Lipid body formation plays a central role in cell fate determination during developmental differentiation of myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 497-517

  Hoiczyk, Egbert ^a   Ring, Michael W ^b   McHugh, Colleen A ^a   Schwär, Gertrud ^b   Bode, Edna ^b   Krug, Daniel ^b   Altmeyer, Matthias O ^b   Lu, Jeff Zhiqiang ^a   Bode, Helge B ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBON STORAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; STARVATION; STRESS;

LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEOME; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70349924956     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06879.x     Document Type: Article

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