Mutations of the act promoter in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1836-1844

  Gronewold, Thomas M A ^a,c   Kaiser, Dale ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA 54 ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA 54 RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTA GENE; ACTB GENE; ACTE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; FRUITING BODY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 33947404017     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01618-06     Document Type: Article

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