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1. Kaiser D; Dworkin M. (1975) Gene transfer to myxobacterium by Escherichia coli phage P1. Science 187:653-4. (UI: 75102628)

2. Hodgkin J; Kaiser D. Cell-to-cell stimulation of movement in nonmotile mutants of Myxococcus. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA), 1977, 74:2938-42.

3. Bretscher AP; Kaiser D. (1978) Nutrition of Myxococcus xanthus, a fruiting myxobacterium. J Bacteriol 133:763-8. (UI: 78109371)

4. Martin S; Sodergren E; Masuda T; Kaiser D. (1978) Systematic isolation of transducing phages for Myxococcus xanthus. Virology 88:44-53. (UI: 78230395)

5. Kaiser D. (1978) Genetics of cell interactions in myxobacteria. Birth Defects Original Article Series, 14:391-9. (UI: 78145023)

6. Hagen DC; Bretscher AP; Kaiser D. (1978) Synergism between morphogenetic mutants of Myxococcus xanthus. Dev Biol 64:284-96. (UI: 78239480)

7. Hodgkin J; Kaiser D. (1979) Genetics of gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus (Myxobacterales): genes controlling movement of single cells. Mol Gen Genet 171:167-176.

8. Hodgkin J; Kaiser D. (1979) Genetics of gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus (Myxobacterales): two gene systems control movement. Mol Gen Genet 171:177-191.

9. Kaiser D. (1979) Social gliding is correlated with the presence of pili in Myxococcus xanthus. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 76:5952-6. (UI: 80101539)

10. Kaiser D; Manoil C; Dworkin M. (1979) Myxobacteria: cell interactions, genetics, and development. Annual Review of Microbiology 33:595-639. (UI: 80041207)

11. Manoil C; Kaiser D. (1980) Accumulation of guanosine tetraphosphate and guanosine pentaphosphate in Myxococcus xanthus during starvation and myxospore formation. J Bacteriol 141:297-304. (UI: 80115513)

12. Manoil C; Kaiser D. (1980) Guanosine pentaphosphate and guanosine tetraphosphate accumulation and induction of Myxococcus xanthus fruiting body development. J Bacteriol 141:305-15. (UI: 80115514)

13. Manoil C; Kaiser D. (1980) Purine-containing compounds, including cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate, induce fruiting of Myxococcus xanthus by nutritional imbalance. J Bacteriol 141:374-7. (UI: 80115523)

14. Kuner J; Kaiser D. (1981) Introduction of transposon Tn5 into Myxococcus for analysis of developmental and other non-selectable mutants. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 78:425-9.

15. Kuner J; Avery L; Berg DE; Kaiser D. (1981) Uses of transposon Tn5 in the genetic analysis of Myxococcus xanthus. In D. Schlesinger (ed), Microbiology 1981 (ASM), pp.128-132.

16. Kuner JM; Kaiser D. (1982) Fruiting body morphogenesis in submerged cultures of Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 151:458-61. (UI: 82213716)

17. Shimkets LJ; Kaiser D. (1982) Induction of coordinated movement of Myxococcus xanthus cells. J Bacteriol 152:451-61. (UI: 83007040)

18. Shimkets LJ; Kaiser D. (1982) Murein components rescue developmental sporulation of Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 152:462-70. (UI: 83007041)

19. Shimkets LJ; Gill RE; Kaiser D. (1983) Developmental cell interactions in Myxococcus xanthus and the spoC locus. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 80:1406-10.

20. LaRossa R; Kuner J; Hagen D; Manoil C; Kaiser D. (1983) Developmental cell interactions of Myxococcus xanthus: analysis of mutants. J Bacteriol 153:1394-404. (UI: 83135591)

21. Sodergren E; Kaiser D. (1983) Insertions of Tn5 near genes that govern stimulatable cell motility in Myxococcus. J Mol Biol 167:295-310. (UI: 83241755)

22. Sodergren E; Cheng Y; Avery L; Kaiser D. (1983) Recombination in the vicinity of insertions of transposon Tn5 in Myxococcus xanthus. Genetics 105:281-91.

