Purification and properties of Myxococcus xanthus C-factor, an intercellular signaling protein.

doi:10.1073/pnas.87.10.3635

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Purification and properties of Myxococcus xanthus C-factor, an intercellular signaling protein.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 May 1990

Kim S K, Kaiser D

Abstract excerpt

C-factor, a Myxococcus xanthus protein that restores the developmental defects of a class of nonautonomous mutants resulting from mutation of the csgA gene, has been purified approximately 1000-fold from starved wild-type cells. The monomeric form of C-factor is a single polypeptide with a molecu...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Cholic Acids
Chromatography, Gel
Chromatography, Ion Exchange
Genes, Bacterial
Kinetics
Molecular Weight
Mutation
Myxococcales
Solubility
Spores, Bacterial
Ultrafiltration

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