How myxobacteria glide

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 369-377

  Wolgemuth, Charles ^a   Hoiczyk, Egbert ^b   Kaiser, Dale ^c   Oster, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUCUS; MYXOCOCCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUCUS; MYXOCOCCUS; ORGANELLES;

EID: 0037022531     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00716-9     Document Type: Article

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