AsgD, a new two-component regulator required for A-signalling and nutrient sensing during early development of Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-281

  Kyungyun, Cho ^a   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; LIFE CYCLE; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPOROGENESIS; STARVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032850473     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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