Publications of Penelope I. Higgs

Feeley, Brooke E., Bhardwaj, Vidhi, McLaughlin, Patrick T., Diggs, Stephen, Blaha, Gregor M. and Higgs, Penelope I.: (2019) 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.

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

Holkenbrink, C., Hoiczyk, E., Kahnt, J. and Higgs, P.: (2014) Synthesis and Assembly of a Novel Glycan Layer in Myxococcus xanthus Spores, Journal of Biological Chemistry, BETHESDA, AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC, 289 (46), pp. 32364–32378.

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

Lee, B., Holkenbrink, C., Treuner-Lange, A. and Higgs, P. I.: (2012) 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, WASHINGTON, AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY, 194 (12), pp. 3058–3068.

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

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

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

Jagadeesan, Sakthimala, Mann, Petra, Schink, Christian W. and Higgs, Penelope I.: (2009) 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.

Lee, Bongsoo, Schramm, Andreas and Higgs, Penelope I.: Two Component Systems and Regulation of Developmental Progression in Myxococcus xanthus, Methods in Enzymology.

Higgs, P.I., Jagadeesan, S., Mann, P. and Zusman, D.R.: (2008) 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.

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

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

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

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

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