Spatial organization of Myxococcus xanthus during fruiting body formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9126-9130

  Curtis, Patrick D ^a   Taylor, Rion G ^b   Welch, Roy D ^b   Shimkets, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CSGA PROTEIN; PILA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRUITING BODY; MATURATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PILA;

EID: 37449015484     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01008-07     Document Type: Article

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