The Nla6S protein of Myxococcus xanthus is the prototype for a new family of bacterial histidine kinases

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 86-94

  Sarwar, Zaara ^a   Garza, Anthony G ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystobacterineae; Histidine kinase; Myxococcus xanthus fruiting body development; Two component systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NLA6S PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUITING BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NLA6S GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYSTOBACTERINEAE; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 84866762942     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02639.x     Document Type: Article

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