The guanosine nucleotide (p)ppGpp initiates development and A-factor production in Myxococcus xanthus

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1022-1035

  Harris, Baruch Z ^a   Kaiser, Dale ^b   Singer, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A factor; Guanosine tetraphosphate; Myxococcus xanthus development; Re1A; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

FACTOR A; GUANOSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STARVATION; STRESS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032054844     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.7.1022     Document Type: Article

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