Identification and characterization of spdR mutations that bypass the BsgA protease-dependent regulation of developmental gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 765-780

  Hager, Elizabeth ^a   Tse, Hubert ^a,b   Gill, Ronald E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035134860     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02266.x     Document Type: Article

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