Developments in defining dif

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4264-4266

  Campodonico, Eva M ^a   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CHEMOTAXIS; FRUITING BODY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; LIFE CYCLE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77956500338     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00700-10     Document Type: Note

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