Two localization motifs mediate polar residence of FrzS during cell movement and reversals of Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-372

  Mignot, Tâm ^a,b   Merlie Jr , John P ^a   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FRZS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MOTION; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 34447306608     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05789.x     Document Type: Article

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