Combinatorial regulation of fmgD by MrpC2 and FruA during Myxococcus xanthus development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1681-1689

  Lee, Jun Seok ^a   Son, Bongjun ^a   Viswanathan, Poorna ^a   Luethy, Paul M ^a   Kroos, Lee ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA FRAGMENT; PHOSPHORUS 32; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRUA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MRPC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FMGA GENE; FMGBC GENE; FMGD GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPOROGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME FACTORS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 79952808956     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01541-10     Document Type: Article

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