The tgl gene: Social motility and stimulation in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4361-4371

  Rodriguez Soto, Jorge P ^a,b   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0030807159     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4361-4371.1997     Document Type: Article

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