Natural transformation of Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2122-2132

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Hu, Wei ^a,b   Lux, Renate ^a   He, Xuesong ^a   Li, Yuezhong ^b   Shi, Wenyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 79955528312     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00041-11     Document Type: Article

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