A gene involved in both protein secretion during growth and starvation-induced development encodes a subunit of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase in Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1043-1052

  Laval Favre, Karine ^a   Letouvet Pawlak, Barbara ^a   Friedrich, Thorsten ^c   Alexandre, Joël ^b   Guespin Michel, Janine F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; STARVATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031020047     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2901655.x     Document Type: Article

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