Demonstration of interactions among Myxococcus xanthus Dif chemotaxis-like proteins by the yeast two-hybrid system

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-252

  Yang, Zhaomin ^a   Li, Zhuo ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Dif; Fibril exopolysaccharide; Myxococcus xanthus; Protein interaction; Yeast two hybrid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIMERIZATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 20044387970     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0767-8     Document Type: Article

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