RppA, a transducer homologue, and MmrA, a multidrug transporter homologue, are involved in the biogenesis and/or assembly of polysaccharide in Myxococcus xanthus

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 631-639

  Kimura, Yoshio ^a   Ishida, Saori ^a   Matoba, Hideki ^a   Okahisa, Naoki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CONGO RED; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOGENESIS; CELL AGGLUTINATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL TYPE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; FIBER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 1642372135     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26786-0     Document Type: Review

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