Myxococcus xanthus sasN encodes a regulator that prevents developmental gene expression during growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6215-6223

  Xu, Di ^a   Yang, Chun ^a   Kaplan, Heidi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031726441     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.180.23.6215-6223.1998     Document Type: Article

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