Fibrils as extracellular appendages of bacteria: Their role in contact-mediated cell-cell interactions in Myxococcus xanthus

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 590-595

  Dworkin, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL ORGANELLE; MUTAGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; ORGANELLES;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033166055     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199907)21:7<590::AID-BIES7>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Review

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