Regulation of expression of the pilA gene in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7748-7758

  Samuel, S W U ^a,b   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMIC ACID; NUCLEASE S1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY RESPONSE GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PILA;

EID: 15644383107     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.24.7748-7758.1997     Document Type: Article

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