The Myxococcus xanthus rfbABC operon encodes an ATP-binding cassette transporter homolog required for O-antigen biosynthesis and multicellular development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1631-1639

  Guo, Dongchuan ^a   Bowden, M Gabriela ^a   Pershad, Rashmi ^a,b   Kaplan, Heidi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; O ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0029928650     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1631-1639.1996     Document Type: Article

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