Gliding motility revisited: How do the myxobacteria move without flagella?

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-249

  Mauriello, Emilia M F ^a   Mignot, Tâm ^b   Yang, Zhaomin ^c   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LIPOPROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; FLAGELLUM; FOCAL ADHESION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 77952913996     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00043-09     Document Type: Review

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