Identification of the cglC, cglD, cglE, and cglF genes and their role in cell contact-dependent gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1940-1949

  Pathak, Darshankumar T ^a   Wall, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CGLC PROTEIN; CGLD PROTEIN; CGLE PROTEIN; CGLF PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 84860585481     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00055-12     Document Type: Article

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