Myxobacterial tools for social interactions

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 579-591

  Pathak, Darshankumar T ^a   Wei, Xueming ^a   Wall, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell signaling; Fruiting body; Membrane fusion; Protein transfer; Surface receptor; Type IV pilus

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYBRID PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SECRETIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOINFORMATICS; BORRELIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; FRUITING BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY CARBON SOURCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUORUM SENSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOROGENESIS; STARVATION; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; LIPID METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 84870762022     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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