(Since 2001):

DE Whitworth, A Millard, DA Hodgson, PF Hawkins (2008) Protein-protein interactions between two-component system transmitter and receiver domains of Myxococcus xanthus. Proteomics 8(9), 1839-1842. (Abstract)

DE Whitworth, AB Holmes, AG Irvine, DA Hodgson, DJ Scanlan (2008) P-acquisition components of the Myxococcus xanthus Pho regulon are 2 regulated by both P-availability and development. J Bacteriol. 190(6), 1997-2003. (Abstract)

DE Whitworth and PJA Cock (2008) Two-component systems of the myxobacteria: structure, diversity and evolutionary relationships. Microbiol. (UK) 154, 360-372. (Abstract)

S Schneiker, O Perlova, 51 other authors, DE Whitworth, S Wilhelm, C Wittmann, A Pühler, and R Müller (2007) Complete sequence of the largest known bacterial genome from the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum. Nature Biotechnol. 25, 1281-1289. (Abstract)

PJA Cock and DE Whitworth (2007) Evolution of prokaryotic two-component signalling pathways: gene fusions and fissions. Mol. Biol. Evol. 24, 2355-2357. (Abstract)

PJA Cock and DE Whitworth (2007) Evolution of gene overlaps: relative reading frame bias in prokaryotic two-component system genes. J. Mol. Evol. 64, 457-462. (Abstract)

DE Whitworth (Ed.). Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation (2007). ASM Press, Washington DC. Buy it now!

DE Whitworth and PJA Cock (2007). Myxobacterial Two-Component Systems. In: Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation (DE Whitworth, ed), ASM Press, Washington DC. pp169-189. Buy it now!

VD Pham, CW Shebelut, IR Jose, DA Hodgson, DE Whitworth, M Singer (2006) The response regulator PhoP4, is required for late developmental events in Myxococcus xanthus. Microbiology (UK). 152, 1609-1620. (Abstract)

• New Scientist ran a short article (issue 2516, p19) on this research in 2005.

PI Higgs, K Cho, DE Whitworth, LS Evans, DR Zusman (2005). Four unusual two-component signal transduction homologs, RedC-F, are necessary for timely development in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 187, 8191-8195. (Abstract)

DE Whitworth, SJ Bryan, AE Berry, SJ McGowan, DA Hodgson (2004). Genetic dissection of the light-inducible carQRS promoter region of Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 186, 7836-7846. (Abstract)

S Doss, C Groger, T Knauber, DE Whitworth, A Treuner-Lange (2004). Comparative genomic analysis of signal transduction proteins in clostridia. in Handbook on Clostridia, P Durre (ed.), CRC Press. pp. 561-583.

DF Browning, DE Whitworth, DA Hodgson (2003). Light-induced carotenogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus: functional characterization of the ECF sigma factor CarQ and antisigma factor CarR. Molecular Microbiology 48, 237-251. (Abstract)

DE Whitworth, DA Hodgson (2001). Light-induced carotenogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus: evidence that CarS acts as an anti-repressor of CarA. Molecular Microbiology 42, 809-819. (Abstract)