Swimming motility mutants of marine Synechococcus affected in production and localization of the S-layer protein SwmA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1111-1114

  McCarren, J ^a,b   Brahamsha, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SWMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; SWMA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARINE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SWIMMING; SYNECHOCOCCUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 63449134020     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01401-08     Document Type: Article

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