The pilH gene encodes an ABC transporter homologue required for type IV pilus biogenesis and social gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1249-1261

  Wu, Samuel S ^a,b   Wu, Jie ^a   Cheng, Yvonne L ^a   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PILI, SEX; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

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

EID: 0031709457     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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