Targeted mutagenesis of σ54 activator proteins in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5896-5905

  Gorski, Lisa ^a   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; KANAMYCIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; HYBRIDIZATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTAGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; MUTAGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031596247     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5896-5905.1998     Document Type: Article

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