Article
The Myxococcus xanthus pilQ (sglA) gene encodes a secretin homolog required for type IV pilus biogenesis, social motility, and development.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 1999
Wall D, Kolenbrander P E, Kaiser D
Abstract excerpt
The Myxococcus xanthus sglA1 spontaneous mutation was originally isolated because it allowed dispersed cell growth in liquid yet retained the ability to form fruiting bodies. Consequently, most of today's laboratory strains either contain the sglA1 mutation or were derived from strains that carry...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Movement