probst

Differential Regulation of Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion by Human Dendritic Cells upon Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7231-7239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marion Pepper, Florence Dzierszinski, Amy Crawford, Christopher A. Hunter, and David Roos

Development of a System To Study CD4⁺-T-Cell Responses to Transgenic Ovalbumin-Expressing Toxoplasma gondii during Toxoplasmosis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7240-7246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samithamby Jeyaseelan, Hong Wei Chu, Scott K. Young, and G. Scott Worthen

Transcriptional Profiling of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7247-7256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kara Swanson, Stas Gorodetsky, Laura Good, Stephen Davis, David Musgrave, Kerst Stelwagen, Vicki Farr, and Adrian Molenaar

Expression of a ß-Defensin mRNA, Lingual Antimicrobial Peptide, in Bovine Mammary Epithelial Tissue Is Induced by Mastitis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7311-7314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey R. Abbott, Guy H. Palmer, Chris J. Howard, Jayne C. Hope, and Wendy C. Brown

Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 2 CD4⁺-T-Cell Epitopes Are Evenly Distributed in Conserved and Hypervariable Regions (HVR), Whereas Linear B-Cell Epitopes Are Predominantly Located in the HVR
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7360-7366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Bernd Schmausser, Christine Josenhans, Simon Endrich, Sebastian Suerbaum, Cassian Sitaru, Mindaugas Andrulis, Stephanie Brändlein, Peter Rieckmann, Hans Konrad Müller-Hermelink, and Matthias Eck

Downregulation of CXCR1 and CXCR2 Expression on Human Neutrophils by Helicobacter pylori: a New Pathomechanism in H. pylori Infection?
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6773-6779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yvonne Schmid, Guntram A. Grassl, Oliver T. Bühler, Mikael Skurnik, Ingo B. Autenrieth, and Erwin Bohn

Yersinia enterocolitica Adhesin A Induces Production of Interleukin-8 in Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6780-6789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken Teter, Michael G. Jobling, and Randall K. Holmes

Vesicular Transport Is Not Required for the Cytoplasmic Pool of Cholera Toxin To Interact with the Stimulatory Alpha Subunit of the Heterotrimeric G Protein
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6826-6835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kei-ichi Uchiya and Toshiaki Nikai

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Induces Cyclooxygenase 2 Expression in Macrophages: Involvement of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6860-6869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ben L. Kelly and Richard M. Locksley

The Leishmania major LACK Antigen with an Immunodominant Epitope at Amino Acids 156 to 173 Is Not Required for Early Th2 Development in BALB/c Mice
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6924-6931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stella E. Erfurth, Sabine Gröbner, Uwe Kramer, Dani S. J. Gunst, Irena Soldanova, Martin Schaller, Ingo B. Autenrieth, and Stefan Borgmann

Yersinia enterocolitica Induces Apoptosis and Inhibits Surface Molecule Expression and Cytokine Production in Murine Dendritic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7045-7054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristin M. Patton, Travis C. McGuire, Darrilyn G. Fraser, and Stephen A. Hines

Rhodococcus equi-Infected Macrophages Are Recognized and Killed by CD8⁺ T Lymphocytes in a Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I-Unrestricted Fashion
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7073-7083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashlyn Eaton-Bassiri, Susan B. Dillon, Mark Cunningham, Michael A. Rycyzyn, Juliane Mills, Robert T. Sarisky, and M. Lamine Mbow

Toll-Like Receptor 9 Can Be Expressed at the Cell Surface of Distinct Populations of Tonsils and Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7202-7211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger W. Stich, Glenn A. Olah, Kelly A. Brayton, Wendy C. Brown, Marcus Fechheimer, Kari Green-Church, Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Katherine M. Kocan, Travis C. McGuire, Fred R. Rurangirwa, and Guy H. Palmer

Identification of a Novel Anaplasma marginale Appendage-Associated Protein That Localizes with Actin Filaments during Intraerythrocytic Infection
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7257-7264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. Kirby

