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Regulation of Streptomyces development: reach for the sky!
Trends in microbiology - 1 Jul 2006
Claessen Dennis, de Jong Wouter, Dijkhuizen Lubbert, Wösten Han A B
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Streptomyces coelicolor is characterized by a complex life cycle and serves as a model system for bacterial development. After a feeding substrate mycelium has been formed, this filamentous bacterium differentiates by forming aerial hyphae that septate into spores. The bld cascade regulates initiation of aerial growth, whereas the whi genes control spore formation. Recent findings indicate the existence of...
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