Spore formation in Myxococcus xanthus is tied to cytoskeleton functions and polysaccharide spore coat deposition

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 486-505

  Müller, Frank D ^a,c,d   Schink, Christian W ^a,c   Hoiczyk, Egbert ^b   Cserti, Emöke ^a   Higgs, Penelope I ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; COATED VESICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE LOCUS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC LOCI; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84856057493     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07944.x     Document Type: Article

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