In Vitro Model of Bartonella henselae-Induced Angiogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7315-7317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. R. Gabel, C. Elwell, S. C. D. van Ijzendoorn, and J. N. Engel

Lipid Raft-Mediated Entry Is Not Required for Chlamydia trachomatis Infection of Cultured Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7367-7373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Arati B. Kamath, Jennifer Alt, Hajer Debbabi, Chad Taylor, and Samuel M. Behar

The Major Histocompatibility Complex Haplotype Affects T-Cell Recognition of Mycobacterial Antigens but Not Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in C3H Mice
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6790-6798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcela Parra, Thames Pickett, Giovanni Delogu, Veerabadran Dheenadhayalan, Anne-Sophie Debrie, Camille Locht, and Michael J. Brennan

The Mycobacterial Heparin-Binding Hemagglutinin Is a Protective Antigen in the Mouse Aerosol Challenge Model of Tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6799-6805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose C. Ferraz, Evangelos Stavropoulos, Min Yang, Steve Coade, Clara Espitia, Douglas B. Lowrie, M. Joseph Colston, and Ricardo E. Tascon

A Heterologous DNA Priming-Mycobacterium bovis BCG Boosting Immunization Strategy Using Mycobacterial Hsp70, Hsp65, and Apa Antigens Improves Protection against Tuberculosis in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6945-6950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monika W. Oli, Nikki Rhodin, William P. McArthur, and L. Jeannine Brady

Redirecting the Humoral Immune Response against Streptococcus mutans Antigen P1 with Monoclonal Antibodies
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6951-6960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dai-Fang Liu, Kathryn W. Mason, Maria Mastri, Mehran Pazirandeh, David Cutter, Doran L. Fink, Joseph W. St. Geme, III, Duzhang Zhu, and Bruce A. Green

The C-Terminal Fragment of the Internal 110-Kilodalton Passenger Domain of the Hap Protein of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Is a Potential Vaccine Candidate
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6961-6968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Faiza Rharbaoui, Astrid Westendorf, Claudia Link, Sandra Felk, Jan Buer, Matthias Gunzer, and Carlos A. Guzmán

The Mycoplasma-Derived Macrophage-Activating 2-Kilodalton Lipopeptide Triggers Global Immune Activation on Nasal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissues
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6978-6986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Li, Toshiki Yajima, Kimika Saito, Hitoshi Nishimura, Takashi Fushimi, Yoshifumi Ohshima, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, and Yasunobu Yoshikai

Immunostimulating Properties of Intragastrically Administered Acetobacter-Derived Soluble Branched (1,4)-ß-D-Glucans Decrease Murine Susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7005-7011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio DiGiandomenico, Jayasimha Rao, and Joanna B. Goldberg

Oral Vaccination of BALB/c Mice with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa O Antigen Promotes Increased Survival in an Acute Fatal Pneumonia Model
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7012-7021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert H. Copenhaver, Eliud Sepulveda, Lisa Y. Armitige, Jeffrey K. Actor, Audrey Wanger, Steven J. Norris, Robert L. Hunter, and Chinnaswamy Jagannath

A Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv That Lacks Expression of Antigen 85A Is Attenuated in Mice but Retains Vaccinogenic Potential
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7084-7095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. Galen, Licheng Zhao, Magaly Chinchilla, Jin Yuan Wang, Marcela F. Pasetti, Jeffrey Green, and Myron M. Levine

Adaptation of the Endogenous Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi clyA-Encoded Hemolysin for Antigen Export Enhances the Immunogenicity of Anthrax Protective Antigen Domain 4 Expressed by the Attenuated Live-Vector Vaccine Strain CVD 908-htrA
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7096-7106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. Fernández-Santana, Félix Cardoso, Arlene Rodriguez, Tania Carmenate, Luis Peña, Yuri Valdés, Eugenio Hardy, Fatme Mawas, Lazaro Heynngnezz, Maria C. Rodríguez, Ignacio Figueroa, Janoi Chang, Maria E. Toledo, Alexis Musacchio, Ibis Hernández, Mabel Izquierdo, Karelia Cosme, Rene Roy, and V. Verez-Bencomo

Antigenicity and Immunogenicity of a Synthetic Oligosaccharide-Protein Conjugate Vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae Type b
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7115-7123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sahlu Ayalew, Anthony W. Confer, and Emily R. Blackwood

Characterization of Immunodominant and Potentially Protective Epitopes of Mannheimia haemolytica Serotype 1 Outer Membrane Lipoprotein PlpE
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7265-7274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xin Li, Jarrod L. Erbe, C. Virginia Lockatell, David E. Johnson, Michael G. Jobling, Randall K. Holmes, and Harry L. T. Mobley

Use of Translational Fusion of the MrpH Fimbrial Adhesin-Binding Domain with the Cholera Toxin A2 Domain, Coexpressed with the Cholera Toxin B Subunit, as an Intranasal Vaccine To Prevent Experimental Urinary Tract Infection by Proteus mirabilis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7306-7310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hannelore Lotter, Holger Rüssmann, Jürgen Heesemann, and Egbert Tannich

Oral Vaccination with Recombinant Yersinia enterocolitica Expressing Hybrid Type III Proteins Protects Gerbils from Amebic Liver Abscess
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7318-7321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. McArthur, E. Medina, A. Mueller, J. Chin, B. J. Currie, K. S. Sriprakash, S. R. Talay, G. S. Chhatwal, and M. J. Walker

Intranasal Vaccination with Streptococcal Fibronectin Binding Protein Sfb1 Fails To Prevent Growth and Dissemination of Streptococcus pyogenes in a Murine Skin Infection Model
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7342-7345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alison A. Weiss, Angela K. Patton, Scott H. Millen, Swei-Ju Chang, Joel I. Ward, and David I. Bernstein

Acellular Pertussis Vaccines and Complement Killing of Bordetella pertussis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7346-7351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Xian-Ming Chen, Steven P. O'Hara, Bing Q. Huang, Jeremy B. Nelson, Jim Jung-Ching Lin, Guan Zhu, Honorine D. Ward, and Nicholas F. LaRusso

Apical Organelle Discharge by Cryptosporidium parvum Is Temperature, Cytoskeleton, and Intracellular Calcium Dependent and Required for Host Cell Invasion
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6806-6816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thorsten Lieke, Sebastian E. B. Graefe, Ulricke Klauenberg, Bernhard Fleischer, and Thomas Jacobs

NK Cells Contribute to the Control of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection by Killing Free Parasites by Perforin-Independent Mechanisms
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6817-6825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Craig S. Boutlis, J. Brice Weinberg, Joanne Baker, Moses J. Bockarie, Charles S. Mgone, Qin Cheng, and Nicholas M. Anstey

Nitric Oxide Production and Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in Malaria-Exposed Papua New Guinean Children and Adults Show Longitudinal Stability and No Association with Parasitemia
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6932-6938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xicheng Ding, Hyun S. Lillehoj, Marco A. Quiroz, Erich Bevensee, and Erik P. Lillehoj

Protective Immunity against Eimeria acervulina following In Ovo Immunization with a Recombinant Subunit Vaccine and Cytokine Genes
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6939-6944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie M. Moore, Sujittra Chaisavaneeyakorn, Douglas J. Perkins, Caroline Othoro, Juliana Otieno, Bernard L. Nahlen, Ya Ping Shi, and Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Hemozoin Differentially Regulates Proinflammatory Cytokine Production in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Seropositive and -Seronegative Women with Placental Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7022-7029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lorna MacLean, John E. Chisi, Martin Odiit, Wendy C. Gibson, Vanessa Ferris, Kim Picozzi, and Jeremy M. Sternberg

Severity of Human African Trypanosomiasis in East Africa Is Associated with Geographic Location, Parasite Genotype, and Host Inflammatory Cytokine Response Profile
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7040-7044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie Boulanger, Carl Lowenberger, Petr Volf, Raul Ursic, Lucie Sigutova, Laurence Sabatier, Milena Svobodova, Stephen M. Beverley, Gerald Späth, Reto Brun, Bernard Pesson, and Philippe Bulet

