Myxococcus cells respond to elastic forces in their substrate.

doi:10.1073/pnas.96.14.8052

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Myxococcus cells respond to elastic forces in their substrate.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Jul 1999

Fontes M, Kaiser D

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Elasticotaxis describes the ability of Myxococcus xanthus cells to sense and to respond to elastic forces within an agar gel on which they rest. Within 5 min of the application of stress, each cell begins to reorient its long axis perpendicular to the stress force. The cells then glide in that direction, and the swarm becomes asymmetric. A quantifiable assay for the strength of elasticotaxis is based on the...

Topics

Agar
Culture Media
Elasticity
Gels
Movement
Myxococcus xanthus
Phenotype
Stress, Mechanical

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PMID: 10393946
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.14.8052
PMCID: PMC22186

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