Synthesis and assembly of a novel glycan layer in Myxococcus xanthus spores

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 32364-32378

  Holkenbrink, Carina ^a,d   Hoiczy, Egbert ^b   Kahnt, Jörg ^a   Higgs, Penelope I ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MACHINERY; POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIATION PROCESS; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; GLYCINE PEPTIDES; MINOR COMPONENTS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; STORAGE COMPOUNDS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; PROTEIN EXO; PROTEIN NFS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; O ANTIGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPOROGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; O ANTIGENS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84911092068     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.595504     Document Type: Article

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