Characterization of a Defensin from the Sand Fly Phlebotomus duboscqi Induced by Challenge with Bacteria or the Protozoan Parasite Leishmania major
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7140-7146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucia Pitzurra, Silvia Bellocchio, Angela Nocentini, Pierluigi Bonifazi, Raffaele Scardazza, Luigi Gallucci, Fabrizio Stracci, Costantino Simoncelli, Francesco Bistoni, and Luigina Romani

Antifungal Immune Reactivity in Nasal Polyposis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7275-7281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chiatogu Onyewu, Floyd L. Wormley, Jr., John R. Perfect, and Joseph Heitman

The Calcineurin Target, Crz1, Functions in Azole Tolerance but Is Not Required for Virulence of Candida albicans
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7330-7333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Shwu-Jen Liaw, Hsin-Chih Lai, and Won-Bo Wang

Modulation of Swarming and Virulence by Fatty Acids through the RsbA Protein in Proteus mirabilis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6836-6845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Warren L. Simmons, Amy M. Denison, and Kevin Dybvig

Resistance of Mycoplasma pulmonis to Complement Lysis Is Dependent on the Number of Vsa Tandem Repeats: Shield Hypothesis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6846-6851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xueqi Wang, Yasuko Rikihisa, Tzung-Hui Lai, Yumi Kumagai, Ning Zhi, and Stephen M. Reed

Rapid Sequential Changeover of Expressed p44 Genes during the Acute Phase of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection in Horses
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6852-6859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sahar H. El-Etr, Selvakumar Subbian, Suat L. G. Cirillo, and Jeffrey D. Cirillo

Identification of Two Mycobacterium marinum Loci That Affect Interactions with Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6902-6913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James G. Smedley, III and Bruce A. McClane

Fine Mapping of the N-Terminal Cytotoxicity Region of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin by Site-Directed Mutagenesis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6914-6923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ciara M. Shaver and Alan R. Hauser

Relative Contributions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoU, ExoS, and ExoT to Virulence in the Lung
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 6969-6977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eckhard Strauch, Christoph Schaudinn, and Lothar Beutin

First-Time Isolation and Characterization of a Bacteriophage Encoding the Shiga Toxin 2c Variant, Which Is Globally Spread in Strains of Escherichia coli O157
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7030-7039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miguel A. Campos, Miguel A. Vargas, Verónica Regueiro, Catalina M. Llompart, Sebastián Albertí, and José A. Bengoechea

Capsule Polysaccharide Mediates Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7107-7114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lyndsay M. Schaeffer, Francis X. McCormack, Huixing Wu, and Alison A. Weiss

Interactions of Pulmonary Collectins with Bordetella bronchiseptica and Bordetella pertussis Lipopolysaccharide Elucidate the Structural Basis of Their Antimicrobial Activities
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7124-7130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroki Kawabata, Steven J. Norris, and Haruo Watanabe

BBE02 Disruption Mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 Have a Highly Transformable, Infectious Phenotype
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7147-7154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthias Grundmeier, Muzaffar Hussain, Petra Becker, Christine Heilmann, Georg Peters, and Bhanu Sinha

Truncation of Fibronectin-Binding Proteins in Staphylococcus aureus Strain Newman Leads to Deficient Adherence and Host Cell Invasion Due to Loss of the Cell Wall Anchor Function
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7155-7163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ravi P. Anantha, Annette L. McVeigh, Lanfong H. Lee, Mary K. Agnew, Frederick J. Cassels, Daniel A. Scott, Thomas S. Whittam, and Stephen J. Savarino

Evolutionary and Functional Relationships of Colonization Factor Antigen I and Other Class 5 Adhesive Fimbriae of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7190-7201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiao-Zhe Huang and Luther E. Lindler

The pH 6 Antigen Is an Antiphagocytic Factor Produced by Yersinia pestis Independent of Yersinia Outer Proteins and Capsule Antigen
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7212-7219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Birgit Huber, Friederike Feldmann, Manuela Köthe, Peter Vandamme, Julia Wopperer, Kathrin Riedel, and Leo Eberl

