Global mutational analysis of NtrC-like activators in myxococcus xanthus: Identifying activator mutants defective for motility and fruiting body development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6083-6094

  Caberoy, Nora B ^a   Welch, Roy D ^b   Jakobsen, Jimmy S ^b   Slater, Steven C ^c   Garza, Anthony G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Monsanto Protein Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NTRC PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; FRUITING BODY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHENOTYPE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0141960322     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6083-6094.2003     Document Type: Article

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