Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16291693›Full record

ArticleJournal of bacteriology2005

Four unusual two-component signal transduction homologs, RedC to RedF, are necessary for timely development in Myxococcus xanthus.

Penelope I Higgs, Kyungyun Cho, David E Whitworth, Lisa S Evans, David R Zusman

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Penelope I HiggsDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-3204, USA.
Kyungyun Cho
David E Whitworth
Lisa S Evans
David R Zusman
University of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of Warwick · GBHoseo University · KR

Funding

SENSORY TRANSDUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN A BACTERIUMR01GM020509 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ZUSMAN, DAVID ROBERT · 1985 to 2014
$5.9M
Regulation of Sporulation in Myxococcus xanthusR01GM064463 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ZUSMAN, DAVID ROBERT · 2002 to 2005
$737k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM20509NIGMS NIH HHS GM64463NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM020509NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM064463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We identified a cluster of four two-component signal transduction genes that are necessary for proper progression of Myxococcus xanthus through development. redC to redF mutants developed and sporulated early, resulting in small, numerous, and disorganized fruiting bodies. Yeast two-hybrid analyses suggest that RedCDEF act in a single signaling pathway. The previously identified espA gene displays a phenotype similar to that of redCDEF. However, combined mutants defective in espA redCDEF exhibited a striking additive developmental phenotype, suggesting that EspA and RedC to RedF play independent roles in controlling developmental progression.

Indexed as

Genes, BacterialAmino Acid SequenceHistidine KinaseMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyMutationMyxococcus xanthusProtein KinasesSequence AlignmentSignal TransductionSporesHistidine KinaseProtein Kinases

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PMID16291693
PMCPMC1291262
OpenAlexW2118775278

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