Suppression of a signaling defect during Myxococcus xanthus development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 977-984

  Lee, Keesoo ^a,b   Shimkets, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030043113     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.4.977-984.1996     Document Type: Article

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