Two Ser/Thr protein kinases essential for efficient aggregation and spore morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1414-1431

  Stein, Emily A ^a   Cho, Kyungyun ^a,b   Higgs, Penelope I ^a,c   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; THREONINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 33744494313     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05195.x     Document Type: Article

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