The Myxococcus xanthus developmentally expressed asgB-dependent genes can be targets of the A signal-generating or A signal-responding pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6628-6631

  Gabriela Bowden, M ^a   Kaplan, Heidi B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 10344228759     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6628-6631.1996     Document Type: Article

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