Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation among Dif chemosensory proteins essential for exopolysaccharide regulation in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4267-4274

  Black, Wesley P ^a   Schubot, Florian D ^a   Li, Zhuo ^a   Yang, Zhaomin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN DIF; PROTEIN DIFC; PROTEIN DIFD; PROTEIN DIFE; PROTEIN DIFG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77956550889     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00403-10     Document Type: Article

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