Are there lateral as well as polar engines for A-motile gliding in myxobacteria?

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5336-5341

  Kaiser, Dale ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFALEXIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN AGLZ; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROFILAMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPOSON;

FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; MYXOCOCCALES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

MYXOCOCCALES;

EID: 68949160949     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00486-09     Document Type: Short Survey

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