Cell behavior and cell-cell communication during fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 829-839

  Jelsbak, Lars ^a,b   Søgaard Andersen, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C signaling; Fruiting body formation; Gliding motility; M. xanthus; Organized cell movements

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRUITING BODY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0242352429     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.08.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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