Identification and localization of the tgl protein, which is required for Myxococcus xanthus social motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4372-4381

  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

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0030808285     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4372-4381.1997     Document Type: Article

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