Site-specific receptor methylation of FrzCD in Myxococcus xanthus is controlled by a tetra-trico peptide repeat (TPR) containing regulatory domain of the FrzF methyltransferase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 724-735

  Scott, Ansley E ^a   Simon, Eric ^b   Park, Samuel K ^a   Andrews, Philip ^b   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; FRZCD PROTEIN; FRZF METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUITING BODY; LIFE CYCLE; METHYLATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC, GLIDING, SHEATHED, BUDDING OR APPENDAGED BACTERIA; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; TETRA;

EID: 46949111352     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06323.x     Document Type: Article

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