The polarity of myxobacterial gliding is regulated by direct interactions between the gliding motors and the Ras homolog MglA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2015, Pages E186-E193

  Nan, Beiyan ^a   Bandaria, Jigar N ^a   Guoa, Kathy Y ^a   Fan, Xue ^a   Moghtaderi, Amirpasha ^a   Yildiz, Ahmet ^a   Zusman, David R ^a   Greenberg, E Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Gliding motility; Protein dynamics; Single molecule; Sptpalm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MGLA PROTEIN, MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; MOLECULAR MOTOR; RAS PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL BODY; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL BODY; CELL POLARITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; RAS PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84920932972     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421073112     Document Type: Article

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