A CRISPR with roles in Myxococcus xanthus development and exopolysaccharide production

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 4036-4043

  Wallace, Regina A ^a   Black, Wesley P ^a   Yang, Xianshuang ^a   Yang, Zhaomin ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSPOSON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUITING BODY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LOCOMOTION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84909991725     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02035-14     Document Type: Article

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