Mutational analysis of genes involved in pilus structure, motility and transformation competency in the unicellular motile cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-73

  Yoshihara, Shizue ^a   Geng, Xiao Xing ^a   Okamoto, Shinobu ^a   Yura, Kei ^b   Murata, Takashi ^a   Go, Mitiko ^b   Ohmori, Masayuki ^a   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Motility; Pilus structure; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803; Transformation; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

CELL MOTILITY; CELL MUTANT; CELL SURFACE; DIRECT DNA UPTAKE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STRAIN; HOMOLOGY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEDYOTIS MANNII; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0035125891     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pce007     Document Type: Article

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