The Myxococcus xanthus Nla4 protein is important for expression of stringent response-associated genes, ppGpp accumulation, and fruiting body development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8474-8483

  Ossa, Faisury ^a   Diodati, Michelle E ^b,c   Caberoy, Nora B ^a   Giglio, Krista M ^a   Edmonds, Mick ^a,d   Singer, Mitchell ^b   Garza, Anthony G ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTOR A; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NLA4 GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 36749099361     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00894-07     Document Type: Article

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