Analysis of dofA, a fruA-dependent developmental gene, and its homologue, dofB, in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6803-6810

  Horiuchi, Takayuki ^a,b   Akiyama, Takuya ^a   Inouye, Sumiko ^b   Komano, Teruya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DOFA; PROTEIN DOFB; PROTEIN FRUA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036955842     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.24.6803-6810.2002     Document Type: Article

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