The Myxococcus xanthus pilT locus is required for social gliding motility although pili are still produced

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-121

  Wu, Samuel S ^a   Wu, Jie ^a   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PILA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031021830     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.1791550.x     Document Type: Article

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