Myxococcus xanthus dif genes are required for biogenesis of cell surface fibrils essential for social gliding motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 5793-5798

  Yang, Z ^a   Ma, X ^a   Tong, L ^a   Kaplan, H B ^a   Shimkets, L J ^a   Shi, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AGGLUTINATION; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOTAXIS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033808729     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.20.5793-5798.2000     Document Type: Article

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