Characterization of a Myxococcus xanthus mutant that is defective for adventurous motility and social motility

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4085-4093

  Lancero, Hope ^a   Caberoy, Nora B ^c   Castaneda, Schryl ^a   Li, Yinuo ^a   Lu, Ann ^a   Dutton, David ^c   Duan, Xue Yan ^b   Kaplan, Heidi B ^b   Shi, Wenyuan ^a   Garza, Anthony G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT; O ANTIGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ASSAY; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROSCOPY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIDEORECORDING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 19944407424     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27381-0     Document Type: Article

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