Identification of a Novel Virulence Factor in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 Required for Efficient Slow Killing of Caenorhabditis elegans
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7220-7230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lihong Zhang, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Chrystala Constantinidou, Jon L. Hobman, Mala D. Patel, Antony C. Jones, Donatella Sarti, Andrew J. Roe, Isabella Vlisidou, Robert K. Shaw, Francesco Falciani, Mark P. Stevens, David L. Gally, Stuart Knutton, Gad Frankel, Charles W. Penn, and Mark J. Pallen

Regulators Encoded in the Escherichia coli Type III Secretion System 2 Gene Cluster Influence Expression of Genes within the Locus for Enterocyte Effacement in Enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7282-7293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela M. Jansen, Virginia Lockatell, David E. Johnson, and Harry L. T. Mobley

Mannose-Resistant Proteus-Like Fimbriae Are Produced by Most Proteus mirabilis Strains Infecting the Urinary Tract, Dictate the In Vivo Localization of Bacteria, and Contribute to Biofilm Formation
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7294-7305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda Clapper, Anh-Hue T. Tu, Warren L. Simmons, and Kevin Dybvig

Bacteriophage MAV1 Is Not Associated with Virulence of Mycoplasma arthritidis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7322-7325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michiel Stork, Manuela Di Lorenzo, Susana Mouriño, Carlos R. Osorio, Manuel L. Lemos, and Jorge H. Crosa

Two tonB Systems Function in Iron Transport in Vibrio anguillarum, but Only One Is Essential for Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7326-7329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florent Sebbane, Clayton O. Jarrett, Jan R. Linkenhoker, and B. Joseph Hinnebusch

Evaluation of the Role of Constitutive Isocitrate Lyase Activity in Yersinia pestis Infection of the Flea Vector and Mammalian Host
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7334-7337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew J. Burton, Robin L. Bailey, David Jeffries, David C. W. Mabey, and Martin J. Holland

Cytokine and Fibrogenic Gene Expression in the Conjunctivas of Subjects from a Gambian Community Where Trachoma Is Endemic
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7352-7356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacinta Farn and Mark Roberts

Effect of Inactivation of the HtrA-Like Serine Protease DegQ on the Virulence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7357-7359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heesun Kim, Kathryn J. Boor, and Hélène Marquis

Listeria monocytogenes ^B Contributes to Invasion of Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7374-7378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

John H. Carlson, Scott Hughes, Daniel Hogan, Gordon Cieplak, Daniel E. Sturdevant, Grant McClarty, Harlan D. Caldwell, and Robert J. Belland

Polymorphisms in the Chlamydia trachomatis Cytotoxin Locus Associated with Ocular and Genital Isolates
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7063-7072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Allen Helm, Steffen Porwollik, April E. Stanley, Stanley Maloy, Michael McClelland, Wolfgang Rabsch, and Abraham Eisenstark

Pigeon-Associated Strains of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Phage Type DT2 Have Genomic Rearrangements at rRNA Operons
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7338-7341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Shantini D. Gamage, Angela K. Patton, James F. Hanson, and Alison A. Weiss

Diversity and Host Range of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Phage
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7131-7139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Shaper Mirza, Susan K. Hollingshead, William H. Benjamin, Jr., and David E. Briles*

PspA Protects Streptococcus pneumoniae from Killing by Apolactoferrin, and Antibody to PspA Enhances Killing of Pneumococci by Apolactoferrin
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7379. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elaine Vanterpool, Francis Roy, and Hansel M. Fletcher

The vimE Gene Downstream of vimA Is Independently Expressed and Is Involved in Modulating Proteolytic Activity in Porphyromonas gingivalis W83
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7380. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Bernier-Fébreau, Laurence du Merle, Evelyne Turlin, Valérie Labas, Juana Ordonez, Anne-Marie Gilles, and Chantal Le Bouguénec*

Use of Deoxyribose by Intestinal and Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains: a Metabolic Adaptation Involved in Competitiveness
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 7381. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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