FruA, a putative transcription factor essential for the development of Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 757-767

  Ogawa, Mari ^a,c   Fujitani, Shoji ^a,d   Mao, Xiaohua ^b   Inouye, Sumiko ^b   Komano, Teruya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029808907     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.d01-1725.x     Document Type: Article

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