A Response Regulator Interfaces between the Frz Chemosensory System and the MglA/MglB GTPase/GAP Module to Regulate Polarity in Myxococcus xanthus

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Keilberg, Daniela ^a   Wuichet, Kristin ^a   Drescher, Florian ^a   Søgaard Andersen, Lotte ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN FRZ; PROTEIN MGLA; PROTEIN MGLB; PROTEIN ROMR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOSENSORY SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 84866941249     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002951     Document Type: Article

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