Sibling rivalry in Myxococcus xanthus is mediated by kin recognition and a polyploid prophage

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 994-1004

  Dey, Arup ^a,b   Vassallo, Christopher N ^a   Conklin, Austin C ^a   Pathak, Darshankumar T ^a,c   Troselj, Vera ^a   Wall, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; GENOMIC DNA; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYXOCOCCUS FULVUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROPHAGE; TARGET CELL; ANTIBIOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE DOSAGE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROPHAGES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84960429563     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00964-15     Document Type: Article

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