Publications of Penelope I. Higgs

Feeley, B. E.; Bhardwaj, V.; McLaughlin, P. T.; Diggs, S.; Blaha, G. M.; Higgs, P. I.: An amino-terminal threonine/serine motif is necessary for activity of the Crp/Fnr homolog, MrpC and for Myxococcus xanthus developmental robustness. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 112 (5), pp. 1531 - 1551 (2019)

Glaser, M.; Higgs, P. I.: Orphan Hybrid Histidine Protein Kinase SinK Acts as a Signal Integrator To Fine-Tune Multicellular Behavior in Myxococcus xanthus. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 201 (6), e00561 (2019)

Holkenbrink, C.; Hoiczyk, E.; Kahnt, J.; Higgs, P.: Synthesis and Assembly of a Novel Glycan Layer in Myxococcus xanthus Spores. Journal of Biological Chemistry 289 (46), pp. 32364 - 32378 (2014)

Schramm, A.; Lee, B.; Higgs, P. I.: Intra- and Interprotein Phosphorylation between Two-hybrid Histidine Kinases Controls Myxococcus xanthus Developmental Progression. Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 (30), pp. 25060 - 25072 (2012)

Lee, B.; Holkenbrink, C.; Treuner-Lange, A.; Higgs, P. I.: Myxococcus xanthus Developmental Cell Fate Production: Heterogeneous Accumulation of Developmental Regulatory Proteins and Reexamination of the Role of MazF in Developmental Lysis. Journal of Bacteriology 194 (12), pp. 3058 - 3068 (2012)

Müller, F. D.; Schink, C. W.; Hoiczyk, E.; Cserti, E.; Higgs, P. I.: Spore formation in Myxococcus xanthus is tied to cytoskeleton functions and polysaccharide spore coat deposition. Molecular Microbiology 83 (3), pp. 486 - 505 (2012)

Lee, B.; Mann, P.; Grover, V.; Treuner-Lange, A.; Kahnt, J.; Higgs, P. I.: The Myxococcus xanthus Spore Cuticula Protein C Is a Fragment of FibA, an Extracellular Metalloprotease Produced Exclusively in Aggregated Cells. PLoS ONE 6 (12), e28968 (2011)

Muller, F. D.; Treuner-Lange, A.; Heider, J.; Huntley, S. M.; Higgs, P. I.: Global transcriptome analysis of spore formation in Myxococcus xanthus reveals a locus necessary for cell differentiation. BMC Genomics 11, 264 (2010)

Jagadeesan, S.; Mann, P.; Schink, C. W.; Higgs, P. I.: A novel "four-component" two-component signal transduction mechanism regulates developmental progression in Myxococcus xanthus. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 284 (32), pp. 21435 - 21445 (2009)

Lee, B.; Schramm, A.; Higgs, P. I.: Two Component Systems and Regulation of Developmental Progression in Myxococcus xanthus. (2009)

Higgs, P.I.; Jagadeesan, S.; Mann, P.; Zusman, D.R.: EspA, an orphan hybrid histidine protein kinase, regulates the timing of expression of key developmental proteins of Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology 190 (13), pp. 4416 - 4426 (2008)

Stein, E.; Cho, K.; Higgs, P.; Zusman, D.: Two Ser/Thr protein kinases essential for efficient aggregation and spore morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus. Molecular Microbiology 60 (6), pp. 1414 - 1431 (2006)

Higgs, P. I.; Hartzell, P. L.; Holkenbrink, C.; Hoiczyk, E.: Myxococcus xanthus vegetative and developmental cell heterogeneity. In: Myxobacteria: Genomics, Cellular and Molecular Biology, 12, pp. 51 - 77. Horizon Scientific press and Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK (2013)

Munoz-Dorado, J.; Higgs, P. I.; Elías-Arnanz, M.: Abundance and complexity of signaling mechanisms in the myxobacteria. In: Myxobacteria: Genomics, Cellular and Molecular Biology, 12, pp. 127 - 149. Horizon Scientific press and Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK (2013)

Lee, B.; Schramm, A.; Jagadeesan, S.; Higgs, P. I.: TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEMS AND REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRESSION IN MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS. In: METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY, VOL 471: TWO-COMPONENT SIGNALING SYSTEMS, PART C, Vol. 471, pp. 253 - 278. Academic Press, Elsevier, San Diego California USA (2010)

Higgs, P. I.; Merlie, J. P. J.: Myxococcus xanthus: Cultivation, Motility, and Development. In Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation. In: Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation, pp. 465 - 478 (Ed. American Society for Microbiology). ASM Press, Washington (2008)