Novel lipids in Myxococcus xanthus and their role in chemotaxis

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1935-1949

  Curtis, Patrick D ^a   Geyer, Roland ^b,c   White, David C ^b   Shimkets, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UFZ Leipzig Halle ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ACYLGLYCEROPHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID REDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PLSB PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

1-ACYLGLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33747065060     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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