Novel developmental genes, fruCD, of Myxococcus xanthus: Involvement of a cell division protein in multicellular development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3317-3324

  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; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN FRUC; PROTEIN FRUD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; FRUC GENE; FRUD GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037853339     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.11.3317-3324.2003     Document Type: Article

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