The Myxococcus xanthus pilQ (sglA) gene encodes a secretin homolog required for type IV pilus biogenesis, social motility, and development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-33

  Wall, Daniel ^a   Kolenbrander, Paul E ^a,b   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECRETIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032901093     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.24-33.1999     Document Type: Article

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