Four unusual two-component signal transduction homologs, redC to redF, are necessary for timely development in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 8191-8195

  Higgs, Penelope I ^a,d   Cho, Kyungyun ^b   Whitworth, David E ^c   Evans, Lisa S ^c   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MUTANT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDC GENE; REDF GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 28044441091     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.23.8191-8195.2005     Document Type: Article

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