nsd, a locus that affects the Myxococcus xanthus cellular response to nutrient concentration

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3461-3471

  Brenner, Margaret ^a   Garza, Anthony G ^a,b   Singer, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NSD GENE; NUTRIENT; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMASS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 2442675360     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.11.3461-3471.2004     Document Type: Article

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