BrgE is a regulator of Myxococcus xanthus development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 762-773

  Pham, Vinh D ^a   Shebelut, Conrad W ^a   Zumstein, Erin J ^a   Singer, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BRGE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE SDEK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUITING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 22644434849     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04726.x     Document Type: Article

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