Bacterial motility: Secretory secrets of gliding bacteria

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1998, Pages

  Youderian, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032482372     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70264-7     Document Type: Article

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