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AUTHOR INDEXAbbott, Mitchel T., 1145Allender, Philip, 1413An, Gynheung, 1100Ant6n, Dora N., 1271Arnold, Wilfred N., 1386Aronson, A. I., 1208

Baughman, Gail A., 1315Beacham, I. R., 1428Bhattacharya, Sabita, 1425Billen, D., 1439Brand, Leslie, 1447Brill, Winston J., 1362Britton, Cindy, 1447Bromley, David B., 1406Brubaker, R. R., 1290Burchard, Robert P., 1417Burdett, I. D. J., 1395

Cabrera-Juarez, Emiliano, 1081Calhoun, David H., 1234Campbell, Kristine, 1452Cardemil, Liliana, 1067Carleton, Oleg, 1413Chambliss, Glenn H., 1452Charon, Nyles W., 1406, 1413Clanton, David J., 1299Cooper, Terrance G., 1447Cramer, Carole L., 1437

Dantzig, Anne H., 1333Davis, Craig H., 1145Davis, Rowland H., 1437Dayrell-Hart, Betsy, 1417Dazzo, Frank B., 1362Deddish, Peter A., 1191Deonier, Richard C., 1421Donachie, W. D., 1088

Elliott, Steven G., 1185

Fahnestock, Stephen R., 1315Finch, Lloyd R., 1073Foster, John W., 1165Frantz, Joseph C., 1263Free, Stephen J., 1219Frehel, Claude, 1354Friedberg, Errol C., 1243Friedrich, Barbel, 1127Friesen, James D., 1100Fultz, Patricia N., 1253

Gabor, Magda H., 1346Garrison, Robert G., 1386Garro, Anthony J., 1340Gest, Howard, 1459Ghosh, Arati, 1374Ghosh, B. K., 1374

Goldberg, Richard B., 1282Gooden, Dinsdale, 1119Graham, Madge Yang, 1464Gunn, J., 1428

Hadley, R. G., 1421Halpern, Yeheskel S., 1111Hanau, Robert, 1282Hardman, John K., 1158Hasunuma, Kohji, 1095Hellermann, G. R., 1439Helmstetter, Charles E., 1151Henderson, Gary B., 1308Henkin, Tina M., 1452Hollocher, Thomas C., 1227Home, Diane, 1180Hotchkiss, Rollin D., 1346Huennekens, F. M., 1308Hu, Ming, 1421

Justesen, Just, 1100

Kemper, Jost, 1253Kessler, Robert E., 1176Khorana, H. Gobind, 1443Kinney, Dennis M., 1165Kristjansson, Jakob K., 1227Kwoh, Deborah Y., 1253

Lambowitz, Alan M., 1449Levitz, Ruth, 1111Lheritier, Anne-Marie, 1354Lo, Ruju J., 1456Lutkenhaus, J. F., 1088

Magasanik, Boris, 1127Mannella, Carmen A., 1449Marzluf, George A., 1324McCallum, R. E., 1263McLaughlin, Calvin S., 1185Metzenberg, Robert L., 1219Metzer, Esther, 1111Miller, Robert V., 1299Minton, N., 1428Mishra, Ajit K., 1425Mitchell, Alana, 1073Moat, Albert G., 1165Mowshowitz, Deborah

Bernhardt, 1200

Nason, Alvin, 1333Nishimura, S., 1084Noguchi, S., 1084

O'Brien, Susan, 1413Olsen, William L., 1443

Pall, Martin L., 1140

Pandey, N. K., 1208Patin, Diana W., 1234Perry, R. D., 1290Peters, Julius, 1134Pincheira, Guido, 1067Pittenger, Thad H., 1449Premakumar, Ramaswamy, 1119

Ramakrishan, T., 1084Ravin, Arnold W., 1191Reusch, R., 1434Rice, Philip W., 1219Riggsby, W. Stuart, 1299Roberts, Rowena L., 1456Robinson, John M., 1158Rosenberg, Gary, 1140Roy, Pampa, 1425

Sadoff, H. L., 1434Sanchez-Rinc6n, Dora A.,

1081Sanchez-Rivas, Carnen, 1340,

1354Schaechter, Moselio, 1443Schaeffer, Pierre, 1354Sekiguchi, Mutsuo, 1095Shockman, Gerald D., 1176Simmons, Rhona R., 1243Sloan, Gary L., 1158Sorger, George J., 1119Su, Chung-Jey, 1434Summers, Anne O., 1430Sumrada, Roberta, 1447Sypherd, Paul S., 1134Szaniszlo, Paul J., 1456

Tan, Sai-Tee, 1324Taya, Y., 1084Taylor, Diane E., 1430Thwaites, William M., 1145Tomasz, Alexander, 1180

Vani, B. R., 1084

Wallis-Biggart, Neal, 1145Wall, Judy D., 1459Watson, Robert J., 1100Weinberger, Martin, 1151Weisblum, Bernard, 1464Wiegmann, Francis L., Jr., 1333Wondrack, Lillian M., 1145

Yamaizumi, Z., 1084

Zevely, Edward M., 1308

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AUTHOR INDEX

VOLUME 137

Abbott, Mitchel T., 1145Abdelal, Ahmed T., 1040Abramov, Z. T., 1017Alfasi, Hana, 69Allender, Phillip, 1413Allet, Bernard, 681Al-Sowaygh, Ibrahim A., 1022An, Gynheurig, 1100Ant6n, Dora N., 1271Antonian, Edna, 469Aono, Rikizo, 839Arias, A., 409Arnold, Wilfred N., 1386Arnon, Daniel I., 779Aronson, A. I., 1208Ascenzi, Joseph M., 384

Balch, W. E., 256, 264Baratova, L. A., 1017Baughman, Gail A., 1315Baumberg, Simon, 189Beacham, I. R., 1428Beckwith, Jon, 365Bell, G., 447Belsole, Donna M., 900Belyanova, L. P., 1017Bender, Robert A., 1000Berg, Douglas E., 681Bhattacharya, Sabita, 1425Billen, D., 1439Bishop, C. W., 574Bishop, Dean S., 537Black, F. T., 456Blech, J. E., 574Bock, A., 480Boquet, Paul L., 1013Botstein, David, 433Botta, G., 727Bott, Kenneth F., 213Bottomley, Peter J., 321Brand, Leslie, 1447Brill, Winston J., 1362Britton, Cindy, 1447Brock, T. D., 420Broda, Paul, 281Brody, Stuart, 912Bromley, David B., 1406Brookman, J. J., 705Brubaker, R. R., 1290Buller, C. S., 62Burchard, Robert P., 1417Burdett, I. D. J., 1395Burgdorfer, Willy, 605

Cabrera-Juarez, Emiliano, 1081Calame, Kathryn L., 990Calavan, E. C., 1056Calhoun, David H., 1234Campbell, Kristine, 1452Canepari, P., 727Canosi, Umberto, 124

Cardemil, Liliana, 1067Carithers, Robert P., 779Carleton, Oleg, 1413Carter, B. L. A., 1Castensson, Staffan, 129Cervenansky, C., 409Chace, Nina M., 614Chai, Tuu-jyi, 226Chambliss, Glenn H., 1452Chandler, Carol J., 350Chapman, Virginia, 545Charon, Nyles W., 1406, 1413Chase, John W., 234Chattopadhyay, Pranab K., 309Chenault, Sara S., 653Ching, Te May, 153Christiansen, C., 456Clanton, David J., 1299Clark, Virginia L., 340Clegg, Steven, 1008Clowes, Royston C., 977Cohen, Stanley N., 92Cooper, David G., 795Cooper, Terrance G., 1447Cox, Charles D., 357Cox, G. B., 705, 711Craine, Brian L., 740Cramer, Carole L., 1437Crandall, Marjorie, 1051Crawford, Irving P., 700Crow, Vaughan L., 878Cseke, Cs., 667Cullum, John, 281Cunningham, David, 925Curtis, Susan J., 644

Dame, John B., 1043Dantzig, Anne H., 1333Davidson, Lois, 204Davis, Craig H., 1145Davis, Rowland H., 1437Dayrell-Hart, Betsy, 1417Dazzo, Frank B., 1362Deddish, Peter A., 1191Deeley, Michael, 700Del Giudice, Luigi, 673DeLong, Sara, 545Delwiche, Eugene A., 905DeMoss, John A., 719Dennis, Patrick P., 115, 197Deonier, Richard C., 1421de Renobales, Mertxe, 752deSilva, Arminda Orozco, 502Dhawale, Motiram R., 916Dickson, Lesley R., 51Dickson, Robert C., 51Donachie, W. D., 1088Doolittle, W. Ford, 648Downey, Ronald J., 105Downie, J. A., 705, 711Dubnau, David, 635

Duncan, M. J., 415

Earhart, Charles F., 653Edmiston, Susan H., 568Edwards, David L., 900Ehrhardt, C. W., 1Elliott, Steven G., 1048, 1185Ely, Bert, 627Emerich, David W., 153Eriquez, Louis A., 620Evans, Harold J., 153, 824

Fahnestock, Margaret, 758Fahnestock, Stephen R., 1315Falaschi, Arturo, 124Farkas, G. L., 667Farley, John R., 350Fein, Jared E., 933Fernwalt, Jeffrey D., 391Ferrari, Eugenio, 124Fields, Patricia I., 391Finch, Lloyd R., 1073Flashner, Michael, 925Fontana, R., 727Fonzi, William A., 285Foster, John W., 1165Foulds, John, 226Fraenkel, D. G., 415, 502Frantz, Joseph C., 1263Freese, E., 773Free, Stephen J., 1219Frehel, Claude, 947, 1354Frelat, Gerard, 1013Freundt, E. A., 456Friedberg, Devorah, 69Friedberg, Errol C., 1243Friedberg, Ilan, 69Friedrich, Barbel, 1127Friesen, James D., 1100Frohler, J., 480Fultz, Patricia N., 1253

Gaal, Andras, 13Gabor, Magda H., 1346Gallagher, Joseph E., 972Gardiol, A., 409Garg, G. K., 28Garon, Claude F., 878Garrison, Robert G., 1386Garro, Anthony J., 1340Gerstenberger, P. D., 502Gest, Howard, 524, 1459Ghosh, Arati, 1374Ghosh, B. K., 1374Gibson, Evelyn M., 614Gibson, F., 705, 711Glaser, Luis, 327Glass, Thomas L., 956Glickman, B. W., 658Gociar, Eva, 502Goldberg, Daniel E., 502

VOL. 137, 1979

Goldberg, Richard B., 1282Gooden, Dinsdale, 1119Gracey, D. E. Fergus, 795Graham, Madge Yang, 635, 1464Graham, Rex, 357Grant, W. D., 35Gresshoff, P. M., 1020Grimminger, Herbert, 846Grindley, June N., 990Grossman, Nili, 790Grijil, J. M., 480Gryczan, Thomas, 635Guild, Walter R., 556, 735Gunn, J., 1428Gunsalus, I. C., 28, 697Guzik, Howard J., 900

Hack, Adelle M., 692Hadley, R. G., 1421Halpem, Yeheskel S., 1111Hanau, Robert, 1282Hanus, Frank J., 824Hardaway, K. L., 62Hardman, John K., 1158Harmon, S. A., 374Hartman, Fred C., 490Harwood, Colin R., 189Hastings, J. W., 854Hasunuma, Kohji, 1095Hayes, Stanley F., 605Heller, K. B., 670Hellermann, G. R., 1439Helmstetter, Charles E., 1151Henderson, Gary B., 1308Henkin, Tina M., 1452Hennecke, H., 480Henning, Ulf, 664Hermann, Monique, 28Hollocher, Thomas C., 1227Holmans, Priscilla L., 977Holmes, W. Michael, 956Holtje, Joachim-Volker, 661Honma, Yoshiharu, 677Hooper, Gary R., 537Home, Diane, 1180Hornemann, Ulfert, 916Hoshino, Toshimitsu, 73Hotchkiss, Rollin D., 1346Huennekens, F. M., 1308Hu, Ming, 1421Hurt, Myra A., 1028Hylemon, Phillip B., 956

Inouye, Masayori, 595

Jahnke, Linda, 179Jann, Klaus, 664Johnson, Reid C., 627Johnson, Steven R., 531Johnston, G. C., 1Jones, Theodore H. D., 752Jorgensen, Richard A., 681Jouve, Helene, 161Justesen, Just, 1100

Kageyama, Makoto, 73

AUTHOR INDEX

Kahane, Itzhak, 764Kanazawa, Hiroshi, 818Kane, James F., 1028Kemper, Jost, 1253Kennedy, Eugene P., 686Kessler, Robert E., 869, 1176Khorana, H. Gobind, 1443Kilner, Jan, 1031Kinney, Dennis M., 1165Kipe-Nolt, J. A., 146Kitto, G. Barrie, 204Klein, Harold P., 179Kline, Bruce C., 885Konijn, Theo M., 169Koshland, D. E., Jr., 758Kosman, Daniel J., 313Kowalski, John B., 689Kozloff, Uoyd M., 545Kristjansson, Jakob K., 1227Kwoh, Deborah Y., 1253

Laboure, Anne-Marie, 161Lai, Jiunu-Shyong, 309Lamb, David H., 213Lambowitz, Alan M., 1449Langworthy, T. A., 185Lark, Cynthia, 44Lau, Reginald H., 648LeBlanc, Donald J., 878Lee, I.-M., 1056Lee, Linda N., 878Lemer, Terry J., 1063Levitz, Ruth, 1111Lheritier, Anne-Marie, 1354Little, Robert, 115Liu, H.-Y., 1056Loeb, Marilyn R., 1031Loewy, Arleen, 327London, Jack, 614London, Sidney B., 614Long, Mary V., 490Lorincz, A., 1Lo, Ruju J., 1456Lutkenhaus, J. F., 1088

Macedo, Paula M., 461MacGregor, C. H., 574Madigan, Michael T., 524Magasanik, Boris, 1127Maier, Robert J., 824Mannelia, Carmen A., 1449Manson, Claude, 161Markin, Jennifer S., 51Martins, Stanley A., 912Martinez-Drets, G., 409Marzluf, George A., 1324Masker, Warren E., 234Mason, Mark, 204Mato, Jose M., 169Matsuhashi, Michio, 474, 644Mayer, Stephanie, 350Mazza, Giorgio, 124McCaUum, R. E., 1263McCann, Pamela A., 891McConnell, Michael, 746McCullough, W. G., 243

