Genetic and functional evidence that Type IV pili are required for social gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 547-558

  Wu, Samuel S ^a   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PILA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029591872     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18030547.x     Document Type: Article

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