Suppressor mutations reveal an NtrC-like response regulator, NmpR, for modulation of Type-IV Pili-dependent motility in Myxococcus xanthus

• Daniel J. Bretl,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

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• Kayla M. Ladd,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Samantha N. Atkinson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America, Department of Bioinformatics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Susanne Müller,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

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• John R. Kirby

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jkirby@mcw.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2612-0479

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