Myxococcus xanthus has a nutrient-regulated biphasic life cycle forming predatory swarms
in the presence of nutrients and spore-filled fruiting bodies in the absence of nutrients. The …

Histidine-aspartate phosphorelays are employed by two-component signal transduction
family proteins to mediate responses to specific signals or stimuli in microorganisms and …

Myxococcus xanthus is a gram-negative soil bacterium that undergoes development under
starvation conditions. Our previous study identified a new genetic locus, mrp, which is …

The chromosomal inactivation of the unique transcription factor of Streptomyces coelicolor
that displays a cyclic-nucleotide-binding domain, CrpSco, led to a germination-defective …

Prokaryotes and eukaryotes have long been thought to use very different types of kinases
(the His kinases of the 'bacterial'two‐component systems versus the 'eukaryotic'Ser/Thr/Tyr …

Fruiting body development of Myxococcus xanthus is propelled by temporal gene
expression directed via stage-specific intercellular signaling pathways. M. xanthus exhibits …

Proper expression of the dev operon is important for normal development of Myxococcus
xanthus. When starved, these bacteria coordinate their gliding movements to build mounds …

The Gram-negative soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus utilizes its social (S) gliding motility
to move on surfaces during its vegetative and developmental cycles. It is known that S …

The ability to perceive and respond to environmental change is essential to all organisms. In
response to nutrient depletion, cells of the soil-dwelling δ-proteobacterium Myxococcus …

Starvation causes cells in a dense population of Myxococcus xanthus to change their gliding
movements and construct mounds. Short-range C-signaling between rod-shaped cells …