Evolution of novel cooperative swarming in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6953, 2003, Pages 75-78

  Velicer, Gregory J ^a   Yu, Yuen Tsu N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS;

BACTERIA;

PILIN;

BACTERIUM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWARMING; WILD TYPE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; EVOLUTION; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0041909446     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01908     Document Type: Article

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