Upstream gene of the mgl operon controls the level of MglA protein in Myxococcus xanthus.

Abstract excerpt

The mgl operon contains two open reading frames (ORFs) which are transcribed together. A collection of nonmotile mutants helped to define the downstream ORF as the mglA gene. Single mutations at the mglA locus completely abolish motility. A series of deletion mutations was constructed to determin...

Topics

• Bacterial Proteins
• Blotting, Western
• Cell Movement
• Chromosome Deletion
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
• Genes, Bacterial
• Myxococcus xanthus
• Open Reading Frames
• Operon
• Phenotype
• Plasmids