A common step for changing cell shape in fruiting body and starvation- independent sporulation of Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3553-3558

  Licking, E ^a,c   Gorski, L ^a,d   Kaiser, D ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Associated Press   (United States)

^d WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; STARVATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCEROL; HEAT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0034119461     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3553-3558.2000     Document Type: Article

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