Seawater-regulated genes for two-component systems and outer membrane proteins in myxococcus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2102-2111

  Pan, Hong Wei ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Liu, Ting ^a   Li, Cheng Yun ^a   Li, Zhi Feng ^a   Cai, Ke ^a   Zhang, Cui Ying ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Hu, Wei ^a   Wu, Zhi Hong ^a   Li, Yue Zhong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SEA WATER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUITING BODY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYXOCOCCUS FULVUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYXOCOCCUS;

MYXOCOCCUS; MYXOCOCCUS FULVUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 64049112239     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01556-08     Document Type: Article

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