Quantifying aggregation dynamics during Myxococcus xanthus development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5164-5170

  Zhang, Haiyang ^a   Angus, Stuart ^b   Tran, Michael ^b   Xie, Chunyan ^a   Igoshin, Oleg A ^a   Welch, Roy D ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CINERADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROCINEMATOGRAPHY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 80053615760     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05188-11     Document Type: Article

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