Nla18, a key regulatory protein required for normal growth and development of Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1733-1743

  Diodati, Michelle E ^a   Ossa, Faisury ^b   Caberoy, Nora B ^b,c   Jose, Ivy R ^a   Hiraiwa, Wataru ^a   Igo, Michele M ^a   Singer, Mitchell ^a   Garza, Anthony G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NLA18 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FRUITING BODY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NLA18 GENE; NONHUMAN; NTRC GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGASES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 33644746695     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.5.1733-1743.2006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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