McIntosh, Mark A., 653McLaughlin, Calvin S., 1048,1185Menninger, John R., 694Merkal, R. S., 243Metzenberg, Robert L., 1219Metzer, Esther, 1111Meyer, Ortwin, 811Miller, James R., 885Miller, Jeffrey H., 433Miller, Robert V., 1299Minet, Michele, 440Minton, N., 1428Mironov, A. S., 802Mishra, Ajit K., 1425Misono, Haruo, 22Mitchell, Alana, 1073Mitchison, J. M., 440Moat, Albert G., 1165Montie, Thomas C., 274Morgan, Edward A., 507Morrow, T. O., 374Mortlock, Robert P., 173Moses, Robb E., 397Moulton, Rebecca C., 274Mount, David W., 568Mowshowitz, Deborah

Bernhardt, 1200Mudd, J. B., 1056Muhlrad, Andras, 764Murphy, Janet B., 234

Nainan, Omana V., 1040Nakada, Dai, 990Nakamura, Kenzo, 595Nason, Alvin, 1333Nass, G., 480Neujahr, Halina Y., 13Newman, Karl F., 860Nishimura, S., 1084Noguchi, S., 1084Nombela, Cesar, 6Nomura, Masayasu, 507, 584Norton, I. Lucile, 490Nurse, Paul, 440

O'Brien, Susan, 1413Ohya, Satoshi, 474Okubo, Yasuhita, 677Old, David C., 173, 1008Olsen, William L., 1443Opheim, Dennis J., 285Oxender, Dale L., 1059

Pacelli, Laura Z., 568Pall, Martin L., 1140Pandey, N. K., 1208Patin, Diana W., 1234Paulus, Thomas J., 82Pawar, Shashi, 469Payne, J. W., 447Pelmont, Jean, 161Pendyala, Lakshmi, 248Pentella, Michael A., 891Perry, R. D., 1290Peters, Julius, 1134Pfahl, Magnus, 137

AUTHOR INDEX

Phares, E. F., 490Pincheira, Guido, 1067Pirtle, Robert M., 595Pisano, Michael A., 620Pittenger, Thad H., 1449Plate, Charles A., 221Pogell, Burton M., 891Pol6nia, J. J., 461Pon, Nellie, 752Porter, Ronald D., 556Pramanik, Ajay, 469Premakumar, Ramaswamy, 1119Putzrath, Resha M., 1037

Quay, Steven C., 1059

Raetz, Christian R. H., 860Ramakrishan, T., 1084Rampe, Glenn, 556Ravin, Arnold W., 1191Redshaw, Peggy A., 891Reusch, R., 1434Reznikoff, William S., 681Rhoades, Keith R., 972Rice, Philip W., 1219Riggsby, W. Stuart, 1299Roberts, Rowena L., 1456Robinson, John M., 1158Rocha, Victor, 700Rolfe, B. G., 1020Romig, W. R., 531Ron, Eliora Z., 790Rosenberg, Gary, 1140Rosenberg, H., 705Roy, Pampa, 1425Rudd, Kenneth, 295Rudick, Michael J., 301Ruiz-Argueso, Tomas, 153Rupert, Claud S., 740Rupp, W. Dean, 692Ryter, Antoinette, 947

Sadoff, H. L., 1434Sancar, Aziz, 692Sanchez, Miguel, 6Sanchez-Rinc6n, Dora A.,

1081Sanchez-Rivas, Carmen, 1340,

1354Santos, Tomas, 6Satta, G., 727Schaechter, Moseio, 1443Schaeffer, Pierre, 1354Schafer, Dorothy, 925Schlegel, Hans G., 811Schloss, John V., 490Schulman, Howard, 686Schulz, Horst, 469Scott, Randolph H., 719Segel, Irwin H., 350Sekiguchi, Mutsuo, 1095

Senior, A. E., 711Setlow, Peter, 1024Shaginyan, K. A., 1017Shanley, Mark, 285Shapiro, Bennett M., 1043Sharma, Surendra, 397Shatzman, Allan R., 313Shibl, Atef M., 1022Shockman, Gerald D., 869, 1176Shoemaker, Nadja B., 556Shuman, Howard A., 365Silva, M. T., 461Silverman, Michael, 517Simmons, Rhona R., 1243Simon, Louise T., 537Simon, Melvin, 517Singh, Ravendra P., 1024Skold, Ola, 129Skotnicki, Mary L., 1020Sloan, Gary L., 1158Smith, Deborah K., 963Smith, Gale, 204Smith, Michael D., 735Smith, Paul F., 185Smyth, Janine, 248Soda, Kenji, 22Sorger, George J., 1119Sousa, J. C. F., 461Sperl, George T., 719Stacey, Gary, 321Steiner, Francis X., 105Stellwag, Edmund J., 956Stepanov, V. M., 1017Stevens, S. E., Jr., 146Stocker, B. A. D., 830Streicher, Stanley L., 1000Stringer, Claude D., 490Stromninger, Jack L., 644Strongin, A. Ya., 1017Su, Chung-Jey, 1434Sugawara, Shinichi, 474Sukhodolets, V. V., 802Summers, Anne O., 1430Sumrada, Roberta, 1447Suzukd, Shigeo, 677Swedberg, Gote, 129Switzer, Robert L., 82Sypherd, Paul S., 1134Szaniszlo, Paul J., 1456

Tabita, F. Robert, 321Tamaki, Shigeo, 644Tamura, Gakuzo, 839Tanenbaum, Stuart W., 925Tan, Sai-Tee, 1324Taya, Y., 1084Taylor, Dean P., 92Taylor, Diane E., 1430Thacker, R., 697Thiet, Tran-Quang, 204Thomale, J., 480

Thomson, Jennifer, 502Thorne, Curtis B., 689Thuriaux, Pierre, 440Thwaites, William M., 1145Togawa, Hitoshi, 22Tomasz, Alexander, 1180Tsuyumu, Shinji, 1035

Ulitzur, S., 854Umbarger, H. E., 846Unger, Barbara W., 900

Van Baalen, Chase, 321Vani, B. R., 1084Vestal, J. Robie, 384Villanueva, Julio R., 6Vinther, O., 456

Wainscott, V. J., 1028Waleh, Nahid S., 830Wallis-Biggart, Neal, 1145Wall, Judy D., 1459Warner, Jonathan R., 1048Warren, R. A. J., 1053Watabe, Kazuhito, 773Watson, Robert J., 1100Weimer, P. J., 332Weinberger, Martin, 1151Weisblum, Bernard, 635, 1464WelUman, Angela M., 248Wiegmann, Francis L., Jr., 1333Wilson, T. Hastings, 1037Winkler, Herbert H., 963Winston, Fred, 433Woelders, Henri, 169Wolfe, R. S., 256, 264Wondrack, lillian M., 1145Wright, Andrew, 746Wu, Henry C., 309, 818

Yaffe, Edna, 790Yamada, Yoshihiko, 990Yamaizumi, Z., 1084Yamamoto, Masayuki, 584Yamamoto, Tatsuo, 22Yamasaki, Makari, 839Yamazaki, Mitsuo, 474Yaroslavtseva, N. G., 1017Yasbin, Ronald E., 391Yoch, Duane C., 779Yordy, Denise M., 905

Zajic, James E., 795Zehnder, A. J. B., 420Zeikus, J. G., 332Zevely, Edward M., 1308Zieg, Janine, 517Zinder, Norton D., 1063Zorzopulos, Jorge, 545Zusman, David R., 295

J. BACTERIOL.

SUBJECT INDEX

VOLUME 137

Acetate assimilationM. barkeri, 332

Acetate kinaseA. laidlawii, 764

Acetohydroxy acid synthase IE. coli, 846

Acetyl coenzyme A synthetasesaeration, 179S. cerevisiae, 179

Bl-N-AcetylhexosaminidaseP. persicinus, 620

N-Acetylglutamate synthesisS. typhimurium, 1040

Acholeplasmapreparation for scanning electron microscopy, 972

Acholeplasma axanthumcarotenoids, 185

Acholeplasma laidlawiiacetate kinase, 764

Active transportE. coli, 221glutamine, 221membrane potential, 221

Adenine, methylatedrRNA of macrolide-producing streptomycetes,

1464Adenosine 5'-triphosphate formation

R. japonicum bacteroids, 153Adenosine 5'-triphosphate sulfurylase

P. chrysogenum, 350Adenylylation state

glutamine synthetase, 1282nitrogen metabolism, genes involved in, 1282

AerationS. cerevisiae acetyl coenzyme A synthetases, 179

Aeromonas proteolyticacytochalasin A, 925

Agmatine degradationK. aerogenes, 1127

Agmenellum quadruplicatumlevulinic acid, 146pigment biosynthesis, 146

Agrobacterium tumefacienscrown gall teratoma, 1020Nicotiana, 1020Ti plasmids, 1020

D-Alanine carboxypeptidase IA activityE. coli, 644penicillin-binding protein 5, 644

Alcaligenes faecalismeso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Aldehyde synthesisB. harveyi, 854

Amber spr mutationsE. coli, 568

Amber suppressor mutationsP. acidovorans, 1053

Amber suppressorsS. typhimurium, 433

Amino acid (branched chain) transportE. coli, 1059reA, 1059

Amino acid pool mutants, screening forNeurospora, 1437replica printing, 1437yeasts, 1437

Amino acidsN. crassa nitrate reductase, 1119

Amino acids, basicG-1 arrest, 1447S. cerevisiae, nitrogen-starved, 1447

y-Aminobutyrate utilizationE. coli mutants, 1111gab genes, 1111

AmmoniaN. crassa nitrate reductase, 1119

Ampicillin resistance transposon TnlV. cholerae hybrid sex factor, 531

Ampicillin resistance transposon Tnl 701plasmids, nontransferring, 990

Anabaena sp.heterocyst synthesis, 321nitrogenase synthesis, 321

Anacystis nidulanscovalently closed circular DNA, 648cyanophage AS-1 attachment, effect of light on,

667Anesthetics

fatty acid oxidation complex, 469Arginine catabolic enzymes

B. subtilis, 189carbon and nitrogen repression, 189

Arthrobacter sialophiluscytochalasin A, 925

L-AsparaginasesP. geniculata, 204

Aspergillus nidulansnitrate reductase, 105

Aspergillus nigerglycosylated protein, 301mannosyl transfer, 301

AutolysinsB. licheniformis flagellar morphogenesis, 933B. subtilis flagellar morphogenesis, 933

AutolysisP. italicum ,B-1,3-glucanase, 6

Axial filamentL. interrogans motility, 1406

Azotobacter vinelandiifatty acids in phospholipids, 1434

Bacillus amyloliquifacienscytochalasin A, 925

Bacillus cereuschlorpromazin, 461nupercain, 461procain, 461tetracain, 461

Bacillus licheniformisflagellar morphogenesis, 933penicillinase, localization of, 1374pha-1, mapping of, 689serine protease, 1017

SUBJECT INDEX

subtilisin-like intracellular protease, 1017thi-1, mapping of, 689

Bacillus megateriumcell wall growth, 947chlorpromazin, 461meso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22nupercain, 461peptidoglycan turnover in Dap- Lys- mutant, 947phosphoglycerate phosphomutase, 1024procain, 461tetracain, 461

Bacillus sphaericusmeso-a,E-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Bacillus subtilisarginine catabolic enzymes, repression of, 189carbamyl phosphate synthetases, 82chlorpromazin, 461dihydrofolate reductase, 1028DNA repair in competent cells, 391flagellar morphogenesis, 933growth, 2136-(p-hydroxyphenylazo)-uracil, 124manganese-dependent phosphoglycerate mutase,

773morphology and temperature shift, 1395nupercain, 461phosphate limitation, 327phosphoglycerate mutase, 773plasmid pE194, 635procain, 461prophage complementation test, 1340protoplast, 1354protoplast fusion assayed by prophage

complementation, 1340recombination after protoplast fusion, 1346regeneration after protoplast fusion, 1346rifampin-resistant mutants, 1028rodB morphology, 1395serine protease, 1017spectinomycin dependence, 1452spore coat, 1208sporulation, 213subtilisin-like intracellular protease, 1017teichoic acid as phosphate reserve polymer, 35teichoic acid synthesis, 327temperature shift and morphology, 1395tetracain, 461threonine inhibition, 213transduction, 124

Bacteriophage-associated gene transferS. pneumoniae, 556

Bacteriophage inactivationE. coli mutant, 226protein E, 226S. anatum lipopolysaccharide, 746

Bacteriophage infectionprotein b, 545spherical particles, 545

Bacteriophage Adilvmapping of E. coli ilvO loci, 1234

Bacteriophage receptorE. coli mutant, 226protein E, 226

Bacteriophage resistance mutation pha-lB. licheniformis, 689

mapping, 689Bacteriophage T4D receptors

E. coli cell wall, 545protein b, 545spherical particles, 545

Bacteriophage T4 receptor activityE. coli, 664

Bacteroides fragilisfermentation balance when grown in glucose-

enriched medium, 1263growth yield in glucose-enriched medium, 1263

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicronguanosine tetra- and pentaphosphate synthesis,956

molecular oxygen, 956BacteroidsATP formation, 153nitrogenase activity, 153R. japonicum, 153

Beneckea harveyialdehyde synthesis, 854

Binding sitenitrate reductase of E. coli, 1227

Biotin transportL. casei biotin transport system, 1308

Branched-chain amino acid transportE. coli, 1059reUA, 1059

Brevibacterium sp.meso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Candida albicansphosphate content and mannan serological

activity, relationship between, 677Carbamyl phosphate synthetases

B. subtilis, 82Carbohydrate

N. crassa cell wall fraction, 1067Carbon monoxide oxidation

P. carboxydovorans, 811Carbon repression

arginine catabolic enzymes, 189B. subtilis, 189

CarotenoidsA. axanthum, 185

Caulobacter crescentusmotility mutants, 627

Cell divisionE. coli, plasmid-containing, 1151

Cell envelope defectshistidine enzyme sensitivity, 1271S. typhimurium mutants, 1271

Cell shapeK. pneumoniae, 727peptidoglycan synthesis, 727

Cell size, regulation ofS. cerevisiae, 1

Cellular slime moldscyclic GMP-binding proteins, 169

CellulasesD. discoideum spore germination, 752

Cell walllysostaphin endopeptidase production, 1158S. staphylolyticus, 1158

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carbohydrate, 1067N. crassa, 1067

