The act operon controls the level and time of C-signal production for Myxococcus xanthus development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 744-756

  Gronewold, T M A ^a   Kaiser, D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTA PROTEIN; ACTB PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTA GENE; ACTB GENE; ACTC GENE; ACTD GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DELETION MUTANT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0035007193     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02428.x     Document Type: Article

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