23. Kaiser D; Crosby C. (1983) Cell movement and its coordination in swarms of Myxococcus xanthus. Cell Motility 3:227-45.

24. Avery L; Kaiser D. (1983) In situ transposon replacement and isolation of a spontaneous tandem genetic duplication. Mol Gen Genet 191:99-109. (UI: 83296981)

25. Avery L; Kaiser D. (1983) Construction of tandem genetic duplications with defined endpoints in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol Gen Genet 191:110-7. (UI: 83296959)

26. Kaiser D. (1984) Genetics of Myxobacteria. In E Rosenberg (ed), Myxobacteria: Development and Cell Interactions (New York: Springer), pp. 163-84.

27. Kroos L; Kaiser D. (1984) Construction of Tn5 lac, a transposon that fuses lacZ expression to exogenous promoters, and its introduction into Myxococcus xanthus. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 81:5816-20. (UI: 85014858)

28. Kaiser D. (1984) Regulation of multicellular development in Myxobacteria. In Losick and Shapiro (eds.), Microbial Development (Cold Spring Harbor), pp. 197-218.


29. Dworkin M; Kaiser D. (1985) Cell interactions in myxobacterial growth and development. Science 230:18-24. (UI: 85300525)

30. Kaiser D; Kroos L; Kuspa A. (1985) Cell interactions govern the temporal pattern of Myxococcus development. Cold Spring Harbor Symp Quant Biol 50:823-30. (UI: 86163041)

31. Kroos L; Kuspa A; Kaiser D. (1986) A global analysis of developmentally regulated genes in Myxococcus xanthus. Dev Biol 117(1):252-66. (UI: 86301515)

32. Kuspa A; Kroos L; Kaiser D. (1986) Intercellular signaling is required for developmental gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus. Dev Biol 117:267-76. (UI: 86301516)

33. Kaiser D. (1986) Control of multicellular development: Dictyostelium and Myxococcus. Ann Rev Genet 20:539-66. (UI: 87126684)

34. Stephens K; Kaiser, D. (1987). Genetics of gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus: molecular cloning of the mgl locus. Mol Gen Genet 207:256-66.

35. Kroos L; Kaiser D. (1987) Expression of many developmentally regulated genes in Myxococcus depends on a sequence of cell interactions. Genes and Devel 1:840-54. (UI: 88112825)

36. Kroos L; Hartzell P; Stephens K; Kaiser D. (1988) A link between cell movement and gene expression argues that motility is required for cell-cell signaling during fruiting body development. Genes and Devel 2:1677-85. (UI: 89108001)

37. Stephens K; Hartzell P; Kaiser D. (1989) Gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus: mgl locus, RNA, and predicted protein products. J Bacteriol 171:819-30. (UI: 89123159)

38. Kaiser D. (1989) Multicellular development in Myxobacteria. In D.A. Hopwood and K.F. Chater (eds.), Genetics of Bacterial Diversity (London: Harcourt Brace), pp. 243-63.

39. Kuspa A; Kaiser D. (1989) Genes required for developmental signalling in Myxococcus xanthus: three asg loci. J Bacteriol 171:2762-72. (UI: 89213968)

40. Mayo KA; Kaiser D. (1989) asgB, a gene required early for developmental signalling, aggregation, and sporulation of Myxococcus xanthus. Mol Gen Genet 218:409-18. (UI: 90066344)

41. Cheng Y; Kaiser D. (1989) dsg, a gene required for cell-cell interaction early in Myxococcus development. J Bacteriol 171:3719-26. (UI: 89291715)

42. Cheng Y; Kaiser D. (1989) dsg, a gene required for Myxococcus development, is necessary for cell viability. J Bacteriol 171:3727-31. (UI: 89291716)

43. Kuspa A; Vollrath D; Cheng Y; Kaiser D. (1989) Physical mapping of the Myxococcus xanthus genome by random cloning in yeast artificial chromosomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 86:8917-21. (UI: 90046900)

44. Kroos L; Kuspa A; Kaiser D. (1990) Defects in fruiting body development caused by Tn5 lac insertions in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 172:484-7. (UI: 90094261)

