The Nla28S/Nla28 two-component signal transduction system regulates sporulation in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 4698-4708

  Sarwar, Zaara ^a   Garza, Anthony G ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASPARAGINE; NLA28S; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 84866334592     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00225-12     Document Type: Article

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