Phosphate acquisition components of the Myxococcus xanthus pho regulon are regulated by both phosphate availability and development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1997-2003

  Whitworth, David E ^a   Holmes, Antony B ^b   Irvine, Alistair G ^b   Hodgson, David A ^b   Scanlan, David J ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DOWN REGULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULON;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHOSPHATES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 40449093941     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01781-07     Document Type: Article

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