Gliding motility in bacteria: Insights from studies of Myxococcus xanthus

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 621-641

  Spormann, Alfred M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GENE; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; FLEXIBACTER POLYMORPHUS; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMORPHUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032827050     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.3.621-641.1999     Document Type: Article

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