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Exopolysaccharide-Independent Social Motility of Myxococcus xanthus

Social motility (S motility), the coordinated movement of large cell groups on agar surfaces, of Myxococcus xanthus requires type IV pili (TFP) and exopolysaccharides (EPS). Previous models proposed that this behavior, which only occurred within cell groups, requires cycles of TFP extension and retr...

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Autores principales: Hu, Wei, Hossain, Muhaiminu, Lux, Renate, Wang, Jing, Yang, Zhe, Li, Yuezhong, Shi, Wenyuan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21245931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016102