AglU, a protein required for gliding motility and spore maturation of Myxococcus xanthus, is related to WD-repeat proteins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 662-678

  White, David J ^a   Hartzell, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 0034061844     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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