Table of Contents

March 1, 2000; Volume 68,Issue 3

Bacterial Infections

Bacterial Infections
Differential Bacterial Survival, Replication, and Apoptosis-Inducing Ability of Salmonella Serovars within Human and Murine Macrophages
William R. Schwan, Xiao-Zhe Huang, Lan Hu, Dennis J. Kopecko
Bacterial Infections
Allele Substitution of the Streptokinase Gene Reduces the Nephritogenic Capacity of Group A Streptococcal Strain NZ131
Annika Nordstrand, W. Michael McShan, Joseph J. Ferretti, Stig E. Holm, Mari Norgren
Bacterial Infections
Eukaryotic Cell Uptake of Heparin-Coated Microspheres: a Model of Host Cell Invasion by Chlamydia trachomatis
Richard S. Stephens, Farah S. Fawaz, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Kelly Koshiyama, Barbara Nichols, Christiaan van Ooij, Joanne N. Engel
Bacterial Infections
Borrelia burgdorferi Gene Expression In Vivo and Spirochete Pathogenicity
Juan Anguita, Swapna Samanta, Beatriz Revilla, Kyoungho Suk, Subrata Das, Stephen W. Barthold, Erol Fikrig
Bacterial Infections
Identification of Brucella suis Genes Affecting Intracellular Survival in an In Vitro Human Macrophage Infection Model by Signature-Tagged Transposon Mutagenesis
Vincent Foulongne, Giséle Bourg, Chantal Cazevieille, Sylvie Michaux-Charachon, David O'Callaghan
Bacterial Infections
Coinvasion of Dentinal Tubules byPorphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus gordonii Depends upon Binding Specificity of Streptococcal Antigen I/II Adhesin
Robert M. Love, Malcolm D. McMillan, Yoonsuk Park, Howard F. Jenkinson
Bacterial Infections
Immunity Reduces Reservoir Host Competence of Peromyscus leucopus forEhrlichia phagocytophila
Michael L. Levin, Durland Fish
Bacterial Infections
Colonic Bacteria Express an Ulcerative Colitis pANCA-Related Protein Epitope
O. Cohavy, D. Bruckner, L. K. Gordon, R. Misra, B. Wei, M. E. Eggena, S. R. Targan, J. Braun
Bacterial Infections
Analysis of the F Antigen-Specific papAAlleles of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Using a Novel Multiplex PCR-Based Assay
James R. Johnson, Adam L. Stell, Flemming Scheutz, Timothy T. O'Bryan, Thomas A. Russo, Ulrike B. Carlino, Claudine Fasching, Justine Kavle, Linda Van Dijk, Wim Gaastra
Bacterial Infections
Genetic Resistance to Experimental Infection with Mycobacterium bovis in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
Colin G. Mackintosh, Tariq Qureshi, Ken Waldrup, Robert E. Labes, Ken G. Dodds, J. Frank T. Griffin
Bacterial Infections
Interaction between Burkholderia pseudomallei and Acanthamoeba Species Results in Coiling Phagocytosis, Endamebic Bacterial Survival, and Escape
Timothy J. J. Inglis, Paul Rigby, Terry A. Robertson, Nichole S. Dutton, Mandy Henderson, Barbara J. Chang
Bacterial Infections
Conservation and Heterogeneity of vlsEamong Human and Tick Isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi
Radha Iyer, John M. Hardham, Gary P. Wormser, Ira Schwartz, Steven J. Norris

Host Response and Inflammation

Host Response and Inflammation
Reduced Th1, but Not Th2, Cytokine Production by Lymphocytes after In Vivo Exposure of Healthy Subjects to Endotoxin
Fanny N. Lauw, Tessa ten Hove, Pascale E. P. Dekkers, Evert de Jonge, Sander J. H. van Deventer, Tom van der Poll
Host Response and Inflammation
Cloning of Porcine NRAMP1 and Its Induction by Lipopolysaccharide, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Interleukin-1β: Role of CD14 and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Guolong Zhang, Hua Wu, Christopher R. Ross, J. Ernest Minton, Frank Blecha
Host Response and Inflammation
Modulation of Cytokine Profiles by the Mycoplasma SuperantigenMycoplasma arthritidis Mitogen Parallels Susceptibility to Arthritis Induced by M. arthritidis
Hong-Hua Mu, Allen D. Sawitzke, Barry C. Cole
Host Response and Inflammation
Cytokines in Mycoplasma hyorhinis-Induced Arthritis in Pigs Bred Selectively for High and Low Immune Responses
N. R. Jayagopala Reddy, Bruce N. Wilkie, Peter Borgs, Bonnie A. Mallard
Host Response and Inflammation
Synergistic Epithelial Responses to Endotoxin and a Naturally Occurring Muramyl Peptide
