Reciprocal regulation of the differentiation of Myxococcus xanthus by Pkn5 and Pkn6, eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr protein kinases

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 435-447

  Zhang, Wandong ^a   Inouye, Masayori ^a   Inouye, Sumiko ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0029971544     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02630.x     Document Type: Article

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