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Type IV pili function upstream of the Dif chemotaxis pathway in Myxococcus xanthus EPS regulation.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 2006

Black Wesley P, Xu Qian, Yang Zhaomin

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The developmental bacterium Myxococcus xanthus utilizes gliding motility to aggregate during the formation of multicellular fruiting bodies. The social (S) component of M. xanthus gliding motility requires at least two extracellular surface structures, type IV pili (Tfp) and the fibril polysaccharide or exopolysaccharide (EPS). Retraction of Tfp is proposed to power S motility and EPS from neighbouring cells is...

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PMID: 16856943
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05230.x

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