Cell wall glucan mobilization,B-1,3-glucanases, 6P. italicum, 6

Cell wall growthB. megaterium Dap- Lys- mutant, 947peptidoglycan turnover, 947

Cell wall teichoic acidB. subtilis, 35phosphate reserve polymer, 35

Chemoautotrophic growth in darkness, with H2R. capsulata, 524

ChemotaxisP. aeruginosa, 274

Chloramphenicolhemolysin production, 1022S. pyogenes, 1022

Chloramphenicol resistance mutationE. coli major ribosomal protein gene cluster, 1315

ChlorpromazinB. cereus, 461B. megaterium, 461B. subtilis, 461S. faecalis, 461

Chromosomal deoxyribonucleic acidsingle-stranded regions related to transformation,

1191S. pneumoniae, 1191transformation related to single-stranded regions,

1191Chromosomal regulation

E. coli sexual expression, 1063Chromosome replication

E. coli, plasmid-containing, 1151Circadian rhythm

fatty acids, unsaturated, 912N. crassa, 912

Citrobacter freundiicoliphage development, 1430H2 group R plasmids, 1430R plasmids, 1430tellurium resistance, 1430

ClindamycinS. pyogenes, 1022streptolysin production, 1022

CloningN. crassa ribosomal DNA, 1219spoT of E. coli, 1100

Coenzyme MM. ruminantium, 256, 264specificity and distribution, 256transport, 256

ColEl hybrid plasmidsE. coli genes of glycolysis and hexosemonophosphate shunt, 502

Colicin B resistanceE. coli, 653ferrienterochelin uptake, 653

Coliphage developmentC. freundii, 1430H plasmids, 1430K. pneumoniae, 1430R plasmids, 1430tellurium resistance, 1430

SUBJECT INDEX

Copy number controlB. subtilis, 635plasmid pE194, 635S. aureus, 635

Corn stunt Spiroplasmamembrane composition, 1056

Corynebacterium glutamicummeso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Corynebacterium kutscheritripeptide hydroxamate, 243

Corynebacterium lepuscorynomycolic acids, 795fatty acids, 795kerosene, grown on, 795

Corynomycolic acidsC. lepus grown on kerosene, 795

crisp-l mutantsN. crassa cyclic nucleotides, 1140

Crown gall teratomaA. tumefaciens, 1020Nicotiana, 1020Ti plasmids, 1020

crpE. coli, 839

cyaE. coli, 839

Cyanobacteriacovalently closed circular DNAs, 648heterocyst synthesis, 321nitrogenase synthesis, 321

Cyanophage AS-1 attachmentA. nidulans, 667light, 667

Cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphateN. crassa cr-I and fr mutants, 1140

Cyclic GMP-binding proteinscellular slime molds, 169

Cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphateN. crassa cr-i and fr mutants, 1140

Cyclic nucleotidesN. crassa cr-i mutants, 1140

Cytidine 5'-triphosphate synthetaseM. mycoides subsp. mycoides pyrimidine

metabolism, 1073Cytochalasin AA. proteolytica, 925A. sialophilus, 925B. amyloliquifaciens, 925E. coli, 925P. maltophilia, 925S. aureus, 925

Cytoplasmic membraneE. coli, 818lipoprotein, 818

cytR repressorE. coli promoter-like mutants, 802

Dactylium dendroidessuperoxide dismutases, 313

DemolybdoproteinsE. coli, 719molybdate incorporation, 719

Deoxyribonucleic acidE. coli, 740transformation related to single-stranded regions,

SUBJECT INDEX

1191Deoxyribonucleic acid, chromosomal

single-stranded regions related to transformation,1191

S. pneumoniae, 1191Deoxyribonucleic acid-mediated transformation

S. lipoferum, 1425Deoxyribonucleic acid, membrane-bound

E. coli, 790protein synthesis, 790replication, 790RNA synthesis, 790

Deoxyrib.onucleic acid-membrane interactionsE. coli, 740

Deoxyribonucleic acid, mitochondrialN. crassa sexual crosses, 1449

Deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase IE. coli DNA synthesis, 44

Deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase I-directed repairsynthesis

toluene-treated E. coli grown in presence ofnitrosoguanidine, 1439

Deoxyribonucleic acid repairB. subtilis, competent cells of, 391

Deoxyribonucleic acid, ribosomalcloning, 1219N. crassa, 1219

Deoxyribonucleic acid synthesisDNA polymerase I, 44E. coli, 44methylation dependent, 44

Deoxyribonucleic acid, transformingH. influenzae, 1081proflavine, 1081

Deoxyribonucleic acid, uracil-containingcoliphage treated with sodium bisulfate, 1243E. coli treated with sodium bisulfate, 1243enzymatic degradation, 1243

meso-a,e-Diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenaseA. faecalis, 22B. megaterium, 22Brevibacterium sp., 22B. sphaericus, 22C. glutamicium, 22E. aroideae, 22M. flavus, 22P. fluorescens, 22P. mirabilis, 22P. vulgaris, 22S. subflava, 22

Dictyostelium discoideumcellulases released during germination, 752cyclic GMP-binding proteins, 169

Dictyostelium rosariumcyclic GMP-binding proteins, 169

Differentiated function lossstreptomycetes, 891

Diglyceride cycleE. coli, 860inner membrane, 860oligosaccharides, membrane-derived, 860

Dihydrofolate analogdihydropteroate synthase, altered, 129E. coli, 129

Dihydrofolate reductaseB. subtilis mutants, 1028

Dihydropteroate synthase, altereddihydrofolate analog, 129E. coli, 129

dna mutationsE. coli plasmid pSC101 replication, 1095

Electron transportE. coli, 711oxidative phosphorylation, 711uncE, 711

Endogenous inhibitorE. coli protein synthesis, 340

Erwinia aroideaemeso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Erwinia carotovorapectate lyase, "self-catabolite repression" of, 1035

Erythromycinhemolysin production, 1022S. pyogenes, 1022

Escherichia coliacetohydroxy acid synthase I, 846D-alanine carboxypeptidase IA activity, 644amber spr mutations, 568amino acid (branched chain) transport, 1059y-aminobutyrate utilization in mutants, 1111binding site for nitrate reductase, 1227branched-chain amino acid transport, 1059cell division in recA mutants with plasmids, 1151chloramphenicol resistance mutation, 1315chromosomal regulation, 1063chromosome replication in recA mutants with

plasmids, 1151colicin B resistance, 653crp mutants, 839cya mutants, 839cytochalasin A, 925cytoplasmic membrane, 818cytR repressor, 802demolybdoproteins, 719diglyceride cycle, 860diglyceride kinase, 860dihydrofolate analog, 129dihydropteroate synthase, 129DNA, membrane-bound, 790DNA-membrane interactions, 740dna mutation effect on plasmid replication, 1095DNA polymerase I, 44DNA polymerase I-directed repair synthesis, 1439DNA synthesis, 44, 740DNA, uracil-containing, 1243EDTA treatment, 62electron transport, 711excision repair, 397exonuclease V, 658fatty acid analogs, synthetic, 1443ferrienterochelin uptake, 653fimbriae, 1008F' plasmids, recA mutants containing, 1151ftsA gene product, 1088gab genes, 1111fl-galactoside transport system in mutants, 365glutamine synthetase, 1000glutamine transport, 221glycolysis genes, ColEl hybrid plasmids for, 502growth medium effect, 1031

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SUBJECT INDEX

hexose monophosphate shunt, ColEl hybridplasmids for, 502

ilvO loci, 1234inc region of NRl-derived plasmid, 92inner aspect of membrane, 1227inner membrane, 860insertion sequence IS3, 1421isopropylmalate isomerase in S. typhimurium-E.

coli hybrids, 1253lac operon, repressors of, 137lactose carrier, 1037leuC, 1253levallorphan, 1043levallorphan-tolerant mutants, 1013lev strains, 1043lexA, amber mutations in, 568lipid, 1043lipopolysaccharide, 1043major ribosomal protein gene cluster, 1315maltose transport in mutants, 365mecillinam mutants, 839membrane-bound DNA, 790membrane-DNA interactions, 740membrane, inner aspect of, 1227membrane potential, 221methylation-dependent DNA synthesis, 44modification- and restrictionless mutants, method

of isolating, 673molybdate, 719nitrate reductase binding site, 1227a-p-nitrophenylgalactoside transport, 1037nitrosoguanidine, grown in presence of, 1439nucleoid, 885oligosaccharides, membrane-derived, 860outer membrane, cellular and released, 1031outer membrane function, 62outer membrane protease, 574oxidative phosphorylation, 711penicillin-binding protein 2, 839penicillin-binding protein 5, 644peptide transport systems, 447peptidyl tRNA accumulation, 694permeability barrier, 1043phage inactivation, 226phage Adilv used to map ilvO loci, 1234phage T4D receptors, 545phage T4 receptor activity, 664phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase overproduction,480

phospholipase, 62phospholipids, 62, 1443plasmid-coded proteins, method for identifying,

692plasmid-folded chromosome complexes, 885plasmid pSC101 replication, 1095plasmid R46, 830plasmid R6K, 977plasmids NTP, 990polyamine transport regulation, 661polymerase I-directed repair synthesis, 1439polymyxin, 1043polypeptide, 1031promoter-like mutants, 802protease, outer membrane, 574protein b and phage infection, 545protein E, 226

proteins, plasmid-coded, 692protein synthesis, 790protein synthesis, endogenous inhibitor of, 340protein S12, 197proton translocation in mutants, 705pyridoxyl peptide, conservation of primary

structure of, 700pyrimidine dimer excision, 234recA mutants containing F' plasmids, 1151recB subunit of exonuclease V, 658recipient competence in F'lac matings, 281reLA, 1059repair synthesis, 1439replication, 790rep region of NRl-derived plasmid, 92repressors of lac operon, 137restriction- and modificationless mutants, method

of isolating, 673ribosome component genes in mutants, 115rif region, 584RNA polymerase genes in mutants, 115RNA synthesis, 790rorA mutation, 658rRNA operon, deletion analysis, 507sex factor F, 885sexual expression, 1063sodium bisulfite treatment, 1243spherical particles and phage infection, 545spheroplasts, 818spoT, 1100spr(Am) mutations, 568streptomycin transport regulation, 661synthetase overproduction, 480tec strains, 1043tetracain, 1043threonyl-tRNA synthetase overproduction, 480tight-binding repressors of lac operon, 137toluene treated, 1439toluene treatment, 397transcription in mutant, 197transcription in mutants, 115translation in mutant, 197udpP mutants, 802uncE, 711ung mutants, 1243uracil-containing DNA, 1243uridine phosphorylase, 802UV protection, 830uvrC gene function, 397

Ethylenediaminetetraacetate treatmentE. coli, 62outer membrane function, 62phospholipids, 62

Excision repairE. coli, toluene-treated, 397uvrC gene function, 397

Exonuclease VE. coli, 658recB subunit, 658rorA mutation, 658

Fatty acid analogs, syntheticE. coli phospholipids, 1443

Fatty acid biosynthesishydrocarbon substrates, 384M. convolutum, 384

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SUBJECT INDEX

Fatty acid oxidation complexE. coli, 469

Fatty acidsA. vinelandii phospholipids, 1434C. lepus grown on kerosene, 795

Fatty acids, unsaturatedN. crassa circadian rhythms, 912

Fermentation balanceB. fragilis grown in glucose-enriched medium, 1263

Ferrientochelin uptakecolicin B resistance, 653E. coli, 653

Fertility factor FPoP. putida, 28

Fertility factorsP. putida, 28

FimbriaeE. coli, 1008

Flagellar morphogenesisB. licheniformis, 933B. subtilis, 933

Flagellar-phase variationrhl, 517Salmonella, 517

FlagellationT. acidophilum, 456

Flexibacterflexing, 1417gliding, 1417

FlexingFlexibacter, 1417

Fluorescent-labeling procedureE. coli peptide transport systems, 447

Folate transportcomponent shared with thiamine and biotin

transport systems, 1308L. casei, 1308

F' plasmidsE. coli recA mutants containing, 1151

FPoP. putida, 28

Fraction Icarbohydrate, 1067enzymes, 1073N. crassa cell wall, 1067

frost mutantsN. crassa cyclic nucleotides, 1140

ftsA gene productE. coli, 1088

gab genesy-aminobutyrate utilization, 1111E. coli, 1111

Galactose metabolismlactose plasmid, 878S. lactis, 878

Galactose receptorcontrol, 758S. typhimurium, 758

,B-GalactosidaseK. lactis, 51

B8-Galactoside transport systemE. coli mutants, 365maltose transport, 365

G-1 arrestamino acid addition, 1447

S. cerevisiae, nitrogen-starved, 1447Gene dosage effects

S. cerevisiae maltase synthesis, 1200Genotype, host

E. coli, 830plasmid R46, 830UV protection, 830

GlidingFlexibacter, 1417

,B-1,3-Glucanasesautolysis, 6derepression, 6glucan mobilization, 6P. italicum, 6

Glucose-enriched mediumB. fragilis growth and fermentation balance, 1263

Glutamate dehydrogenaseN. crassa nit-2 and am mutants, 1333

Glutamate dehydrogenase regulationmorphological state, function of, 1134M. racemosus, 1134nutritional state, function of, 1134

Glutamine auxotrophsnitrogenase activity, 1459R. capsulata, 1459

Glutamine synthetaseadenylylation, 1282adenylylation state, 1000E. coli, 1000K. aerogenes, 1000K. pneumoniae, 1282nitrogen metabolism, genes involved in, 1282polyacrylamide gels, 1000regulation, 1000strain specificity, 1000

Glutamine transportE. coli membrane potential, 221

Glycogen metabolismS. cerevisiae sporulation, 285

Glycolysis, genes ofCoLEl hybrid plasmid for, 502E. coli, 502

Glycosylated proteinA. niger, 301

GrowthB. subtilis, 213threonine inhibition, 213

Growth yieldB. fragilis grown in glucose-enriched medium, 1263

Guanosine tetra- and pentaphosphate synthesisB. thetaiotaomicron, 956molecular oxygen, 956

