A Myxococcus xanthus bacterial tyrosine kinase, BtkA, is required for the formation of mature spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5853-5857

  Kimura, Yoshio ^a   Yamashita, Shinji ^a   Mori, Yumi ^a   Kitajima, Yuki ^a   Takegawa, Kaoru ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCEROL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 80053588732     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05750-11     Document Type: Note

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