cis elements necessary for developmental expression of a Myxococcus xanthus gene that depends on C signaling

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1405-1414

  Viswanathan, Poorna ^a   Kroos, Lee ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CSGA PROTEIN; DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037317371     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1405-1414.2003     Document Type: Article

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