Haemophilus influenzaeproflavine, 1081transforming DNA-proflavine complex, 1081

HandednessL. interrogans, 1413

Hansenula wingeisexual agglutination, assay for, 1051

Helix handednessL. interrogans, 1413

Hemolysin productionchloramphenicol, 1022lincomycin, 1022S. pyogenes, 1022

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Heterocyst synthesisAnabaena sp., 321

Hexose monophosphate shunt, genes ofColEl hybrid plasmid for, 502E. coli, 502

hisF and hisGS. typhimurium cell envelope defects, 1271C. freundii, 1430coliphage inhibition, 1430tellurium resistance, 1430

Histidine enzymescell envelope defects, 1271S. typhimurium, 1271R. japonicum, 824

Hydrocarbon substratesM. convolutum fatty acid biosynthesis, 384

HydrogenaseR. japonicum, 824

6-(p-Hydroxyphenylazo)-uracilB. subtilis transduction, 124

H2 group R plasmidsH2 uptake

ilvO lociE. coli, 1234mapping with phage Adilv, 1234

Incompatibility regionNRl-derived plasmid, 92

inc regionNRl-derived plasmid, 92

Inner membranediglyceride cycle, 860E. coli, 860polypeptide composition, 963R. prowazeki, 963

Insertion sequence IS3E. coli, 1421

Iron accumulationyersiniae, 1290

Iron-binding compoundP. aeruginosa, 357

KeroseneC. lepus grown on, 795

a-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase mutantR. meliloti, 415

Klebsiella aerogenesagmatine degradation, 1127glutamine synthetase, 1000

Klebsiella pneumoniaecoliphage development, 1430glutamine synthetase, 1282H2 group R plasmids, 1430peptidoglycan synthesis in mutant, 727R plasmids, 1430tellurium resistance, 1430

Kluyveromyces lactisf3-galactosidase, 51

Laccase localizationL. briosiana, 537

lac operonE. coli, 137repressors, 137tight-binding repressors, 137

Lactic acid bacteria

SUBJECT INDEX

plasmid transfer of antibiotic resistance, 614Lactobacillus casei

folate transport, 1308plasmid transfer from Streptococcus, 614thiamine and biotin transport systems, 1308

Lactose carrierE. coli, 1037a-p-nitrophenylgalactoside, 1037

Lactose plasmidgalactose metabolism, 878S. lactis, 878

Lambda transducing bacteriophagerRNA operon, deletion analysis, 507

Leptosphaerulina briosianalaccase localization, 537

Leptospira interrogansaxial filament, 1406helix handedness, 1413motility, 1406

leuCE. coli, 1253isopropylmalate isomerase in S. typhimurium-E.

coli hybrids, 1253L-Leucine transport

P. aeruginosa membrane vesicles, 73Levallorphan

E. coli, 1043E. coli mutants, 1013

Levulinic acidA. quadruplicatum pigment biosynthesis, 146

lexAamber mutations in, 568E. coli, 568

Lightcyanophage AS-1 attachment to A. nidulans, 667

LincomycimS. pyogenes, 1022streptolysin production, 1022

LipidE. coli mutants, 1043

Lipid precursormurein lipoprotein, 309S. typhimurium, 309

LipopolysaccharideE. coli mutants, 1043phage inactivation, 746S. anatum, 746structure, 746

Lipoprotein gene, homology ofgram-negative bacteria, 595

Lipoprotein synthesisE. coli cytoplasmic membrane, 818E. coli spheroplasts, 818

Lipoteichoic acidenzymatic deacylation, 1176release during penicillin treatment, 1180S. faecium, 869S. faecium protoplasts, 1176S. sanguis, 1180

Lysostaphin endopeptidase productionS. staphylolyticus cell wall, 1158

MacrolidesrRNA of streptomycetes, 1464

Maltase synthesisgene dosage effects, 1200

SUBJECT INDEX

S. cerevisiae, 1200Maltose transport

E. coli mutants, 365fi-galactoside transport system, 365

Manganese-dependent phosphoglycerate mutaseB. subtilis, 773

Mannan serological activityC. albicans, 677phosphate content, 677

Mannosyl transferA. niger membranes, 301

Mecillinam resistanceE. coli mutants, 839

MembraneE. coli, 1227inner aspect of E. coli membrane, 1227

Membrane-bound deoxyribonucleic acidE. coli, 790protein synthesis, 790replication, 790RNA synthesis, 790

Membrane compositioncorn stunt Spiroplasma, 1056S. citri, 1056

Membrane-deoxyribonucleic acid interactionsE. coli, 740

Membrane, innerpolypeptide composition, 963R. prowazeki, 963

Membrane, outerpolypeptide composition, 963R. prowazeki, 963

Membrane potentialE. coli, 221glutamine active transport, 221

2-Mercaptoethanesulfonic acidM. ruminantium, 256, 264specificity and distribution, 256transport, 264

Methane formationmethanogenic bacteria, 420

Methane oxidationmethanogenic bacteria, 420

Methanobacterium ruminantiumcoenzyme M, 256, 264

Methanosarcina barkeriacetate assimilation, 332

1-MethyladenosineM. smegmatis tRNA, 1084

Methylation-dependent DNA synthesisDNA polymerase I, 44E. coli, 44

6-MethylpurineN. crassa, 248

Micrococcus flavusmeso-a,E-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Micrococcus lysodeikticusphosphate transport in arsenate-resistant

mutants, 69Microtiter plate assayH. wingei agglutination, 1051

Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acidN. crassa sexual crosses, 1449

Modification- and restrictionless mutants ofEscherichia coli

method for isolating, 673

Molecular oxygenB. thetaiotaomicron, 956guanosine tetra- and pentaphosphate synthesis,

956Molybdate incorporation

E. coli demolybdoproteins, 719Morphology

B. subtilis rodB during temperature shift, 1395Motility

L. interrogans axial filament, 1406Motility mutants

C. crescentus, 627Mucor racemosus

glutamate dehydrogenase, morphology-associatedexpression of, 1134

Murein lipoproteinlipid precursor, 309S. typhimurium, 309

Mycobacterium convolutumfatty acid biosynthesis, 384hydrocarbon substrates, 384

Mycobacterium smegmatis transfer ribonucleic acid1-methyladenosine, 1084ribothymidine, 1084

Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoidespyrimidine metabolism, enzymes of, 1073

Mycoplasmaspreparation for scanning electron microscopy, 972

Myxococcus xanthusRif, 295

Neisseria gonorrhoeaeNgoII, 1299

Neurosporaamino acid pool mutants, screening for, 1437replica printing, 1437

Neurospora crassaam mutants, 1333carbohydrate component of fraction I, 1067cell wall, fraction I, 1067circadian rhythms, 912cr-1 mutants, 1140cyclic nucleotide-deficient mutants, 1140DNA transmission, 1449fatty acids, unsaturated, 912fr mutants, 1140glutamate dehydrogenase in mutants, 13336-methylpurine inhibition, 248mitochondrial DNA, transmission of, 1449nit-2 mutants, 1333nitrate reductase regulation, 1119nitrogen metabolite repression, 1119peptidases, 1324rDNA, 1219rRNA, 1219sexual crosses, 1449succinic dehydrogenase mutants, 900

newDisopropylmalate isomerase in S. typhimurium-E.

coli hybrids, 1253S. typhimurium

NgoII,N. gonorrhoeae, 1299

NicotianaA. tumefaciens Ti plasmids, 1020crown gall teratoma, 1020

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotidepyridine nucleotide cycle of S. typhimurium

mutants, 1165S. typhimurium pncA, pncB, and pncC mutants,

1165Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-dependent

glutamate dehydrogenase, expression ofmorphological state, function of, 1134M. racemosus, 1134nutritional state, function of, 1134

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate(reduced):nitrate oxidoreductase

A. nidulans, 105NIC plasmid aggregate

dissociation, 697P. convexa, 697P. putida, 697

Nitrate reductaseA. nidulans, 105E. coli, 1119nitrogen metabolite repression, 1119

Nitrate reductase binding siteE. coli, 1227

Nitrite reductionV. alcalescens, 905

Nitroalkane oxidationStreptomyces strains, 916

NitrogenaseR. rubrum, 779

Nitrogenase activityR. capsulata glutamine auxotrophs, 1459R. japonicum bacteroids, 153

Nitrogenase synthesisAnabaena sp., 321

Nitrogen metabolismgene expression, 1282glutamine synthetase, 1282K. pneumoniae, 1282

Nitrogen metabolite repressionN. crassa nitrate reductase, 1119

Nitrogen repressionarginine catabolic enzymes, 189B. subtilis, 189

a-p-Nitrophenylgalactoside transportE. coli lactose carrier, 1037

NitrosoguanidineDNA polymerase I-directed repair synthesis, 1439E. coli grown in presence of, 1439

Nuclear divisionW. dermatitidis mutants, 1456

NucleoidE. coli, 885plasmid-folded chromosome complexes, 885sex factor F, 885

Nucleoside diphosphate sugar hydrolase geneS. typhimurium, location on chromosome, 1428

NupercainB. cereus, 461B. megaterium, 461B. subtilis, 461S. faecalis, 461

Ochre suppressorsS. typhimurium, 433

Octane plasmid (OCT)P. putida, 28

SUBJECT INDEX

OligosaccharidesE. coli diglyceride cycle, 860

Oligosaccharides, membrane-derivedouter envelope of E. coli and other gram-negative

bacteria, 686Outer envelope

E. coli, 686oligosaccharides, membrane-derived, 686

Outer membranepolypeptide composition, 963R. prowazeki, 963

Outer membrane, cellularE. coli, 1031growth medium effect, 1031polypeptide, 1031

Outer membrane functionE. coli, 62EDTA treatment, 62

Outer membrane lipoproteinhomology of gene coding for, 595

Outer membrane proteaseE. coli, 574

Outer membrane proteinsheat modification, 670S. marcescens, 670

Outer membrane, releasedE. coli, 1031growth medium effect, 1031polypeptide, 1031

Oxidative phosphorylationE. coli, 711electron transport, 711uncE, 711

Paecilomyces persicinus,f-N-acetylhexosaminid se, 620

Pectate lyaseE. carotovora, 1035"self-catabolite repression," 1035

PenicilinaseB. licheniformis, localization in, 1374

Penicillin-binding proteinsProteus species, 474

Penicillin-binding protein 2E. coli mutants, 839

Penicillin-binding protein 5D-alanine carboxypeptidase IA activity, 644E. coli, 644

Penicillin treatmentS. sanguis polymers, 1180

Penicillium chrysogenumATP sulfurylase, 350sulfate activation, 350

Penicillium italicumAutolysis, 6P-1,3-glucanases, 6glucan mobilization, 6

PeptidaseN. crassa, 1324

Peptide tranwsport systemsE. coli, 447fluorescent-labeling procedure, 447

Peptidoglycan synthesisK. pneumoniae morphology mutant, 727

Peptidoglycan turnoverB. megaterium Dap- Lys- mutant, 947

SUBJECT INDEX

Peptidyl transfer ribonucleic acidaccumulation in E. coli, 694

Permeability barrierE. coli lipid and lipopolysaccharide, 1043

pha-1, mapping ofB. licheniformis, 689

Phenol metabolismT. cutaneum, 13

Phenylalanine oxidase synthesisP. mirabilis, 161

Phenylalanyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetaseE. coli mutant, 480

Phosphate contentC. albicans, 677mannan serological activities, 677

Phosphate limitationB. subtilis, 327teichoic acid synthesis, 327

Phosphate transportM. lysodeikticus arsenate-resistant mutants, 69

Phosphatidylglycerol incorporationS. typhimurium murein lipoprotein, 309

Phosphoglucose isomerase mutantR. meliloti, 409

Phosphoglycerate mutaseB. subtilis, 773manganese-dependent, 773

Phosphoglycerate phosphomutaseB. megaterium cells and spores, 1024

Phospholipase Aactivation, 62E. coli, 62EDTA treatment, 62

PhospholipidE. coli, 62EDTA treatment, 62

PhospholipidsA. vinelandii cells, cysts, and germinating cysts,

1434E. coli, 1443fatty acid analogs, synthetic, 1443fatty acids in, 1434

PhosphoribosyltransferaseM. mycoides subsp. mycoides pyrimidine

metabolism, 1073Pigment biosynthesisA. quadruplicatum, 146levulinic acid, 146

PlasmidA. nidulans, 648S. cedrorum, 648S. pneumoniae, 735

Plasmid-coded proteinsE. coli, 692method for identifying, 692

Plasmid-folded chromosome complexesE. coli nucleoid, 885sex factor F, 885

Plasmid NIC (aggregate)dissociation, 697P. convexa, 697P. putida, 697

Plasmid NR1rep and inc regions of derived plasmid, 92

Plasmid NTP1transposon Tn1 701, 990

Plasmid NTP2transposition of Tnl 701 into, 990

Plasmid NTP3transposition of Tn) 701, 990

Plasmid NTP4transposition of Tnl 701, 990

Plasmid OCTP. putida, 28

Plasmid pDP1S. pneumoniae, 735

Plasmid pE194B. subtilis, 635copy number control, 635S. aureus, 635

Plasmid pSC101dna mutation effect on replication, 1095E. coli, 1095

Plasmid replication, control ofB. subtilis, 635S. aureus, 635

Plasmid R46E. coli, 830host genotype, effect of, 830UV protection, 830

Plasmid R6Kdeletions, 978transposon TnA, 977

Plasmids, F'E. coli recA mutants containing, 1151

Plasmids, nontransferringtransposon Tnl 701, 990

Plasmid TiA. tumefaciens, 1020crown gall teratoma, 1020Nicotiana, 1020

Plasmid transfer of antibiotic resistancelactic acid bacteria, 614

pncA, pncB, and pncC MutantsS. typhimurium pyridine nucleotide cycle, 1165

Pneumococcusphage-associated gene transfer, 556

Polyamine transport regulationE. coli, 661

Polymerase I-directed repair synthesistoluene-treated E. coli grown in presence of

nitrosoguanidine, 1439Polymers

penicillin-treated S. sanguis, 1180Polymyxin

E. coli, 1043Polypeptide

E. coli, 1031growth medium effect, 1031outer membrane, cellular and released, 1031R. prowazeki membrane, 963

PolysaccharideR. trifolii binding, 1362

Polysaccharide structureN. crassa cell wall fraction, 1067

Polysphondylium violaceumcyclic GMP-binding proteins, 169

ProcainB. cereus, 461B. megaterium, 461B. subtilis, 461S. faecalis, 461

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SUBJECT INDEX

ProflavineH. influenzae transforming DNA, 1081

Prophage complementation testB. subtilis protoplast fusion, 1340

Protease, outer membraneE. coli, 574

Protein bphage infection of E. coli, 545

Protein EE. coli mutant, 226phage inactivation, 226

Protein regulationS. cerevisiae cell cycle, 1185technique for studying, 1185

Protein, ribosomalS. cerevisiae cell cycle, 1048

Proteins, plasmid-codedE. coli, 692method for identifying, 692

Protein synthesisE. coli, 340E. coli membrane-bound DNA, 790endogenous inhibitor, 340

