Methylation of FrzCD, a methyl-accepting taxis protein of Myxococcus xanthus, is correlated with factors affecting cell behavior.

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Published in J Bacteriol on July 01, 1992

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M J McBride1, T Köhler, D R Zusman

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1: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

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