CbgA, a protein involved in cortex formation and stress resistance in Myxococcus xanthus spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8299-8302

  Tengra, Farah K ^a   Dahl, John L ^b   Dutton, David ^b   Caberoy, Nora B ^a   Coyne, Lia ^b   Garza, Anthony G ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CBGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CBGA GENE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; STRESS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 33751581192     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00578-06     Document Type: Article

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