Ras GTPase-Like Protein MglA, a Controller of Bacterial Social-Motility in Myxobacteria, Has Evolved to Control Bacterial Predation by Bdellovibrio

The putative Poc complex controls two distinctPseudomonas aeruginosapolar motility mechanisms

(2013) Kimberly N. Cowles et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Activity of Bdellovibrio Hit Locus Proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, Links Type IVa Pilus Extrusion/Retraction Status to Prey-Independent Growth Signalling

(2013) Michael J. Capeness et al.   PLoS One

A Versatile Class of Cell Surface Directional Motors Gives Rise to Gliding Motility and Sporulation in Myxococcus xanthus

(2013) Morgane Wartel et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Genome analysis of a simultaneously predatory and prey-independent, novel Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus from the River Tiber, supports in silico predictions of both ancient and recent lateral gene transfer from diverse bacteria

(2012) Laura Hobley et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Predatory activity of Myxococcus xanthus outer-membrane vesicles and properties of their hydrolase cargo

(2012) A. G. L. Evans et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Discovery of an archetypal protein transport system in bacterial outer membranes

(2012) Joel Selkrig et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Wet-surface-enhanced ellipsometric contrast microscopy identifies slime as a major adhesion factor during bacterial surface motility

(2012) A. Ducret et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Dynamic Response Regulator Protein Modulates G-Protein–Dependent Polarity in the Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

(2012) Yong Zhang et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

(2012) Daniela Keilberg et al.   PLoS Genetics

Discrete Cyclic di-GMP-Dependent Control of Bacterial Predation versus Axenic Growth in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

(2012) Laura Hobley et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Structural analysis of the Ras-like G protein MglA and its cognate GAP MglB and implications for bacterial polarity

(2011) Mandy Miertzschke et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Predatory Bdellovibrio Bacteria Use Gliding Motility To Scout for Prey on Surfaces

(2011) C. Lambert et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Two-partner Secretion of Gram-negative Bacteria

(2011) Enguo Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Motor-driven intracellular transport powers bacterial gliding motility

(2011) M. Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emergence and Modular Evolution of a Novel Motility Machinery in Bacteria

(2011) Jennifer Luciano et al.   PLoS Genetics

Effects of site-directed mutagenesis of mglA on motility and swarming of Myxococcus xanthus

(2010) Sarah A Fremgen et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of dynamic polarity switching in bacteria by a Ras-like G-protein and its cognate GAP

(2010) Simone Leonardy et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Shadowing the Actions of a Predator: Backlit Fluorescent Microscopy Reveals Synchronous Nonbinary Septation of Predatory Bdellovibrio inside Prey and Exit through Discrete Bdelloplast Pores

(2010) A. K. Fenton et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of type IV pili in the life cycle of the predator bacterium Bdellovibrio

(2010) K. K. Mahmoud et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A multi-protein complex from Myxococcus xanthus required for bacterial gliding motility

(2010) Beiyan Nan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Bacterial Ras-Like Small GTP-Binding Protein and Its Cognate GAP Establish a Dynamic Spatial Polarity Axis to Control Directed Motility

(2010) Yong Zhang et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Bacterial motility complexes require the actin-like protein, MreB and the Ras homologue, MglA

(2009) Emilia M F Mauriello et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Roles of Multiple Flagellins in Flagellar Formation and Flagellar Growth Post Bdelloplast Lysis in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

(2009) Yoshiko Iida et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Synergistic antitumor activity of oncolytic reovirus and chemotherapeutic agents in non-small cell lung cancer cells

(2009) Shizuko Sei et al.   Molecular Cancer

AglZ regulates adventurous (A-) motility inMyxococcus xanthusthrough its interaction with the cytoplasmic receptor, FrzCD

(2009) Emilia M. F. Mauriello et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of the type IV pili molecular machine by dynamic localization of two motor proteins

(2009) Iryna Bulyha et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Development of a novel system for isolating genes involved in predator-prey interactions using host independent derivatives of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109J

(2008) Adrian A Medina et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist

(2008) A. Dereeper et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH