Two-Component Systems and Regulation of Developmental Progression in Myxococcus xanthus

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 471, Issue , 2010, Pages 253-278

  Lee, Bongsoo ^a   Schramm, Andreas ^a   Jagadeesan, Sakthimala ^b   Higgs, Penelope I ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN KINASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952201463     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)71014-4     Document Type: Chapter

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