Tod A. Flak, Linda N. Heiss, Jacquelyn T. Engle, William E. Goldman
Host Response and Inflammation
Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor p55-Deficient Mice Respond to Acute Yersinia enterocolitica Infection with Less Apoptosis and More Effective Host Resistance
Yi-Xue Zhao, Ginette Lajoie, Hongwei Zhang, Basil Chiu, Ursula Payne, Robert D. Inman
Host Response and Inflammation
Febrile Core Temperature Is Essential for Optimal Host Defense in Bacterial Peritonitis
Qinqqi Jiang, Alan S. Cross, Ishwar S. Singh, T. Timothy Chen, Rose M. Viscardi, Jeffrey D. Hasday
Host Response and Inflammation
Interferon Consensus Sequence Binding Protein Confers Resistance against Yersinia enterocolitica
Joachim Hein, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Joachim Diebold, Nicole Bücheler, Sonja Preger, Ivan Horak, Andreas Sing, Uwe Kramer, Ingo B. Autenrieth
Host Response and Inflammation
Regulation of Immunoglobulin G2 Production by Prostaglandin E₂ and Platelet-Activating Factor
Yuichi Ishihara, Ji-Bo Zhang, Steve M. Quinn, Harvey A. Schenkein, Al M. Best, Suzanne E. Barbour, John G. Tew
Host Response and Inflammation
Immune Responses to Specific Antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis in the Respiratory Tract
Takao Samukawa, Noboru Yamanaka, Susan Hollingshead, Karin Klingman, Howard Faden
Host Response and Inflammation
Bacterial Induction of Beta Interferon in Mice Is a Function of the Lipopolysaccharide Component
Andreas Sing, Thomas Merlin, Hans-Peter Knopf, Peter J. Nielsen, Harald Loppnow, Chris Galanos, Marina A. Freudenberg
Host Response and Inflammation
Endotoxin-Induced Lung Inflammation Is Independent of the Complement Membrane Attack Complex
R. B. Brauer, C. Gegenfurtner, B. Neumann, M. Stadler, C. D. Heidecke, B. Holzmann
Host Response and Inflammation
Influence of Synthetic Antiendotoxin Peptides on Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Recognition and LPS-Induced Proinflammatory Cytokine Responses by Cells Expressing Membrane-Bound CD14
Akitaka Iwagaki, Massimo Porro, Matthew Pollack
Host Response and Inflammation
Enhanced Susceptibility to Subcutaneous Abscess Formation and Persistent Infection around Catheters Is Associated with Sustained Interleukin-1β Levels
J. J. Boelens, S. A. J. Zaat, J. L. Murk, J. J. Weening, T. van der Poll, J. Dankert
Host Response and Inflammation
Lipopolysaccharide Entry in the Damaged Cornea and Specific Uptake by Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
C. L. Schultz, A. G. Buret, M. E. Olson, H. Ceri, R. R. Read, D. W. Morck
Host Response and Inflammation
Bordetella pertussis Virulence Factors Affect Phagocytosis by Human Neutrophils
Christine L. Weingart, Alison A. Weiss

Fungal and Parasitic Infections

Fungal and Parasitic Infections
B Cells Are Essential for Vaccination-Induced Resistance to Virulent Toxoplasma gondii
Peter C. Sayles, George W. Gibson, Lawrence L. Johnson
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Decreased Production of Local Immunoglobulin A toPneumocystis carinii in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patients
A. Jalil, P. Moja, C. Lambert, M. Perol, L. Cotte, J. M. Livrozet, A. Boibieux, J. M. Vergnon, F. Lucht, R. Tran, C. Contini, C. Genin
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Mechanisms of the Proinflammatory Response of Endothelial Cells to Candida albicans Infection
Alison S. Orozco, Xiang Zhou, Scott G. Filler
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Malaria Infection Induces Rapid Elevation of the Soluble Fas Ligand Level in Serum and Subsequent T Lymphocytopenia: Possible Factors Responsible for the Differences in Susceptibility of Two Species of Macaca Monkeys to Plasmodium coatneyi Infection
Jun Matsumoto, Satoru Kawai, Keiji Terao, Masashi Kirinoki, Yasuhiro Yasutomi, Masamichi Aikawa, Hajime Matsuda
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Metalloprotease Activity in a Small Heat Shock Protein of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium vivax
J. Mohamed Fakruddin, Sukla Biswas, Yagya D. Sharma
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
High Immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2) and Low IgG4 Levels Are Associated with Human Resistance to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Christophe Aucan, Yves Traoré, François Tall, Boubacar Nacro, Thérèse Traoré-Leroux, Francis Fumoux, Pascal Rihet
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Eimeria tenella Infection Induces Local Gamma Interferon Production and Intestinal Lymphocyte Subpopulation Changes
Cheol H. Yun, Hyun S. Lillehoj, Kang D. Choi
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
The CD40/CD40 Ligand Interaction Is Required for Resistance to Toxoplasmic Encephalitis
Gaby Reichmann, William Walker, Eric N. Villegas, Linden Craig, Guifang Cai, James Alexander, Christopher A. Hunter
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Subunit Vaccination of Mice against New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Comparison of Three Proteins Expressed in Amastigotes and Six Adjuvants
Toni Aebischer, Markus Wolfram, Silke I. Patzer, Thomas Ilg, Martin Wiese, Peter Overath
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Identification of Novel Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatases inTrypanosoma cruzi: a Potential Role in Control of Cytokinesis and Morphology
George A. Orr, Craig Werner, Jun Xu, Marcia Bennett, Louis M. Weiss, Peter Takvorkan, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Murray Wittner
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Assessing the Binding of Four Plasmodium falciparum T Helper Cell Epitopes to HLA-DQ and Induction of T-Cell Responses in HLA-DQ Transgenic Mice
Nattiya Pimtanothai, Marcela Parra, Armead H. Johnson, Chella S. David, Carolyn Katovich Hurley
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Activated T Cells Induce Macrophages To Produce NO and Control Leishmania major in the Absence of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor p55
Michelle Nashleanas, Phillip Scott
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Cellular Changes and Apoptosis in the Spleens and Peripheral Blood of Mice Infected with Blood-Stage Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi AS
Helena Helmby, Gun Jönsson, Marita Troye-Blomberg
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Protection against Candidiasis by an Immunoglobulin G3 (IgG3) Monoclonal Antibody Specific for the Same Mannotriose as an IgM Protective Antibody
Yongmoon Han, Marcia H. Riesselman, Jim E. Cutler
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis following Cryptosporidium parvum Infection
Declan F. McCole, Lars Eckmann, Fabrice Laurent, Martin F. Kagnoff
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Effects of Iron on Extracellular and Intracellular Growth of Penicillium marneffei
D. Taramelli, S. Brambilla, G. Sala, A. Bruccoleri, C. Tognazioli, L. Riviera-Uzielli, J. R. Boelaert

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Shigella flexneri 2a Strain CVD 1207, with Specific Deletions in virG, sen, set, andguaBA, Is Highly Attenuated in Humans
Karen L. Kotloff, Fernando R. Noriega, Taraz Samandari, Marcelo B. Sztein, Genevieve A. Losonsky, James P. Nataro, William D. Picking, Eileen M. Barry, Myron M. Levine
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Cloning of the Gene Encoding a 22-Kilodalton Cell Surface Antigen of Mycobacterium bovisBCG and Analysis of Its Potential for DNA Vaccination against Tuberculosis
Philippe Lefèvre, Olivier Denis, Lucas De Wit, Audrey Tanghe, Paul Vandenbussche, Jean Content, Kris Huygen
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Salmonella enterica Serovar TyphimuriumsurA Mutants Are Attenuated and Effective Live Oral Vaccines
Mark Sydenham, Gillian Douce, Frances Bowe, Saddif Ahmed, Steve Chatfield, Gordon Dougan
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
In Vitro and In Vivo Analyses of Constitutive and In Vivo-Induced Promoters in Attenuated Vaccine and Vector Strains ofVibrio cholerae
Manohar John, Thomas I. Crean, Stephen B. Calderwood, Edward T. Ryan
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AttenuatedSalmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Oral Live Vector Vaccine CVD 908-htrA in U.S. Volunteers
Carol O. Tacket, Marcelo B. Sztein, Steven S. Wasserman, Genevieve Losonsky, Karen L. Kotloff, Timothy L. Wyant, James P. Nataro, Robert Edelman, Judith Perry, Philip Bedford, David Brown, Stephen Chatfield, Gordon Dougan, Myron M. Levine
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Transient Loss of Resistance to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in p47^phox−/− Mice
Andrea M. Cooper, Brahm H. Segal, Anthony A. Frank, Steven M. Holland, Ian M. Orme
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
A Regulatory Role for Interleukin 4 in Differential Inflammatory Responses in the Lung following Infection of Mice Primed with Th1- or Th2-Inducing Pertussis Vaccines
Peter McGuirk, Kingston H. G. Mills
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Vaccine Efficacy of Recombinant Plasmodium falciparumMerozoite Surface Protein 1 in Malaria-Naive, -Exposed, and/or -Rechallenged Aotus vociferans Monkeys
Andrea F. Egan, Michael J. Blackman, David C. Kaslow
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Immunogenicity and Tolerance of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Nonresponders to the 23-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine
S. Zielen, I. Bühring, N. Strnad, J. Reichenbach, D. Hofmann
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Act as Adjuvants for Pneumococcal Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate Vaccines and Enhance Antipolysaccharide Immunoglobulin G2a (IgG2a) and IgG3 Antibodies
Rose S. Chu, Tera McCool, Neil S. Greenspan, John R. Schreiber, Clifford V. Harding
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Influence of the Bcg Locus on Natural Resistance to Primary Infection with the Facultative Intracellular Bacterium Francisella tularensis in Mice
Hana Kovářová, Lenka Hernychová, Marián Hajdúch, M. Šírová, Aleš Macela
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Listeria monocytogenes as a Short-Lived Delivery System for the Induction of Type 1 Cell-Mediated Immunity against the p36/LACK Antigen of Leishmania major
Neirouz Soussi, Geneviève Milon, Jean-Hervé Colle, Evelyne Mougneau, Nicolas Glaichenhaus, Pierre L. Goossens
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Differential Regulation of CD4 Lymphocyte Recruitment between the Upper and Lower Regions of the Genital Tract during Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
Kathleen A. Kelly, Jennifer C. Walker, Shimul H. Jameel, Heather L. Gray, Roger G. Rank
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Phase 1 and Phase 2 Studies of Salmonella enterica Serovar Paratyphi A O-Specific Polysaccharide-Tetanus Toxoid Conjugates in Adults, Teenagers, and 2- to 4-Year-Old Children in Vietnam
Edward Y. Konadu, Feng-Ying C. Lin, Vô Anh Hó, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Phan Van Bay, Tran Cong Thanh, Ha Ba Khiem, Dang Duc Trach, Arthur B. Karpas, Jianping Li, Dolores A. Bryla, John B. Robbins, Shousun C. Szu
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Construction and Characterization of aSalmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Clone Expressing a Salivary Adhesin of Streptococcus mutans under Control of the Anaerobically Inducible nirB Promoter
Yan Huang, George Hajishengallis, Suzanne M. Michalek
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Effective Preexposure Tuberculosis Vaccines Fail To Protect When They Are Given in an Immunotherapeutic Mode
Joanne Turner, Elizabeth R. Rhoades, Marc Keen, John T. Belisle, Anthony A. Frank, Ian M. Orme
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
T-Cell Epitopes in Variable Segments ofChlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein Elicit Serovar-Specific Immune Responses in Infected Humans
Linette Ortiz, Mark Angevine, Seon-Kyeong Kim, David Watkins, Robert DeMars
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils Are Necessary for the Recruitment of CD8⁺ T Cells in the Liver in a Pregnant Mouse Model of Chlamydophila abortus (Chlamydia psittaci Serotype 1) Infection