Protein S12E. coli mutant, 197transcription, 197translation, 197

Proteuspenicillin-binding proteins, 474

Proteus mirabilismeso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22phenylalanine oxidase synthesis, 161

Proteus vulgarismeso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Proton translocationE. coli mutants, 705

Protoplast fusionB. subtilis, 1340, 1346, 1354prophage complementation test, 1340recombination after, 1346regeneration after, 1346

ProtoplastsS. faecium lipoteichoic acid, 1176S. rouxii, 1386

Pseudomonas acidovoransamber suppressor mutations, 1053

Pseudomonas aeruginosachemotaxis, 274iron-binding compound, 357L-leucine transport in membrane vesicles, 73

Pseudomonas carboxydovoranscarbon monoxide oxidation, 811

Pseudomonas convexaNIC plasmid, 697

Pseudomonas fluorescensmeso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Pseudomonas geniculataL-asparaginases, 204

Pseudomonas maltophiliacytochalasin, 925

Pseudomonas putidafertility factors, 28FPo, 28NIC plasmid aggregate dissociation, 697octane plasmid (OCT), 28

Pseudotransduction?

phage-associated gene transfer in pneumococcus,556

Pyridine nucleotide cycleNAD, utilization of, 1165S. typhimurium pncA, pncB, and pncC mutants,

1165Pyridoxyl peptide

E. coli, 700primary structure, conservation of, 700

Pyrimidine dimer excisionE. coli, 234

Pyrimidine metabolismM. mycoides subsp. mycoides, 1073

Pyrimidine-ring catabolismR. toruloides, 1145urea, 1145

recA mutantsE. coli, 1151

recB subunit of exonuclease VE. coli, 658rorA mutation, 658

Receptorgalactose taxis, 758S. typhimurium, 758

Recipient competenceE. coli F'lac matings, 281

RecombinationB. subtilis, 124B. subtilis protoplast fusion, 13466-(, 124

RegenerationB. subtilis protoplast fusion, 1346

reLAbranched-chain amino acid transport, 1059E. coli, 1059

ReplicationE. coli membrane-bound DNA, 790

Replication regionNR1-derived plasmid, 92

rep regionNRl-derived plasmid, 92

RepressorsE. coli lac operon, 137

Resorcinol metabolismT. cutaneum, 13

Restriction- and modificationless mutants ofEscherichia coli

method for isolating, 673Restriction endonuclease NgoIIN. gonorrhoeae, 1299

Rhizobium japonicumhydrogenase regulation, 824H2 uptake, 824

Rhizobium melilotia-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase mutant, 415phosphoglucose isomerase mutant, 409

Rhizobium trifoliibinding to root hairs, 1362polysaccharide, 1362

Rhodopseudomonas capsulatachemoautotrophic growth in darkness, with H2,

524glutamine auxotrophs, 1459nitrogenase activity, 1459

Rhodospirillum rubrum

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SUBJECT INDEX

nitrogenase, 779ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase, 490

Rhodosporidium toruloidespyrimidine-ring catabolism, 1145urea, 1145

rhlflagellar-phase variation, 517Salmonella, 517

Ribonucleic acid, ribosomaladenine, methylated, 1464cloning, 1219N. crassa genes coding for, 1219streptomycetes, 1464

Ribonucleic acid synthesisE. coli membrane-bound DNA, 790

Ribonucleic acid, transfer1-methyladenosine, 1084M. smegmatis, 1084ribothymidine, 1084

Ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acidcloning, 1219N. crassa, 1219

Ribosomal protein gene clusterE. coli chloramphenicol resistance mutation, 1315

Ribosomal protein synthesisS. cerevisiae cell cycle, 1048

Ribosomal ribonucleic acidadenine, methylated, 1464cloning, 1219N. crassa genes coding for, 1219streptomycetes, 1464

Ribosomal ribonucleic acid operondeletion analysis, 507E. coli, 507

Ribosome component genesE. coli mutants, 115

RibothymidineM. smegmatis tRNA, 1084

Ribulosebisphosphate carboxylaseR. rubrum, 490

Rickettsia prowazekimembrane, polypeptide in, 963

Rickettsia rhipicephaliultrastructure, 605

Rifampin-resistant developmental mutantsM. xanthus, 295

Rifampin-resistant mutantsB. subtilis, 1028dihydrofolate reductase, 1028

rif regionE. coli, 584

RNA polymerase genesE. coli mutants, 115

RNA polymerase mutantsS. aureus, 374

rorA mutationE. coli recB subunit of exonuclease V, 658

R plasmidsC. freundii, 1430coliphage inhibition, 1430tellurium resistance, 1430

Saccharomyces cerevisiaeacetyl coenzyme A synthetases, 179cell size, 1G-1 arrest, 1447

glycogen metabolism during sporulation, 285maltase synthesis, gene dosage effects on, 1200nitrogen starvation, 1447protein regulation during cell cycle, 1185ribosomal protein synthesis, 1048sporulation, 285

Saccharomyces rouxiiprotoplasts, 1386

Salmonellaflagellar-phase variation, 517rh1, 517

Salmonella anatumlipopolysaccharide, 746

Salmonella typhimuriumN-acetylglutamate synthesis, 1040cell envelope defectsgalactose taxis, 758histidine enzyme sensitivity, 1271isopropylmalate isomerase in S. typhimurium-E.

coli hybrids, 1253murein lipoprotein, lipid precursor of, 309NAD, utilization in mutants, 1165newD, 1253nucleoside diphosphate sugar hydrolase gene, 1428phosphatidylglycerol incorporation, 309pncA, pncB, and pncC mutants, 1165pyridine nucleotide cycle in mutants, 1165receptor for galactose taxis, 758suppressors, 433D-xylose utilization, 173

Sarcina subflavameso-a,e-diaminopimelate D-dehydrogenase, 22

Scanning electron microscopyacholeplasma, 972mycoplasma, 972simplified preparation for, 972spiroplasma, 972

Schizosaccharomyces pombeseptation, 440

"Self-catabolite repression"E. carotovora pectate lyase, 1035

SeptationS. pombe, 440

Serine proteaseB. licheniformis, 1017B. subtilis, 1017

Serratia marcescensouter membrane proteins, heat-modifiable, 670tryptophan synthase 82 protein, conservation ofprimary structure of, 700

Sex factor FE. coli nucleoid, 885plasmid-folded chromosome complexes, 885

Sexual agglutinationH. wingei, 1051microtiter plate assay, 1051

Sexual expressionchromosomal regulation, 1063E. coli, 1063

Shape changeB. subtilis rodB during temperature shift, 1395

Sodium bisulfitecoliphages, treatment of, 1243DNA, uracil-containing, 1243E. coli, treatment of, 1243

Spectinomycin dependenceB. subtilis, 1452

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SUBJECT INDEX

Spherical particlesphage infection of E. coli, 545

SpheroplastsE. coli, 818lipoprotein synthesis, 818

Spirillum lipoferumtransformation, DNA-mediated, 1425

Spiroplasmapreparation for scanning electron microscopy, 972

Spiroplasma citrimembrane composition, 1056

Spore coatB. subtilis, 1208

SporesB. megaterium, 1024cellulases released during germination, 752D. discoideum, 752

SporulationB. subtilis, 213glycogen metabolism, 285S. cerevisiae, 285threonine inhibition, 213

spoTcloning, 1100E. coli, 1100gene product, 1100

spr(Am) mutationsE. coli, 568

Staphylococcus aureus

cytochalasin A, 925plasmid pE194, 635RNA polymerase mutants, 374

Staphylococcus staphylolyticus cell wall

lysostaphin endopeptidase production, 1158Streptococcus

plasmid transfer to L. casei, 614Streptococcus faecalis

chlorpromazin, 461nupercain, 461procain, 461tetracain, 461

Streptococcus faeciumlipoteichoic acids, 869

Streptococcus faecium (S. faecalis ATCC 9790)lipoteichoic acid, deacylation of, 1176protoplasts, 1176

Streptococcus lactisgalactose metabolism, 878lactose plasmid, 878

Streptococcus pneumoniaeDNA, chromosomal, 1191phage-associated gene transfer, 556plasmid, 735transformation, 1191

Streptococcus pyogeneschloramphenicol, 1022clindamycin, 1022hemolysin production, 1022lincomycin, 1022streptolysin production, 1022

Streptococcus sangui8lipoteichoic acid release, 1180penicillin treatment, 1180teichoic acid release, 1180

Streptolysin productionclindamycin, 1022

lincomycin, 1022S. pyogenes, 1022

Streptomyces spp.nitroalkane oxidation, 916

Streptomycetesdifferentiated function loss, 891macrolide producing strains, 1464rRNA contains methylated adenine, 1464

Streptomycin transport regulationE. coli, 661

Subtilisin-like intracellular proteaseB. licheniformis, 1017

Succinic dehydrogenase mutantsN. crassa, 900

Sulfate activationP. chrysogenum, 350

Superoxide dismutasesD. dendroides, 313

SuppressorsS. typhimurium, 433

Swimming motilityT. acidophilum, 456

Synechococcus cedrorumcovalently closed circular DNA, 648

Synthetase overproductionE. coli mutants, 480

Teichoic acidB. subtilis, 35phosphate reserve polymer, 35release during penicillin treatment, 1180S. sanguis, 1180

Teichoic acid synthesisB. subtilis, 327phosphate limitation, 327

Tellurium resistanceC. freundii, 1430coliphage inhibition, 1430H plasmids, 1430K. pneumoniae, 1430R plasmids, 1430

Temperature shiftB. subtilis rodB morphology, 1395

TetracainB. cereus, 461B. megaterium, 461B. subtilis, 461S. faecalis, 461

TetracaineE. coli, 1043

Tetracycline resistancetransposon TnlO, map of, 681

Thermoplasma acidophilumswimming motility, 456

Thiamine transportL. casei folate transport system, 1308

thi-1, mapping ofB. licheniformis, 689

Threonine inhibitionB. 8ubtilis growth and sporulation, 213

Threonyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetaseE. coli mutant, 480

Tight-binding repressorsE. coli lac operon, 137

Toluene treatment

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SUBJECT INDEX

E. coli, 1439Transcription

E. coli, 197E. coli mutants, 115protein S12, 197

TransductionB. subtilis, 1246-(p-hydroxyphenylazo)-uracil, 124phage-associated gene transfer in pneumococcus,

556Transfer of antibiotic resistance

streptococci to lactobacilli, 614Transfer ribonucleic acid

1-methyladenosine, 1084M. smegmatis, 1084ribothymidine, 1084

TransformationDNA, single-stranded regions of, 1191S. lipoferum, 1425S. pneumoniae, 1191

Transforming deoxyribonucleic acidH. influenzae, 1081proflavine, 1081

TranslationE. coli, 197protein S12, 197

Transposon TnAdeletions from transposition of TnA, 977plasmid R6K, 977

Transposon TnlOrestriction enzyme cleavage map, 681

Transposon Tnl701plasmids, nontransferring, 990

Trichosporon cutaneumphenol metabolism, 13resorcinol metabolism, 13

TrifoliinR. trifolii binding to clover root hair tips, 1362

Tripeptide hydroxamateC. kutscheri, 243

Tryptophan synthase 82 proteinprimary structure, conservation of, 700S. marcescens, 700

udpE. coli promoter-like mutants, 802

Ultraviolet light protectionE. coli, 830

host genotype, 830plasmid R46, 830

uncEE. coli, 711electron transport, 711oxidative phosphorylation, 711

ungE. coli, 1243

Unsaturated fatty acidsN. crassa circadian rhythms, 912

Uracil-containing deoxyribonucleic acidcoliphage treated with sodium bisulfite, 1243E. coli treated with sodium bisulfite, 1243enzymatic degradation, 1243

UreaR. toruloides pyrimidine-ring catabolism, 1145

Uridine (cytidine) kinaseM. mycoides subsp. mycoides pyrimidine

metabolism, 1073Uridine phosphorylase

E. coli promoter-like mutants, 802M. mycoides subsp. mycoides pyrimidine

metabolism, 1073Uridine 5'-monophosphate synthetaseM. mycoides subsp. mycoides pyrimidine

metabolism, 1073uvrC gene function

E. coli, toluene-treated, 397excision repair, 397

Veillonella alcalescensnitrite reduction, 905

Vibrio choleraehybrid sex factor containing ampicillin transposonTnl, 531

Wangiella dermatitidisnuclear division in mutants, 1456

D-Xylose utilizationS. typhimurium, 173

Yeastsamino acid pool mutants, screening for, 1437replica printing, 1437

Yersiniaeiron accumulation, 1290

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Morphology and UltrastructureIntracellular Cyclic GMP-Binding Proteins in Cellular Slime Molds. Josi M.

