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

Flagella stator homologs function as motors for myxobacterial gliding motility by moving in helical trajectories

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Chemosensory signaling controls motility and subcellular polarity in Myxococcus xanthus

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Bacterial tyrosine kinases: evolution, biological function and structural insights

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

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The Non-Flagellar Type III Secretion System Evolved from the Bacterial Flagellum and Diversified into Host-Cell Adapted Systems

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A Myxococcus xanthus Bacterial Tyrosine Kinase, BtkA, Is Required for the Formation of Mature Spores

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Using Superfolder Green Fluorescent Protein for Periplasmic Protein Localization Studies

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Spore formation in Myxococcus xanthus is tied to cytoskeleton functions and polysaccharide spore coat deposition

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The Myxococcus xanthus Spore Cuticula Protein C Is a Fragment of FibA, an Extracellular Metalloprotease Produced Exclusively in Aggregated Cells

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The bacterial actin MreB rotates, and rotation depends on cell-wall assembly

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Myxobacteria gliding motility requires cytoskeleton rotation powered by proton motive force

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Motor-driven intracellular transport powers bacterial gliding motility

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Processive Movement of MreB-Associated Cell Wall Biosynthetic Complexes in Bacteria

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Coupled, Circumferential Motions of the Cell Wall Synthesis Machinery and MreB Filaments in B. subtilis

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Emergence and Modular Evolution of a Novel Motility Machinery in Bacteria

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Global transcriptome analysis of spore formation in Myxococcus xanthus reveals a locus necessary for cell differentiation

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Gliding Motility Revisited: How Do the Myxobacteria Move without Flagella?

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

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

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The Pfam protein families database

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A Microscope Automated Fluidic System to Study Bacterial Processes in Real Time

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Why and How Bacteria Localize Proteins

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The Peptidoglycan Sacculus of Myxococcus xanthus Has Unusual Structural Features and Is Degraded during Glycerol-Induced Myxospore Development

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