Roberto Montes de Oca, Antonio J. Buendía, Laura Del Río, Joaquín Sánchez, Jesús Salinas, Jose A. Navarro

Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Construction and Characterization of anagr Deletion Mutant of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Cuong Vuong, Friedrich Götz, Michael Otto
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
A Shift from Oral to Blood pH Is a Stimulus for Adaptive Gene Expression of Streptococcus gordonii CH1 and Induces Protection against Oxidative Stress and Enhanced Bacterial Growth by Expression of msrA
Aldwin J. M. Vriesema, Jacob Dankert, Sebastian A. J. Zaat
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
The Legionella pneumophila iraAB Locus Is Required for Iron Assimilation, Intracellular Infection, and Virulence
V. K. Viswanathan, Paul H. Edelstein, C. Dumais Pope, Nicholas P. Cianciotto
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
New Method To Generate Enzymatically DeficientClostridium difficile Toxin B as an Antigen for Immunization
Harald Genth, Jörg Selzer, Christian Busch, Jürgen Dumbach, Fred Hofmann, Klaus Aktories, Ingo Just
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Cytotoxic Activity of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Bovine Mastitis
Songlin Zhang, Carol W. Maddox
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Distribution of Core Oligosaccharide Types in Lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli
Karen Amor, David E. Heinrichs, Emilisa Frirdich, Kim Ziebell, Roger P. Johnson, Chris Whitfield
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Intracellular Infection by the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent Inhibits Human Neutrophil Apoptosis
Kiyotaka Yoshiie, Hyung-Yong Kim, Jason Mott, Yasuko Rikihisa
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Synthetic Peptide Immunogens Elicit Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Linear Epitopes in the D Motifs ofStaphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Protein, Which Are Composed of Amino Acids That Are Essential for Fibronectin Binding
Mario Huesca, Qing Sun, Robert Peralta, Gulnar M. Shivji, Daniel N. Sauder, Martin J. McGavin
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Iron Transport: a Set of exbBD Genes Is Transcriptionally Linked to the tbpB Gene and Required for Utilization of Transferrin-Bound Iron
Walaiporn Tonpitak, Svenja Thiede, Winfried Oswald, Nina Baltes, Gerald-F. Gerlach
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Emerging Family of Proline-Specific Peptidases ofPorphyromonas gingivalis: Purification and Characterization of Serine Dipeptidyl Peptidase, a Structural and Functional Homologue of Mammalian Prolyl Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV
Agnieszka Banbula, Marcin Bugno, Jason Goldstein, Jane Yen, Daniel Nelson, James Travis, Jan Potempa
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin 1β Up-Regulate Gastric Mucosal Fas Antigen Expression inHelicobacter pylori Infection
JeanMarie Houghton, Lisa S. Macera-Bloch, Lawrence Harrison, Kyung H. Kim, Reju M. Korah
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Pathogenic Mechanism of Mouse Brain Damage Caused by Oral Infection with Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coliO157:H7
Eiji Kita, Yoshihisa Yunou, Takaaki Kurioka, Hiroko Harada, Shinji Yoshikawa, Keiichi Mikasa, Nobutaka Higashi
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Role of Group A Streptococcal Virulence Factors in Adherence to Keratinocytes
Gary L. Darmstadt, Laurel Mentele, Andreas Podbielski, Craig E. Rubens
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Phospholipid Synthesis by Staphylococcus aureus during (Sub)Lethal Attack by Mammalian 14-Kilodalton Group IIA Phospholipase A2
Amy K. Foreman-Wykert, Jerrold Weiss, Peter Elsbach
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Iron Acquisition from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Siderophores by Human Phagocytes: an Additional Mechanism of Host Defense through Iron Sequestration?
