Cell rejuvenation and social behaviors promoted by LPS exchange in myxobacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 22, 2015, Pages E2939-E2946

  Vassallo, Christopher ^a   Pathak, Darshankumar T ^a,c   Cao, Pengbo ^a   Zuckerman, David M ^b,d   Hoiczyk, Egbert ^b,d   Wall, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusion; Lipopolysaccharide; LpxC; Myxococcus xanthus; Outer membrane

Indexed keywords

LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TRAB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC FITNESS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTAGENESIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84930668475     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1503553112     Document Type: Article

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