Cloning and characterization of the socA locus which restores development to Myxococcus xanthus C-signaling mutants.

Abstract excerpt

The csgA gene produces an intercellular signal during fruiting body formation of the myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Sporulating pseudorevertants were isolated to allow us to understand the mechanism by which CsgA is perceived by cells and used to regulate developmental gene expression. Two strains, LS559 and LS560, which have closely linked transposon insertions, soc-559 (formerly csp-559) and soc-560...

Topics

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Bacterial Proteins
• Base Sequence
• Cloning, Molecular
• DNA Transposable Elements
• Gene Expression
• Genes, Bacterial
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Myxococcus xanthus
• Signal Transduction