An adenylyl cyclase, CyaB, acts as an osmosensor in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3593-3598

  Kimura, Yoshio ^a   Ohtani, Mika ^a   Takegawa, Kaoru ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CYAA GENE; CYAB GENE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSENSOR; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPORE GERMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD TYPE;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 18244395068     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.10.3593-3598.2005     Document Type: Article

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