Cell contact-dependent outer membrane exchange in myxobacteria: Genetic determinants and mechanism

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Pathak, Darshankumar T ^a   Wei, Xueming ^a   Bucuvalas, Alex ^a   Haft, Daniel H ^b   Gerloff, Dietlind L ^c   Wall, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN TRAA; PROTEIN TRAAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MOLECULAR MOTOR; TRAB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

MYXOCOCCALES;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84860588660     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002626     Document Type: Article

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