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The asgE locus is required for cell-cell signalling during Myxococcus xanthus development.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Feb 2000
Garza A G, Harris B Z, Pollack J S, Singer M
Abstract excerpt
In response to starvation, Myxococcus xanthus undergoes a multicellular developmental process that produces a dome-shaped fruiting body structure filled with differentiated cells called myxospores. Two insertion mutants that block the final stages of fruiting body morphogenesis and reduce sporulation efficiency were isolated and characterized. DNA sequence analysis revealed that the chromosomal insertions are...
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