A Myxococcus xanthus cell density-sensing system required for multicellular development

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 89-95

  Kaplan, Heidi B ^a   Plamann, Lynda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cell density; development; gene expression; Myxobacteria; regulation; signaling

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

CELL DENSITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029938840     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00102-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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