Multicellular development in Myxococcus xanthus is stimulated by predator-prey interactions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5675-5682

  Berleman, James E ^a   Kirby, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASGD GENE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRESS; EXPOSURE; FRUITING BODY; MONOCULTURE; MUTANT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELA GENE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARVATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGASES; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 34547645982     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00544-07     Document Type: Article

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