45. Kim SK; Kaiser D. (1990) C-factor: a cell-cell signaling protein required for fruiting body morphogenesis of M. xanthus. Cell 61:19-26. (UI: 90199893)

46. Kim SK; Kaiser D. (1990) Purification and properties of Myxococcus xanthus C-factor, an intercellular signaling protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 87:3635-9. (UI: 90251611)

47. Kim SK; Kaiser D. (1990) Cell motility is required for the transmission of C-factor, an intercellular signal that coordinates fruiting body morphogenesis of Myxococcus xanthus. Genes and Devel 4:896-904. (UI: 90346289)

48. Kim SK; Kaiser D. (1990) Cell alignment required in differentiation of Myxococcus xanthus. Science 249:926-8. (UI: 90364414)

49. Kaplan HB; Kuspa A; Kaiser D. (1991) Suppressors that permit A-signal-independent developmental gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 173:1460-70. (UI: 91139588)

50. Kim SK; Kaiser D. (1991) C-factor has distinct aggregation and sporulation thresholds during Myxococcus development. J Bacteriol 173:1722-8. (UI: 91154128)

51. Kimsey HH; Kaiser D. (1991) Targeted disruption of the Myxococcus xanthus orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase gene: effects on growth and fruiting-body development. J Bacteriol 173:6790-7. (UI: 92041561)

52. Hartzell P; Kaiser D. (1991) Function of MglA, a 22-kilodalton protein essential for gliding in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 173:7615-24. (UI: 92041675)

53. Hartzell P; Kaiser D. (1991) Upstream gene of the mgl operon controls the level of MglA protein in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 173:7625-35. (UI: 92041676)

54. Kim SK. (1991) Intercellular signaling in Myxococcus development: the role of C factor. Trends in Genetics. 7:361-5.

55. Kaiser D. (1991) Genetic systems in myxobacteria. Methods in Enzymology, 204:357-72. (UI: 92048618)


56. Kimsey HH; Kaiser D. (1992) The orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase gene of Myxococcus xanthus. Comparison to the OMP decarboxylase gene family. J Biol Chem 267:819-24. (UI: 92112814)

57. Plamann L; Kuspa A; Kaiser D. (1992) Proteins that rescue A-signal-defective mutants of Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 174:3311-8. (UI: 92250427)

58. Kuspa A; Plamann L; Kaiser D. (1992) Identification of heat-stable A-factor from Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 174:3319-26. (UI: 92250428)

59. Kim SK; Kaiser D; Kuspa A. (1992) Control of cell density and pattern by intercellular signaling in Myxococcus development. Ann Rev Microbiol 46:117-39. (UI: 93073707)

60. Kuspa A; Plamann L; Kaiser D. (1992) A-signalling and the cell density requirement for Myxococcus xanthus development. J Bacteriol 174:7360-9. (UI: 93054352)

61. Sager B; Kaiser D. (1993) Two cell-density domains within the Myxococcus xanthus fruiting body. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 90:3690-4. (UI: 93234563)

62. Russo-Marie F; Roederer M; Sager B; Herzenberg LA; Kaiser D. (1993) Beta-galactosidase activity in single differentiating bacterial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 90:8194-8. (UI: 93376770)

63. Sager B; Kaiser D. (1993) Spatial restriction of cellular differentiation. Genes and Devel 7:1645-53. (UI: 93380641)

64. Kaiser D. (1993) Roland Thaxter's legacy and the origins of multicellular development. Genetics 135:249-54. (UI: 94063466)

65. Thony-Meyer L; Kaiser D. (1993) devRS, an autoregulated and essential genetic locus for fruiting body development in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 175:7450-62. (UI: 94042921)

66. Cheng YL; Kalman LV; Kaiser D. (1994) The dsg gene of Myxococcus xanthus encodes a protein similar to translation initiation factor IF3. J Bacteriol 176:1427-33. (UI: 94156849)

67. Kalman LV; Cheng YL; Kaiser D. (1994) The Myxococcus xanthus dsg gene product performs functions of translation initiation factor IF3 in vivo. J Bacteriol 176:1434-42. (UI: 94156850)

