Myxococcus xanthus sasS encodes a sensor histidine kinase required for early developmental gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7759-7767

  Yang, Chun ^a   Kaplan, Heidi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0030733948     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.24.7759-7767.1997     Document Type: Article

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