MATO,* HENRI WOELDERS, AND THEO M. KONIJN ........................ 169

Flagelation and Swinmming Motility of Thermoplasma acidophilum. F. T. BLACK,E. A. FREUNDT,* 0. VINTHER, AND C. CHRISTIANSEN.... 456

Bacteriophage T4D Receptors and the Escherichia coli Cell Wall Structure: Roleof Spherical Particles and Protein b of the Cell Wall in Bacteriophage Infec-tion. JORGE ZORZOPULOS, LLOYD M. KOZLOFF,* VIRGINIA CHAPMAN, ANDSARA DELONG.... 545

Ultrastructure of Rickettsia rhipicephali, a New Member of the Spotted FeverGroup Rickettsiae in Tissues of the Host Vector Rhipicephalus san-guineus. STANLEY F. HAYES* AND WILLY BURGDORFER ... ............... 605

Plant MicrobiologyDerepression of fl-1,3-Glucanases in Penicillium italicum: Localization of the Var-

ious Enzymes and Correlation with Cell Wall Glucan Mobilization and Autol-ysis. TOMAS SANTOS, MIGUEL SANCHEZ, JULIO R. VILLANUEVA, AND CESARNOMBELA* ............................................................ 6

Hydrogen-Dependent Nitrogenase Activity and ATP Formation in Rhizobiumjaponicum Bacteroids. DAVID W. EMERICH,* TOMAS RUIZ-ARGUESO, TEMAY CHING, AND HAROLD J. EVANS.153

Ultrastructure and Cytochemical Localization of Laccase in Two Strains of Leptos-phaerulina briosiana (Polaci) Graham and Luttrell. LOUISE T. SIMON, DEANS. BISHOP, AND GARY R. HOOPER* ...................................... 537

Genetics and Molecular BiologyFertility Factors in Pseudomonas putida: Selection and Properties of High-Fre-

quency Transfer and Chromosomal Donors. MONIQUE HERMANN,* G. K.GARG, AND I. C. GUNSALUS.. 28

Methylation-Dependent DNA Synthesis in Escherichia coli Mediated by DNAPolymerase I. CYNTHIA LARK.. 44

Structural and Functional Analysis of Cloned DNA Segments Containing theReplication and Incompatibility Regions of a Miniplasmid Derived froma Copy Number Mutant of NR1. DEAN P. TAYLOR AND STANLEY N.COHEN* .............................................................. 92

Expression of RNA Polymerase and Ribosome Component Genes in Escherichiacoli Mutants Having Conditionally Defective RNA Polymerases. ROBERTLITTLE AND PATRICK P. DENNIS* ....................................... 115

Effect of 6-(p-Hydroxyphenylazo)-Uracil on the Homologous and HeterologousTransduction Processes in Bacillus subtilis. UMBERTO CANOSI, EUGENIOFERRARI, ARTURO FALASCHI, AND GIORGIO MAZZA* ....................... 124

Tight-Binding Repressors of the lac Operon: Selection and In Vitro Analysis.MAGNUS PFAHL .............................. 137

Transcription and Translation in a Pleiotropic Streptomycin-Resistant Mutant ofEscherichia coli. PATRICK P. DENNIS ..197

Pyrimidine Dimer Excision in Escherichia coli Strains Deficient in ExonucleasesV and VII and in the 5' -* 3' Exonuclease of DNA Polymerase I. JOHN W.

CHASE,* WARREN E. MASKER, AND JANET B. MURPHY .234

Recipient Competence in F'lac Matings of Escherichia coli K-12. JOHN CULLUMAND PAUL BRODA* ..281

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Rifampm-Resistant Mutants of Myxococcus xanthus Defective in Develop-ment. KENNETH RUDD AND DAVID R. ZUSMAN .......................... 295

Isolation and Characterization of an Endogenous Inhibitor of Protein Synthesis inEscherichia coli K-12. VIRGINIA L. CLARK .............................. 340

Escherichia coli K-12 Mutants That Allow Transport of Maltose via the ,8-Galac-toside Transport System. HOWARD A. SHUMAN AND JON BECKWITH*. 365

Genetic Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus RNA Polymerase Mutants. T. 0.MORROW* AND S. A. HARMON. 374

DNA Repair in Bacillus subtilis: Excision Repair Capacity of CompetentCells. RONALD E. YASBIN,* JEFFREY D. FERNWALT, AND PATRICIA I. FIELDS 391

uvrC Gene Function in Excision Repair in Toluene-Treated Escherichiacoli. SURENDRA SHARMA AND ROBB E. MOSES* ......................... 397

Characterization of Amber and Ochre Suppressors in Salmonella typhi-murium. FRED WINSTON,* DAVID BOTSTEIN, AND JEFFREY H. MILLER .... 433

Escherichia coli Mutants Overproducing Phenylalanyl- and Threonyl-tRNA Syn-thetase. J. M. GRULL, H. HENNECKE, J. FROHLER, J. THOMALE, G. NASS,AND A. BOCK* ......................................................... 480

ColEl Hybrid Plasmids for Escherichia coli Genes of Glycolysis and the HexoseMonophosphate Shunt. JENNIFER THOMSON, P. D. GERSTENBERGER, DAN-IEL E. GOLDBERG, EVA GOCIAR, ARMINDA OROZCO DE SILVA, AND D. G.FRAENKEL* ....... ....... .... ...... .... .... ....... 502

Deletion Analysis of the Expression of rRNA Genes and Associated tRNA GenesCarried by a A Transducing Bacteriophage. EDWARD A. MORGAN AND MAS-SAYASU NOMURA* ...................... ..... 507

Flagellar-Phase Variation: Isolation of the rhl Gene. MICHAEL SILVERMAN,*JANINE ZIEG, AND MELVIN SIMON ......... 517

Vibrio cholerae Hybrid Sex Factor That Contains Ampicillin TransposonTnl. STEVEN R. JOHNSON AND W. R. ROMIG .... .... .......... 531

Bacteriophage-Associated Gene Transfer in Pneumococcus: Transduction or Pseu-dotransduction? RONALD D. PORTER, NADJA B. SHOEMAKER, GLENN RAMPE,AND WALTER R. GUILD ....... ................... 556

Isolation and Characterization ofAmber Mutations in the lexA Gene ofEscherichiacoli K-12. LAURA Z. PACELLI, SUSAN H. EDMISTON, AND DAVID W. MOUNT* 568

Organization of Genes for Transcription and Translation in the rif Region of theEscherichia coli Chromosome. MASAYUKI YAMAMOTO AND MASAYASU No-MURA.584

Homology of the Gene Coding for Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Within VariousGram-Negative Bacteria. KENZO NAKAMURA,* ROBERT M. PIRTLE, AND MA-SAYORI INOUYE .......................... .............................. 596

Transfer of Plasmid-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance from Streptococci to Lacto-bacilli. EVELYN M. GIBSON, NINA M. CHACE, SIDNEY B. LONDON, AND JACKLONDON*. 614

Analysis of Nonmotile Mutants of the Dimorphic Bacterium Caulobacter crescen-tus. REID C. JOHNSON AND BERT ELY* ............ 627

Plasmid Copy Number Control: Isolation and Characterization of High-Copy-Num-ber Mutants of Plasmid pE194. BERNARD WEISBLUM,* MADGE YANG GRA-HAM, THOMAS GRYCZAN, AND DAVID DUBNAU ............................ 635

Mutational Evidence for Identity of Penicillin-Binding Protein 5 in Escherichiacoli with the Major D-Alanine Carboxypeptidase IA Activity. MICHIO MAT-SUHASHI,* SHIGEO TAMAKI, SUSAN J. CURTIS, AND JACK L. STROMINGER ... 644

Covalently Closed Circular DNAs in Closely Related Unicellular Cyano-bacteria. REGINALD H. LAU AND W. FORD DOOLITTLE* .. ..... 648

CONTENTS

rorA Mutation of Escherichia coli K-12 Affects the recB Subunit of ExonucleaseV. B. W. GLICKMAN .................................................. 658

Two-Component Nature of Bacteriophage T4 Receptor Activity in Escherichiacoli K-12. ULF HENNING* AND KLAUS JANN ........... .... 664

Method for Isolating Restriction- and Modificationless Mutants of Escherichia coliK-12. LUIGi DEL GIUDICE................... 673

Restriction Endonuclease Cleavage Map of TnlO, a Transposon Which EncodesTetracycline Resistance. RICHARD A. JORGENSEN, DOUGLAS E. BERG, BER-NARD ALLET, AND WILLIAM S. REZNIKOFF*.... 681

Genetic Mapping of a Bacteriophage Resistance Mutation, pha-l, and the thi-1Mutation in Bacillus licheniformis. JOHN B. KOWALSKI AND CURTIS B.THORNE* ............................................................. 689

Simple Method for Identification of Plasmid-Coded Proteins. AZIZ SANCAR,ADELLE M. HACK, AND W. DEAN RUPP*........ 692

Accumulation of Peptidyl tRNA Is Lethal to Escherichia coli. JOHN R. MENNIN-GER .......................................... 694

Dissociation of the NIC Plasmid Aggregate in Pseudomonasputida. R. THACKER*AND I. C. GUNSALUS ............... ........ ................. 697

MembranesEffect of Ethylenediaminetetraacetate on Phospholipids and Outer Membrane

Function in Escherichia coli. K. L. HARDAWAY AND C. S. BULLER* ....... 62Inactivation of Bacteriophages by Protein E, a New Major Membrane Protein

Isolated from an Escherichia coli Mutant. TUU-JYI CHAI* AND JOHN FOULDS 226Mannosyl Transfer by Membranes of Aspergillus niger: Mannosylation of Endog-

enous Acceptors and Partial Analysis of the Products. MICHAEL J. RUDICK 301Effects of Local Anesthetics on Bacterial Cells. M. T. SILVA,* J. C. F. SOUSA, J.

J. POLONIA, AND PAULA M. MACEDO .................................... 461Localization of Proteolytic Activity in the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli. C.

H. MACGREGOR,* C. W. BISHOP, AND J. E. BLECH.574Genetic and Physiological Studies on the Relationship Between Colicin B Resist-

ance and Ferrienterochelin Uptake in Escherichia coli K-12. MARK A. MC-INTOSH, SARA S. CHENAULT, AND CHARLES F. EARHART*.653

Outer Membrane of Serratia marcescens: Apparent Molecular Weights of Heat-Modifiable Proteins in Gels with Different Acrylamide Concentrations. K. B.HELLER.670

Localization of Membrane-Derived Oligosaccharides in the Outer Envelope ofEscherichia coli and Their Occurrence in Other Gram-Negative Bacteria.HOwARD SCHULMAN AND EUGENE P. KENNEDY*.6

Physiology and MetabolismRegulation of Cell Size in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G. C. JOHNSTON,*

C. W. EHRHARDT, A. LORINCZ, AND B. L. A.CARTER. 1Metabolism of Phenol and Resorcinol in Trichosporon cutaneum. ANDRAS GAAL

AND HALINA Y. NEUJAHR.13Cell Wall Teichoic Acid as a Reserve Phosphate Source in Bacillus subtilis. W.

D. GRANT ............................................................. 35Phosphate Transport in Arsenate-Resistant Mutants of Micrococcus lysodeikti-

cus. HANA ALFASI, DEVORAH FRIEDBERG,* AND ILAN FRIEDBERG.69Sodium-Dependent Transport of L-Leucine in Membrane Vesicles Prepared from

Pseudomonas aeruginosa. TOSHIMITSU HOSHINO* AND MAKOTO KAGEYAMA 73

CONTENTS

Effect of Levulinic Acid on Pigment Biosynthesis in Agmenellum quadruplica-tum. J. A. KiPE-NOLT AND S. E. STEVENS, JR.* ... ...................... 146

Regulation of Phenylalanine Oxidase Synthesis in Proteus mirabilis. ANNE-MARIE LABOURE, CLAUDE MANSON, HPLkNE JOUVE, AND JEAN PELMONT* . 161

Utilization ofD-Xylose by Wild-Type Strains ofSalmonella typhimurium. ROBERTP. MORTLOCK* AND DAVID C. OLD ......... ............................. 173

Effects of Aeration on Formation and Localization of the Acetyl Coenzyme ASynthetases of Saccharomyces cerevisicae. HAROLD P. KLEIN* AND LINDAJAHNKE .............................................................. 179

Existence of Carotenoids in Acholeplasma axanthum. PAUL F. SMITH* AND T. A.LANGWORTHY .......................................................... 185

Carbon and Nitrogen Repression of Arginine Catabolic Enzymes in Bacillus sub-tilis. SIMON BAUMBERG* AND COLIN R. HARWOOD ...... ................ 189

Inhibition of Bacillus subtilis Growth and Sporulation by Threonine. DAVID H.LAMB AND KENNETH F. BOrr* .......... ................................ 213

Requirement for Membrane Potential in Active Transport of Glutamine by Esch-erichia coli. CHARLES A. PLATE ......... .............................. 221

Tripeptide Hydroxamate from Corynebacterium kutscheri. W. G. MCCULLOUGH*AND R. S. MERKAL .................................................... 243

Nature of 6-Methylpurine Inhibition and Characterization of Two 6-Methylpurine-Resistant Mutants of Neurospora crassa. LAKSHMI PENDYALA, JANINESMYTH, AND ANGELA M. WELLMAN* ........ ............................ 248

Specificity and Biological Distribution of Coenzyme M (2-MercaptoethanesulfonicAcid). W. E. BALCH AND R. S. WOLFE* ........ ......................... 256

Transport of Coenzyme M (2-Mercaptoethanesulfonic Acid) in Methanobacteriumruminantium. W. E. BALCH AND R. S. WOLFE* .......................... 264

Chemotaxis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. REBECCA C. MOULTON AND THOMASC. MONTIE* ............................... ... ... ............ ......... 274

Relationship of Glycolytic Intermediates, Glycolytic Enzymes, and Ammonia toGlycogen Metabolism During Sporulation in the Yeast Saccharomyces cere-visiae. WILLIAM A. FONZI, MARK SHANLEY, AND DENNIS J. OPHEIM* ..... 285

Incorporation of Phosphatidylglycerol into Murein Lipoprotein in Intact Cells ofSalmonella typhimurium by Phospholipid Vesicle Fusion. PRANAB K. CHAT-TOPADHYAY, JIUNU-SHYONG LAI, AND HENRY C. WU* ...... ............... 309

Biosynthesis and Cellular Distribution of the Two Superoxide Dismutases ofDactylium dendroides. ALLAN R. SHATZMAN AND DANIEL J. KOSMAN* .... 313

Control of Heterocyst and Nitrogenase Synthesis in Cyanobacteria. GARY STACEY,PETER J. BOTrOMLEY, CHASE VAN BAALEN, AND F. ROBERT TABITA* ...... 321

Control of Teichoic Acid Synthesis During Phosphate Limitation. LUIS GLASER*AND ARLEEN LOEWY ............................................. .. 327

Acetate Assimilation Pathway of Methanosarcina barkeri. P. J. WEIMER AND J.G. ZEIKUS* . ........ ............................... 332

ATP Sulfurylase from Penicillium chrysogenum: Is the Internal Level of theEnzyme Sufficient to Account for the Rate of Sulfate Utilization? JOHN R.FARLEY, STEPHANIE MAYER, CAROL J. CHANDLER, AND IRWIN H. SEGEL* .. 350