Bradley E. Britigan, George T. Rasmussen, Oyebode Olakanmi, Charles D. Cox
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Mutations in the S1 Subunit of Pertussis Toxin That Affect Secretion
Kathleen A. Craig-Mylius, Trevor H. Stenson, Alison A. Weiss
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Induction of Necrosis in Human Neutrophils byShigella flexneri Requires Type III Secretion, IpaB and IpaC Invasins, and Actin Polymerization
Mathias François, Véronique Le Cabec, Marie-Ange Dupont, Philippe J. Sansonetti, Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Mutation and Recombination in the Upstream Homology Box-FlankedospE-Related Genes of the Lyme Disease Spirochetes Result in the Development of New Antigenic Variants during Infection
Shian Ying Sung, John V. McDowell, Jason A. Carlyon, Richard T. Marconi
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Characterization of In Vitro DNA Binding Sites of the EUO Protein of Chlamydia psittaci
Li Zhang, Martha M. Howe, Thomas P. Hatch
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Role of Decay-Accelerating Factor Domains and Anchorage in Internalization of Dr-Fimbriated Escherichia coli
R. Selvarangan, P. Goluszko, V. Popov, J. Singhal, T. Pham, D. M. Lublin, S. Nowicki, B. Nowicki
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Iha: a Novel Escherichia coli O157:H7 Adherence-Conferring Molecule Encoded on a Recently Acquired Chromosomal Island of Conserved Structure
Phillip I. Tarr, Sima S. Bilge, James C. Vary, Srdjan Jelacic, Rebecca L. Habeeb, Teresa R. Ward, Michael R. Baylor, Thomas E. Besser
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced Degradation of Epithelial Cell Junctional Complexes
Jannet Katz, Vijaya Sambandam, John H. Wu, Suzanne M. Michalek, Daniel F. Balkovetz
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Chlamydial Development Is Adversely Affected by Minor Changes in Amino Acid Supply, Blood Plasma Amino Acid Levels, and Glucose Deprivation
Angela Harper, Christopher I. Pogson, Meirion L. Jones, John H. Pearce
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Use of Defined Mutants To Assess the Role of theCampylobacter rectus S-Layer in Bacterium-Epithelial Cell Interactions
Beinan Wang, Ellen Kraig, David Kolodrubetz
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Identification of Two Distinct Types of Flagellar Cap Proteins, FliD, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Shiwani K. Arora, Nandini Dasgupta, Stephen Lory, Reuben Ramphal
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
The Virulence Regulatory Protein ToxR Mediates Enhanced Bile Resistance in Vibrio cholerae and Other PathogenicVibrio Species
Daniele Provenzano, Darren A. Schuhmacher, Justin L. Barker, Karl E. Klose
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Colonization of the Respiratory Tract by a Virulent Strain of Avian Escherichia coli Requires Carriage of a Conjugative Plasmid
C. A. Ginns, M. L. Benham, L. M. Adams, K. G. Whithear, K. A. Bettelheim, B. S. Crabb, G. F. Browning
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Relative Roles of Pneumolysin and Hydrogen Peroxide from Streptococcus pneumoniae in Inhibition of Ependymal Ciliary Beat Frequency
Robert A. Hirst, Kulvinder S. Sikand, Andrew Rutman, Timothy J. Mitchell, Peter W. Andrew, Christopher O'Callaghan
