Identification of genes required for adventurous gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus with the transposable element mariner

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 555-570

  Youderian, Philip ^a   Burke, Neal ^b   White, David J ^b   Hartzell, Patricia L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN TOLB; PROTEIN TOLQ; PROTEIN TOLR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

A GENE; AGLU GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CGLB GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MAGELLAN 4 GENE; MGLBA GENE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; S GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; TRANSPOSONS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037824701     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03582.x     Document Type: Article

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