Isolation of an Iron-Binding Compound from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. CHARLESD. COX* AND REX GRAHAM .... .. ........ ... 357

Regulation of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis by Hydrocarbon Substrates in Mycobacte-rium convolutum. JOSEPH M. ASCENZI AND J. ROBIE VESTAL* ............ 384

Phosphoglucose Isomerase Mutant of Rhizobium meliloti. A. ARIAS,* C. CER-VE*ANSKY, A. GARDIOL, AND G. MARTINEZ-DRETS ................ 409

CONTENTS

a-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Mutant of Rhizobium meliloti. M. J. DUNCANAND D. G. FRAENKEL .............. ................................... 415

Methane Formation and Methane Oxidation by Methanogenic Bacteria. A. J. B.ZEHNDER* AND T. D. BROCK............................................ 420

Uncontrolled Septation in a Cell Division Cycle Mutant of the Fission YeastSchizosaccharomycespombe. MICHELE MINET,* PAUL NURSE, PIERRE THU-RIAUX, AND J. M. MITCHISON........................................... 440

Direct Determination of the Properties of Peptide Transport Systems in Esche-richia coli, Using a Fluorescent-Labeling Procedure. J. W. PAYNE* AND G.BELL ......................................................... 447

Penicillin-Binding Proteins in Proteus Species. SATOSHI OHYA,* MITSUO YAMA-ZAKI, SHINICHI SUGAWARA, AND MICHIO MATSUHASHI ....... ............. 474

Growth of the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas capsulata Chem-oautotrophically in Darkness with H2 as the Energy Source. MICHAEL T.MADIGAN AND HOWARD GEST* ......................................... 524

Regulation of Polyamine and Streptomycin Transport During Stringent and Re-laxed Control in Escherichia coli. JOACHIM-VOLKER HOLTJE .... ......... 661

Effect of Light on the Attachment of Cyanophage AS-1 to Anacystis nidulans. Cs.CSEKE AND G. L. FARKAS* ........... .................................. 667

Relationship Between Phosphate Content and Serological Activities of the Man-nans of Candida albicans Strains NIH A-207, NIH B-792, andJ-1012. YASUHITA OKUBO, YOHIHARU HONMA, AND SHIGEO SUZUKI* ...... 677

Enzymologymeso-a,E-Diaminopimelate D-Dehydrogenase: Distribution and the Reaction Prod-

uct. HARUO MISONo, HITOSHI TOGAWA, TATSUO YAMAMOTO, AND KENJISODA* ............................................................ 22

Purification and Properties of an Inducible ,f-Galactosidase Isolated from the YeastKluyveromyces lactis. ROBERT C. DICKSON,* LESLEY R. DICKSON, AND JEN-NIFER S. MARKIN........................... .......... ............ ...... 51

Characterization of Pyrimidine-Repressible and Arginine-Repressible CarbamylPhosphate Synthetases from Bacillus subtilis. THOMAS J. PAULUS AND ROB-ERT L. SWITZER*...................................................... 82

Further Characterization of the Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phos-phate:Nitrate Oxidoreductase in Aspergillus nidulans. RONALD J. DOWNEY*AND FRANCIS X. STEINER ............ .................................. 105

Characterization of Mutationally Altered Dihydropteroate Synthase and Its Abilityto Form a Sulfonamide-Containing Dihydrofolate Analog. G§TE SWEDBERG,STAFFAN CASTENSSON, AND OLA SKOLD* ....... ......................... 129

Tumor Inhibitory and Non-Tumor Inhibitory L-Asparaginases from Pseudomonasgeniculata. G. BARRIE KITTO,* GALE SMITH, TRAN-QUANG THIET, MARKMASON, AND LOIS DAVIDSON ........................................... 204

Five Different Enzymatic Activities Are Associated with the Multienzyme Complexof Fatty Acid Oxidation from Escherichia coli. AJAY PRAMANIK, SHASHIPAWAR, EDNA ANTONIAN, AND HORST SCHULZ* ...... .................... 469

Isolation, Characterization, and Crystallization of Ribulosebisphosphate Carboxyl-ase from Autotrophically Grown Rhodospirillum rubrum. JOHN V. SCHLOSS,E. F. PHARES, MARY V. LONG, I. LUCILE NORTON, CLAUDE D. STRINGER, ANDFRED C. HARTMAN*.................................................... 490

Purification and Characterization of an Extracellular /3-N-Acetylhexosaminidasefrom Paecilomycespersicinus. LOUIS A. ERIQUEZ* AND MICHAEL A. PISANo 620

CONTENTS

Conservation of Primary Structure of the Pyridoxyl Peptide of Escherichia coliand Serratia marcescens Tryptophan Synthase ,82 Protein. VICTOR ROCHA,*MICHAEL DEELEY, AND IRVING P. CRAWFORD ...... ...................... 700

ErratumEnhancement of Streptococcal Transformation Yield by Proteolytic Enzymes. P.

G. FUCHS AND W. T. DOBRZANSKI ....................................... 704

Volumel37 Contents for February 1979 Number2

Morphology and UltrastructurePossible Involvement of Bacterial Autolytic Enzymes in Flagellar Morphogene-

SiS. JARED E. FEIN ................................................... 933Simplified Preparation of Mycoplasmas, an Acholeplasma, and a Spiroplasma for

Scanning Electron Microscopy. JOSEPH E. GALLAGHER* AND KEITH R.RHOADES ............................................................. 972

Fimbriae of Escherichia coli K-12 Strain AW405 and Related Bacteria. STEVENCLEGG AND DAVID C. OLD* ............................................. 1008

Levallorphan-Tolerant Mutants of Escherichia coli with Altered Morpholo-gies. GERARD FRELAT AND PAUL L. BOQUET* ...... ..................... 1013

Plant MicrobiologyRegulation of Hydrogenase in Rhizobiumjaponicum. ROBERT J. MAIER,* FRANK

J. HANUS, AND HAROLD J. EVANS ......... .............................. 824Crown Gall Teratoma Formation Is Plasmid and Plant Controlled. P. M. GRES-

SHOFF,* MARY L. SKOTNICKI, AND B. G. ROLFE ...... ..................... 1020

Genetics and Molecular BiologyA Fifth Gene (uncE) in the Operon Concerned with Oxidative Phosphorylation in

Escherichia coli. J. A. IOWNIE,* A. E. SENIOR, F. GIBSON, AND G. B. Cox 711A Plasmid in Streptococcus pneumoniae. MICHAEL D. SMITH AND WALTER R.

GUILD* ............................................................... 735Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Membrane Interactions Near the Origin of Replication and

Initiation of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis in Escherichia coli. BRIAN L.CRAINE* AND CLAUD S. RUPERT ......... ............................... 740

Membrane-Bound Deoxyribonucleic Acid from Escherichia coli: Effects of Repli-cation, Protein Synthesis, and Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis. EDNA YAFFE,NILI GROSSMAN, AND ELIORA Z. RON* ........ ........................... 790

Promoter-Like Mutants with Increased Expression of the Escherichia coli UridinePhosphorylase Structural Gene. A. S. MIRONOV* AND V. V. SUKHODOLETS 802

Effect of Host lex, recA, recF, and uvrD Genotypes on the Ultraviolet Light-Protecting and Related Properties of Plasmid R46 in Escherichia coli. NAHIDS. WALEH AND B. A. D. STOCKER* ......... ............................. 830

Biochemical Characterization of Nonintegrated Plasmid-Folded Chromosome Com-plexes: Sex Factor F and the Escherichia coli Nucleoid. JAMES R. MILLERAND BRUCE C. KLINE* ................................................. 885

Selection of Succinic Dehydrogenase Mutants of Neurospora crassa. DAVID L.EDWARDS,* DONNA M. BELSOLE, HOWARD J. GUZIK, AND BARBARA W. UNGER 900

Transposition of a Duplicate Antibiotic Resistance Gene and Generation of Dele-tions in Plasmid R6K. PRISCILLA L. HOLMANS AND ROYSTON C. CLOWES* . 977

CONTENTS

Location of an Ampicillin Resistance Transposon, Tnl 701, in a Group of Small,Nontransferring Plasmids. YOSHIHIKO YAMADA, KATHRYN L. CALAME, JUNEN. GRINDLEY, AND DAI NAKADA*.. 990

Glutamine Synthetase Regulation, Adenylylation State, and Strain SpecificityAnalyzed by Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis. ROBERT A. BENDER ANDSTANLEY L. STREICHER*.... 1000

Increased Levels of Dihydrofolate Reductase in Rifampin-Resistant Mutants ofBacillus subtilis. JAMES F. KANE,* V. J. WAINSCOTT, AND MYRA A. HURT 1028

Synthesis of Ribosomal Proteins During the Cell Cycle of the Yeast Saccharomycescerevisiae. STEVEN G. ELLIOTT, JONATHAN R. WARNER, AND CALVIN S.MCLAUGHLIN * ........................................................ 1048

Amber Suppressor Mutations in Pseudomonas acidovorans. R. A. J. WARREN 1053The relA Locus Specifies a Positive Effector in Branched-Chain Amino Acid

Transport Regulation. STEVEN C. QUAY* AND DALE L. OXENDER 1059Chromosomal Regulation of Sexual Expression in Escherichia coli. TERRY J.

LERNER AND NORTON D. ZINDER* 1063

MembranesProton Translocation in Cytochrome-Deficient Mutants of Escherichia coli. J. J.

BROOKMAN, J. A. DOWNIE, F. GIBSON, G. B. COX,* AND H. ROSENBERG 705Lipoprotein Synthesis in Escherichia coli Spheroplasts: Accumulation of Lipopro-

tein in Cytoplasmic Membrane. HIROSHI KANAZAWA AND HENRY C. WU* 818Separation of Inner and Outer Membranes of Rickettsia prowazeki and Character-

ization of Their Polypeptide Compositions. DEBORAH K. SMITH AND HER-BERT H. WINKLER* 963

Physiology and MetabolismIn Vitro Incorporation of Molybdate into Demolybdoproteins in Escherichia

coli. RANDOLPH H. SCOTT, GEORGE T. SPERL, AND JOHN A. DEMoSS* 719

Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Cocci and Rods of a pH-Dependent, MorphologicallyConditional Mutant of Klebsiella pneumoniae. G. SATTA,* R. FONTANA, P.CANEPARI, AND G. BOTTA 727

Variation in the Structure and Bacteriophage-Inactivatin Capacity of Salmonellaanatum Lipopolysaccharide as a Function of Growth Yemperature. MICHAELMCCONNELL AND ANDREW WRIGHT* ..746

Control of the Receptor for Galactose Taxis in Salmonella typhimurium. MARGA-RET FAHNESTOCK AND D. E. KOSHLAND, JR.* ... ... ..758

Purification and Properties of Acetate Kinase from Acholeplasma laidlawii. ITZ-HAK KAHANE* AND ANDRAS MUHLRAD .. 764

Two Forms of Nitrogenase from the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillumrubrum. ROBERT P. CARITHERS, DUANE C. YOCH, AND DANIEL I. ARNON* 779

Analysis of Corynomycolic Acids and Other Fatty Acids Produced by Corynebac-terium lepus Grown on Kerosene. DAVID G. COOPER,* JAMES E. ZAJIC, ANDD. E. FERGUS GRACEY 795

Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide in Cell Extracts of Pseudomonas carboxydovor-ans. ORTWIN MEYER AND HANS G. SCHLEGEL* .811

High and Selective Resistance to Mecillinam in Adenylate Cyclase-Deficient orCyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate Receptor Protein-Deficient Mutants ofEscherichia coli. RIKIZO AONO,* MAKARI YAMASAKI, AND GAKUZO TAMURA 839

Control of Aldehyde Synthesis in the Luminous Bacterium Beneckea harveyi. S.ULITZUR AND J. W. HASTINGS* ...854

CONTENTS

Diglyceride Kinase Mutants of Escherichia coli: Inner Membrane Association of1,2-Diglyceride and Its Relation to Synthesis of Membrane-Derived Oligosac-charides. CHRISTIAN R. H. RAETZ* AND KARL F. NEWMAN 860

Precursor-Product Relationship of Intracellular and Extracellular LipoteichoicAcids of Streptococcus faecium. ROBERT E. KESSLER AND GERALD D. SHOCK-MAN * 869

Influence of the Lactose Plasmid on the Metabolism of Galactose by Streptococcuslactis. DONALD J. LEBLANC,* VAUGHAN L. CROW, LINDA N. LEE, ANDCLAUDE F. GARON 878

Simultaneous Loss of Multiple Differentiated Functions in Aerial Mycelium-Neg-ative Isolates of Streptomycetes. PEGGY A. REDSHAW, PAMELA A. MCCANN,MICHAEL A. PENTELLA, AND BURTON M. POGELL* 891

Nitrite Reduction in Veillonella alcalescens. DENISE M. YORDY* AND EUGENEA. DELWICHE 905

Circadian Rhythms in Neurospora crassa: Effects of Unsaturated FattyAcids. STUART BRODY* AND STANLEY A. MARTINS.... 912

Physiological Responses of Bacteria to Cytochalasin A: Effects on Growth, Trans-port, and Enzyme Induction. DAVID CUNNINGHAM, DOROTHY SCHAFER,STUART W. TANENBAUM, AND MICHAEL FLASHNER* .. .. .... 925

Peptidoglycan Turnover During Growth of a Bacillus megaterium Dap- Lys-Mutant. CLAUDE FREHEL AND ANTOINETTE RYTER* ........... .... 947

Synthesis of Guanosine Tetra- and Pentaphosphates by the Obligately AnaerobicBacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron in Response to Molecular Oxygen.THOMAS L. GLASS, W. MICHAEL HOLMES, PHILLIP B. HYLEMON,* AND ED-MUND J. STELLWAG .................................................... 956

Differential Inhibition of Bacterial Growth and Hemolysin Production by Lincos-amide Antibiotics. ATEF M. SHIBL* AND IBRAHIM A. AL-SOWAYGH ........ 1022

Effect of Growth Medium on the Relative Polypeptide Composition of CellularOuter Membrane and Relased Outer Membrane Material in Escherichiacoli, MARILYN R. LOEB* AND JAN KILNER .............................. 1031

"Self-Catabolite Repression" of Pectate Lyase in Erwinia carotovora. SHINJITSUYUMU................... 1035

Transport of a-p-Nitrophenylgalactoside by the Lactose Carrier of Escherichiacoli. RESHA M. PUTZRATH* AND T. HASTINGS WILSON ................... 1037

Lipid and Lipopolysaccharide Composition of Escherichia coli Surface-AlteredMutants Selected for Resistance to Levallorphan, Tetracaine, and Poly-myxm. JOHN B. DAME AND BENNETT M. SHAPIRO*. 1043

Microtiter Plate Assay for Sexual Agglutination in the Yeast Hansenulawingei. MARJORIE CRANDALL ............................... 1051

Comparison of the Membrane Composition of Spiroplasma citri and the CornStunt Spiroplasma. J. B. MUDD,* I.-M. LEE, H.-Y. LIU, AND E. C. CALAVAN 1056

EnzymologyCellulases Released During the Germination of Dictyostelium discoideum

Spores. THEODORE H. D. JONES,* MERTXE DE RENOBALES, AND NELLIE PON 752Purification and Properties of the Manganese-Dependent Phosphoglycerate Mutase

of Bacillus subtilis. KAZUHITO WATABE* AND E. FREESE....... 773Acetohydroxy Acid Synthase I of Escherichia coli: Purification and Properties.