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Serum Resistance in Haemophilus ducreyiRequires Outer Membrane Protein DsrA
Christopher Elkins, K. John Morrow, Bonnie Olsen
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Bacterial Phosphorylcholine Decreases Susceptibility to the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37/hCAP18 Expressed in the Upper Respiratory Tract
Elena S. Lysenko, Jane Gould, Robert Bals, James M. Wilson, Jeffrey N. Weiser
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Complement Activation in Mycoplasma fermentans-Induced Mycoplasma Clearance from Infected Cells: Probing of the Organism with Monoclonal Antibodies against M161Ag
Satomi Kikkawa, Misako Matsumoto, Tsuguo Sasaki, Miyuki Nishiguchi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Kumao Toyoshima, Tsukasa Seya
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Roles of the Surface Layer Proteins ofCampylobacter fetus subsp. fetus in Ovine Abortion
R. Grogono-Thomas, J. Dworkin, M. J. Blaser, D. G. Newell
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Macropinocytosis as a Mechanism of Entry into Primary Human Urethral Epithelial Cells by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Michael K. Zenni, Peter C. Giardina, Hillery A. Harvey, Jianqiang Shao, Margaret R. Ketterer, David M. Lubaroff, Richard D. Williams, Michael A. Apicella
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Cytotoxic Cell Vacuolating Activity from Vibrio cholerae Hemolysin
Ana Coelho, João R. C. Andrade, Ana Carolina P. Vicente, Victor J. Dirita
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Stability of Borrelia burgdorferi bdrLoci In Vitro and In Vivo
Wolfram R. Zückert, Alan G. Barbour
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Lipopolysaccharides of Brucella abortusand Brucella melitensis Induce Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Rat Peritoneal Macrophages
Luis López-Urrutia, Andrés Alonso, Maria Luisa Nieto, Yolanda Bayón, Antonio Orduña, Mariano Sánchez Crespo

Molecular Genomics

Molecular Genomics
Direct Quantitative Transcript Analysis of theagr Regulon of Staphylococcus aureus during Human Infection in Comparison to the Expression Profile In Vitro
Christiane Goerke, Silvia Campana, Manfred G. Bayer, Gerd Döring, Konrad Botzenhart, Christiane Wolz
Molecular Genomics
Genetic Relationships between Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus mitis: Characterization of “Atypical” Pneumococci and Organisms Allied to S. mitis HarboringS. pneumoniae Virulence Factor-Encoding Genes
Adrian M. Whatmore, Androulla Efstratiou, A. Paul Pickerill, Karen Broughton, Geoffrey Woodard, Daniel Sturgeon, Robert George, Christopher G. Dowson
Molecular Genomics
Infectious CTXΦ and the Vibrio Pathogenicity Island Prophage in Vibrio mimicus: Evidence for Recent Horizontal Transfer between V. mimicus and V. cholerae
E. Fidelma Boyd, Kathryn E. Moyer, Lei Shi, Matthew K. Waldor
Molecular Genomics
Molecular and Evolutionary Characterization of the cp32/18 Family of Supercoiled Plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi297
Melissa J. Caimano, Xiaofeng Yang, Taissia G. Popova, Michael L. Clawson, Darrin R. Akins, Michael V. Norgard, Justin D. Radolf
Molecular Genomics
Comparative Genome Analysis of the Pathogenic Spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum
G. Subramanian, Eugene V. Koonin, L. Aravind