Myxococcus xanthus is a prokaryotic model system for the study of multicellular
development and the response to blue light. The previous analyses of these processes and …

Cell contact-mediated C signaling coordinates morphogenesis and gene expression during
development of Myxococcus xanthus. One promoter that depends on C signaling for …

This chapter focuses primarily on transcriptional regulation of developmental genes. While
the identification of developmentally regulated Myxococcus xanthus genes continues, now …

The BsgA protease of Myxococcus xanthus is an intracellular protease closely related to the
Lon protease of Escherichia coli. BsgA is required for normal levels of developmentally …

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a central hub where secreted or membrane-bound
proteins are maturated and folded properly in eukaryotes. Maintenance of ER homeostasis …

The Myxococcus xanthus gene, pkn9, encodes a protein that contains significant homology
with eukaryotic Ser/Thr protein kinases. The pkn9 gene was singled out of a previously …

Rhodococcus equi is a soil bacterium and, like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a member of
the mycolata. Through possession of a virulence plasmid, it has the ability to infect the …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a human fungal pathogen that undergoes a dimorphic
transition from a unicellular yeast to multicellular hyphae during opposite sex (mating) and …

CdnL is an essential RNA polymerase (RNAP)-binding activator of rRNA transcription in
mycobacteria and myxobacteria but reportedly not in Bacillus. Whether its function and …

Abstract The Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin orchestrates
sexual reproduction, stress responses, and virulence via branched downstream pathways in …