EspC is involved in controlling the timing of development in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5029-5031

  Lee, Bongsoo ^a,b   Higgs, Penelope I ^b   Zusman, David R ^b   Cho, Kyungyun ^a  

^a Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESPC GENE; FRUITING BODY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; KINETICS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 21844470973     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.5029-5031.2005     Document Type: Article

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