The Mechanistic Basis of Myxococcus xanthus Rippling Behavior and Its Physiological Role during Predation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Haiyang ^a   Vaksman, Zalman ^b   Litwin, Douglas B ^b   Shi, Peng ^a   Kaplan, Heidi B ^b   Igoshin, Oleg A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELL SIGNALING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNALING;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; FRUITING BODIES; MECHANISTICS; MEDIATED SIGNALLING; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS CELLS; PERIODIC BANDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES; SELF-ORGANIZE; TRAVELLING WAVES;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; RIPPLING BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84866904221     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002715     Document Type: Article

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