A chaperone in the HSP70 family controls production of extracellular fibrils in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 5357-5368

  Weimer, Robby M ^a,b   Creighton, Chad ^a   Stassinopoulos, Angela ^a   Youderian, Philip ^a   Hartzell, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CHAPERONE; FIBRILLIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031680540     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.20.5357-5368.1998     Document Type: Article

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