68. Sager B; Kaiser D. (1994) Intercellular C-signaling and the traveling waves of Myxococcus. Genes and Development 8:2793-804. (UI: 95087881)

69. Singer M; Kaiser D. (1995) Ectopic production of guanosine penta- and tetraphosphate can initiate early developmental gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus. Genes and Devel 9:1633-44. (UI: 95354935)

70. Keseler IM; Kaiser D. (1995) An early A-signal-dependent gene in Myxococcus xanthus has a sigma 54-like promoter. J Bacteriol 177:4638-44. (UI: 95370140)

71. Wu SS; Kaiser D. (1995) Genetic and functional evidence that type IV pili are required for social gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol Microbiol 18:547-58. (UI: 96342383)

72. Spormann AM; Kaiser AD. (1995) Gliding movements in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 177:5846-52. (UI: 96011371)

73. Sogaard-Andersen L; Slack FJ; Kimsey H; Kaiser D. (1996) Intercellular C-signaling in Myxococcus xanthus involves a branched signal transduction pathway. Genes and Development 10:740-54. (UI: 96178541)

74. Sogaard-Andersen L; Kaiser D. (1996) C factor, a cell-surface-associated intercellular signaling protein, stimulates the cytoplasmic Frz signal transduction system in Myxococcus xanthus. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 93:2675-9. (UI: 96181465)

75. Kaiser D. (1996) Bacteria Also Vote. Science 272:1598-9. (UI: 96247310)

76. Wu SS; Kaiser D. (1996) Markerless deletions of pil genes in Myxococcus xanthus generated by counterselection with the Bacillus subtilis sacB gene. J Bacteriol 178:5817-21. (UI: 96422018)

77. Wu SS; Wu J; Kaiser D. (1997) The Myxococcus xanthus pilT locus is required for social gliding motility although pili are still produced. Mol Microbiol 23:109-21. (UI: 97157946)

78. Losick R; Kaiser D. (1997) Why and how bacteria communicate. Scientific American 276(2): 68-73. (UI: 97153832)

79. Keseler IM; Kaiser D. (1997) Sigma-54, a vital protein for Myxococcus xanthus. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 94:1979-84. (UI: 97203172)

80. Rodriguez-Soto JP; Kaiser D. (1997) The tgl gene: social motility and stimulation in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 179:4361-71. (UI: 97352696)

81. Rodriguez-Soto JP; Kaiser D. (1997) Identification and localization of the Tgl protein, which is required for Myxococcus xanthus social motility. J Bacteriol 179:4372-81 (UI: 97352697)

82. Wu SS; Kaiser D. (1997) Regulation of expression of the pilA gene in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 179:7748-58. (UI: 98062206)

83. Wall D; Wu SS; Kaiser D. (1998) Contact stimulation of Tgl and type IV pili in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 180:759-61. (UI: 98117065)


84. Wall D; Kaiser D. (1998) Alignment enhances the cell-to-cell transfer of pilus phenotype. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 95:3054-58. (UI: 98169495)

85. Wu SS; Wu J; Cheng YC; Kaiser D. (1998) The pilH gene encodes an ABC transporter homolog required for type IV pilus biogenesis and social gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol Microbiol 29:1249-61.

86. Gorski, L.; Kaiser, D. (1998) Targeted Mutagenesis of Sigma-54 Activator Proteins in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol.180(22):5896-5905.

87. Wall, D., Kolenbrander, P.E. & Kaiser, AD. (1999) Myxococcus xanthus pilQ (sglA) gene encodes a seretin homolog required for type IV biogenesis, S motility and development. J. Bacteriol. 1999 181(1): 24-33.

88. Spormann, A. M.&Kaiser, D.(1999) Gliding mutants of Myxococcus xanthus with high reversal frequencies and small displacements. J. Bacteriol.181(8):2593-2601.

89. Wall D & Kaiser, AD. (1999) Type IV pili and cell motility.(MicroReview) Molecular Microbiogy. 1999 32(1), 1-10.

 


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