Pattern formation: Fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 637-642

  Jelsbak, Lars ^a   Søgaard Andersen, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

CELL DENSITY; CELL MOTILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0033647316     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00153-3     Document Type: Review

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