Coupling gene expression and multicellular morphogenesis during fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Søgaard Andersen, Lotte ^a   Overgaard, Martin ^a   Lobedanz, Sune ^a   Ellehauge, Eva ^a   Jelsbak, Lars ^a   Rasmussen, Anders Aa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DEVICE; FRUITING BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0037384723     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03399.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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