The strategy of Myxococcus xanthus for group cooperative behavior

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-313

  Koch, Arthur L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group hunting strategy; Non chemotactic strategy; Pied Piper model; Reversible mutation; To and fro movement; Unidirectional movement

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0031735698     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001554700039     Document Type: Article

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