Differential effects of chemoreceptor methylation-domain mutations on swarming and development in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-55

  Astling, David P ^a   Lee, Josephine Y ^a   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; METHYLATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PENTANOLS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLVENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 31944441149     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04926.x     Document Type: Article

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