The cell surface-associated intercellular C-signal induces behavioral changes in individual Myxococcus xanthus cells during fruiting body morphogenesis.

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Fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus depends on ordered changes in cell movements from swarming to aggregation in response to starvation. We show that appropriately starved individual cells change behavior during fruiting body formation. Specifically, from the time of initiation of aggregation, individual wild-type cells began to move with increased gliding speeds, the duration of the mean gliding...

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