Myxococcus xanthus twin-arginine translocation system is important for growth and development

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 387-396

  Kimura, Yoshio ^a   Saiga, Hiroyuki ^a   Hamanaka, Hiroko ^a   Matoba, Hideki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TATB; PROTEIN TATC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FRUITING BODY; GROWTH RATE; HEAT TOLERANCE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRASOUND; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCEROL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 30844437683     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0067-3     Document Type: Article

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