Publications
- Müller FD, Treuner-Lange A, Heider J, Huntley SM, Higgs PI. (2010)
- Global transcriptome analysis of spore formation in Myxococcus xanthus reveals a locus necessary for cell differentiation. BMC Genomics. 2010 Apr 26;11:264.
- Lee B., Schramm A., Jagadeesan S., Higgs P.I. (2010)
- Two-component systems and regulation of developmental progression in Myxococcus xanthus. Methods Enzymol. 471:253-78.
- Jagadeesan S, Mann P, Schink CW, Higgs PI. (2009>
- A novel "four-component" two-component signal transduction mechanism regulates developmental progression in Myxococcus xanthus.J Biol Chem. 2009 284(32):21435-45.
- P.I. Higgs, S. Jagadeesan, P. Mann, and D.R. Zusman (2008)
- EspA, an orphan histidine protein kinase, regulates the timing of expression of key developmental proteins of Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology. Jul;190(13):4416-26 .
- Higgs, P. I., Merlie, J. P., Jr. (2008)
- Myxococcus xanthus: Cultivation, Motility, and Development. In Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation. Whitworth, D. (ed). ASM Press, Washington D. C.
- Emily A. Stein, Kyungyun Cho, Penelope I. Higgs
and David R. Zusman (2006)
- Two Ser/Thr protein kinases essential for efficient aggregation and spore morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus. Molecular Microbiology 60(6), 1414–1431
- Higgs, P.I., Cho, K., Whitworth, D. E, Evans, L. S, and D. R. Zusman (2005)
- Four unusual two-component signal transduction homologs, RedC-F, are necessary for timely development in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 187:8191-8195.
- Lee, B., Higgs, P.I., Zusman, D.R., and K. Cho. (2005)
- EspC is involved in controlling the timing of development in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 187:5029-31.
- Higgs, P.I., Larsen, R.A., and K. Postle. (2002)
- Quantification of known components of the Escherichia coli TonB energy transduction system: TonB, ExbB, ExbD, and FepA. Mol. Microbiol. 44:271-281.
- Higgs, P.I., Letain, T.E., Merriam, K.K., Burke N.S., Park, H., Kang, C., and K. Postle. (2002)
- TonB interacts with nonreceptor proteins in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 184:1640-1648.
- Higgs, P.I., Myers, P.S., and K. Postle. (1998)
- Interactions in the TonB-dependent energy transduction complex: ExbB and ExbD form homomultimers. J. Bacteriol. 180:6031-6038.
