Role of two novel two-component regulatory systems in development and phosphatase expression in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1376-1383

  Moraleda Muñoz, Aurelio ^a   Carrero Lérida, Juana ^a   Pérez, Juana ^a   Muñoz Dorado, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PHOP2 PROTEIN; PHOP3 PROTEIN; PHOR2 PROTEIN; PHOR3 PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PPH1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOP2 GENE; PHOP3 GENE; PHOR2 GENE; PHOR3 GENE; PLASMID; PPH1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; OPERON; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037315038     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1376-1383.2003     Document Type: Article

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