Hyphal death during colony development in Streptomyces antibioticus: Morphological evidence for the existence of a process of cell deletion in a multicellular prokaryote

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 515-525

  Miguélez, Elisa M ^a   Hardisson, Carlos ^a   Manzanal, Manuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colony development; Hyphal death; Multicellular development; Programmed cell death; Streptomyces antibioticus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLONY FORMATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS; STREPTOMYCINEAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0345346368     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.3.515     Document Type: Article

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