Uncovering the mystery of gliding motility in the myxobacteria

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2011, Pages 21-39

  Nan, Beiyan ^a   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Model; Myxococcus xanthus; Protein localization; Proton motive force

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEMOTACTIC PEPTIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL32; PROTEIN AGLZ; PROTEIN AGMU; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN MGLA; PROTEIN ROMR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FOCAL ADHESION; HYDRATION; MUCILAGE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHOTOTROPHIC, GLIDING, SHEATHED, BUDDING OR APPENDAGED BACTERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TWITCHING MOTILITY; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SECRETORY PATHWAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 80755168321     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: 15452948     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110410-132547     Document Type: Article

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