HERBERT GRIMMINGER AND H. E. UMBARGER* ........................... 846Nitroalkane Oxidation by Streptomycetes. MOTIRAM R. DHAWALE AND ULFERT

HORNEMANN* ......... ....................................... 916

CONTENTS

Direct Comparison of the Subtilisin-Like Intracellular Protease of Bacillus lichen-iformis with the Homologous Enzymes of Bacillus subtilis. A. YA. STRON-GIN,* Z. T. ABRAmov, N. G. YAROSLAVTSEVA, L. A. BARATOVA, K. A. SHAG-INYAN, L. P. BELYANOVA, AND V. M. STEPANOV ...... .................... 1017

Purification and Properties of Phosphoglycerate Phosphomutase from Spores andCells of Bacillus megaterium. RAVENDRA P. SINGH AND PETER SETLOW* .. 1024

Regulation of N-Acetylglutamate Synthesis in Salmonella typhimurium. AHMEDT. ABDELAL* AND OMANA V. NAINAN ........ ........................... 1040

ErrataIron in Neisseria meningitidis: Minimum Requirements, Effects of Limitation, and

Characteristics of Uptake. FRED S. ARCHIBALD AND I. W. DEVOE ......... 1066Specificity and Regulation of y-Aminobutyrate Transport in Escherichia coli. S.

KAHANE, R. LEVITZ, AND Y. S. HALPERN ................................ 1066

Volume 137 Contents for March 1979 Number3

Morphology and UltrastructureImmunoelectron Microscopic Localization of Penicillinase in Bacillus lichen-

iformis. ARATI GHOSH AND B. K. GHOSH*.... 1374Isolation and Characterization of Protoplasts from Saccharomyces rouxii.

WILFRED N. ARNOLD* AND ROBERT G. GARRISON ........ ...... 1386Electron Microscope Study of the Rod-to-Coccus Shape Change in a Temperature-

Sensitive Rod- Mutant of Bacillus subtilis. I. D. J. BURDETT.1395Axial Filament Involvement in the Motility of Leptospira interrogans. DAVID B.

BROMLEY* AND NYLES W. CHARON.1406Helix Handedness of Leptospira interrogans as Determined by Scanning Electron

Microscopy. OLEG CARLETON, NYLES W. CHARON,* PHILLIP ALLENDER, ANDSUSAN O BRIEN......... 1413

Association of Flexing and Gliding in Flexibacter. BETSY DAYRELL-HART ANDROBERT P. BURCHARD*.1417

Plant MicrobiologyBacterial Polysaccharide Which Binds Rhizobium trifolii to Clover Root

Hairs. FRANK B. DAZZO AND WINSTON J. BRILL*.1362Genetics and Molecular Biology

Features of the Damage Produced by Proflavine on Transforming DeoxyribonucleicAcid. EMILIANO CABRERA-JUAREZ* AND DORA A. SANCHEZ-RINC6N. 1081

Occurrence of 1-Methyladenosine and Absence of Ribothymidine in Transfer Ri-bonucleic Acid of Mycobacterium smegmatis. B. R. VANI, T. RAMAKRISH-NAN,* Y. TAYA, S. NOGUCHI, Z. YAMAIZUMI, AND S. NISHIMURA.1084

Identification ofthe ftsA Gene Product. J. F. LUTKENHAUS* AND W. D. DONACHIE 1088Effect of dna Mutations on the Replication of Plasmid pSC101 in Escherichia coli

K-12. KOHJI HASUNUMA* AND MUTSUO SEKIGUCHI.1095Cloning the spoT Gene of Escherichia coli: Identification of the spoT Gene

Product. GYNHEUNG AN, JUST JUSTESEN, ROBERT J. WATSON, AND JAMESD. FRIESEN*...................... 1100

Isolation and Properties of Escherichia coli K-12 Mutants Impaired in the Utili-zation of y-Aminobutyrate. ESTHER METZER, RUTH LEVITZ, AND YEHESKELS.HALPERN.*.1111

CONTENTS

Properties of Two Cyclic Nucleotide-Deficient Mutants of Neurospora crassa.GARY ROSENBERG AND MARTIN L. PALL*.1140

Chromosome Replication and Cell Division in Plasmid-Containing Escherichia coliB/r. MARTIN WEINBERGER* AND CHARLES E. HELMSTETTER.1151

Synthesis and Modification of Proteins During the Cell Cycle of the Yeast Saccha-romyces cerevisiae. STEVEN G. ELLIOTT AND CALVIN S. MCLAUGHLIN* .... 1185

Single-Stranded Regions in Streptococcus pneumoniae Chromosomal Deoxyribo-nucleic Acid and Their Relation to Transformation. PETER A. DEDDISH ANDARNOLD W.RAVIN*.1191

Gene Dosage Effects on the Synthesis of Maltase in Yeast. DEBORAH BERNHARDTMOWSHOWITZ..... 1200

Arrangement of the Genes Coding for Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acids in Neurosporacrassa. STEPHEN J. FREE,* PHILIP W. RICE, AND ROBERT L. METZENBERG 1219

Mapping of ilvO Loci of Escherichia coli K-12 with Bacteriophage Adilv. DIANAW. PATIN AND DAVID H.CALHOUN*... 1234

Enzymatic Degradation of Uracil-Containing Deoxyribonucleic Acid. V. Survival ofEscherichia coli and Coliphages Treated with Sodium Bisulfite. RHONA R.SIMMONS AND ERROL C. FRIEDBERG*.1243

Salmonella typhimurium newD and Escherichia coli leuC Genes Code for aFunctional Isopropylmalate Isomerase in Salmonella typhimurium-Esche-richia coli Hybrids. PATRICIA N. FULTZ, DEBORAH Y. KWOH, AND JOSTKEMPER*... 1253

Positive Selection of Mutants with Cell Envelope Defects of a Salmonella typhi-murium Strain Hypersensitive to the Products of Genes hisF and hisH. DORAN. ANTON ........................... .......... 1271

Relation Between the Adenylylation State of Glutamine Synthetase and the Expres-sion of Other Genes Involved in Nitrogen Metabolism. RICHARD B. GOLD-BERG* AND ROBERT HANAU.. 1282

Chloramphenicol Resistance Mutation in Escherichia coli Which Maps in theMajor Ribosomal Protein Gene Cluster. GAIL A. BAUGHMAN AND STEPHENR. FAHNESTOCK*...... 1315

Bacterial Fusion Assayed by a Prophage Complementation Test. CARMEN SAN-CEZ-RIVAS* AND ANTHONY J. GARRO.1340

Parameters Governing Bacterial Regeneration and Genetic Recombination AfterFusion of Bacillus subtilis Protoplasts. MAGDA H. GABOR AND ROLLIN D.HOTCHKISS*.1346

Electron Microscopic Study of Bacillus subtilis Protoplast Fusion. CLAUDE FRE-HEL, ANNE-MARIE LHERITIER, CARMEN SANCHEZ-RIVAS, AND PIERRESCHAEFFER*.1354

Enumeration and Identification of IS3 Elements in Escherichia coliStrains. RICHARD C. DEONIER,* R. G. HADLEY, AND MING Hu.1421

Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Mediated Transformation of Spirillum lipoferum. AJIT K.MISHRA,* PAMPA Roy, AND SABITA BHATTACHARYA.1425

Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugar Hydrolase Gene of Salmonella typhimurium: Chro-mosomal Location Determined by Intergeneric Crosses. N. MINTON, J. GUNN,AND I. R. BEACHAM*......... 1428

Association of Tellurium Resistance and Bacteriophage Inhibition Conferred by RPlasmids. DIANE E. TAYLOR* AND ANNE 0. SUMMERS.1430

Screening for Amino Acid Pool Mutants of Neurospora and Yeasts: Replica-Printing Technique. CAROLE L. CRAMER AND ROWLAND H. DAVIS*.1437

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Enhancement of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Polymerase I-Directed Repair Synthesis inToluene-Treated Escherichia coli After Growth in the Presence of Low Levelsof N-Methyl-N'-Nitro-N-Nitrosoguanidine. D. BILLEN* AND G. R. HELLER-MANN.. 1439

Transmission of Mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Neurospora crassa SexualCrosses. CARMEN A. MANNELLA, THAD H. PITTENGER, AND ALAN M. LAM-BOWITZ*.1449

Spectinomycin Dependence in Bacillus subtilis. TINA M. HENKIN, KRISTINE M.CAMPBELL, AND GLENN H. CHAMBLISS ........ ... ......... 1452

Nuclear Division in Temperature-Sensitive Multicellular Mutants of Wangielladermatitidis. ROWENA L. ROBERTS, RuJu J. Lo, AND PAUL J. SZANISZLO* 1456

23S Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid of Macrolide-Producing Streptomycetes ContainsMethylated Adenine. MADGE YANG GRAHAM AND BERNARD WEISBLUM* 1464

MembranesSubstrate Binding Site for Nitrate Reductase of Escherichia coli Is on the Inner

Aspect of the Membrane. JAKOB K. KRISTJANSSON AND THOMAS C. HOL-LOCHER.1227

Physiology and MetabolismCharacterization of the Carbohydrate Component of Fraction I in the Neurospora

crassa Cell Wall. LILIANA CARDEMIL* AND GuIDO PINCHEIRA.1067Enzymes of Pyrimidine Metabolism in Mycoplasma mycoides subsp.

mycoides. ALANA MITCHELL* AND LLOYD R. FINCH.1073Nitrogen Metabolite Repression of Nitrate Reductase in Neurospora

crassa. RAMASWAMY PREMAKUMAR, GEORGE J. SORGER,* AND DINSDALEGOODEN.1119

Enzymes of Agmatine Degradation and the Control of Their Synthesis in Klebsiellaaerogenes. BARBEL FRIEDRICH AND BORIS MAGASANIK*.1127

Morphology-Associated Expression of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide-De-pendent Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Mucor racemosus. JULIUS PETERS*AND PAUL S. SYPHERD 1134

Urea: Obligate Intermediate of Pyrimidine-Ring Catabolism in Rhodosporidiumtoruloides. WILLIAM M. THWAITES,* CRAIG H. DAVIS, NEAL WALLIS-BIG-GART, LILLIAN M. WONDRACK, AND MITCHELL T. ABBOTT.1145

Relationship Between Lysostaphin Endopeptidase Production and Cell Wall Com-position in Staphylococcus staphylolyticus. JOHN M. ROBINSON, JOHN K.HARDMAN, AND GARY L. SLOAN*.1158

Pyridine Nucleotide Cycle of Salmonella typhimurium: Isolation and Characteri-zation of pncA, pncB, and pncC Mutants and Utilization of Exogenous Nico-tinamide Adenine Dinucleotide. JOHN W. FOSTER,* DENNIS M. KINNEY, ANDALBERT G. MOAT 1165

Enzymatic Deacylation of Lipoteichoic Acid by Protoplasts of Streptococcus fae-cium (Streptococcus faecalis ATCC 9790). ROBERT E. KESSLER AND GERALDD.SHOCKMAN* 1176

Release of Lipoteichoic Acid from Streptococcus sanguis: Stimulation of ReleaseDuring Penicillin Treatment. DIANE HORNE* AND ALEXANDER ToMASZ ... 1180

Properties of the Bacillus subtilis Spore Coat. N. K. PANDEY AND A. I. ARON-SON *.1208

Growth Yields and Fermentation Balance of Bacteroides fragilis Cultured inGlucose-Enriched Medium. JOSEPH C. FRANTZ AND R. E. MCCALLUM* .... 1263

Accumulation of Iron by Yersiniae. R. D. PERRY AND R. R. BRUBAKER.*. 1290

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Mechanism of Folate Transport in Lactobacillus casei: Evidence for a ComponentShared with the Thiamine and BiotinTransport Systems. GARY B. HENDER-SON,* EDWARD M. ZEVELY, AND F. M. HUENNEKENS ..... ... ..... 1308

Multiple Intracellular Peptidases in Neurospora crassa. SAI-TEE TAN ANDGEORGE A. MARZLUF* ...................................... 1324

Regulation of Glutamate Dehydrogenases in nit-2 and am Mutants of Neurosporacrassa. ANNE H. DANTZIG,* FRANCIS L. WIEGMANN, JR., AND ALVIN NASON 1333

Fatty Acids in Phospholipids of Cells, Cysts, and Germinating Cysts ofAzotobactervinelandii. CHUNG-JEY Su, R. REUSCH, AND H. L. SADOFF*.. 1434

Incorporation of Synthetic Fatty Acid Analogs into Phospholipids of Escherichiacoli. WILLIAM L. OLSEN,* MOSELIO SCHAECHTER, AND H. GOBIND KHORANA 1443

Addition of Basic Amino Acids Prevents G-1 Arrest of Nitrogen-Starved Culturesof Saccharomyces cerevisiae. TERRANCE G. COOPER,* CINDY BRITTON, LES-LIE BRAND, AND ROBERTA SUMRADA.. 1447

Derepression of Nitrogenase Activity in Glutamine Auxotrophs of Rhodopseudo-monas capsulata. JUDY D. WALL* AND HOWARD GEST... 1459

EnzymologyNgoII, a Restriction Endonuclease from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. DAVID J. CLAN-

TON, W. STUART RIGGSBY, AND ROBERT V. MILLER* .............. 1229