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SapB and the chaplins: connections between morphogenetic proteins in Streptomyces coelicolor.
Molecular microbiology - 1 May 2007
Capstick David S, Willey Joanne M, Buttner Mark J, Elliot Marie A
Abstract excerpt
Morphogenesis in the streptomycetes features the differentiation of substrate-associated vegetative hyphae into upwardly growing aerial filaments. This transition requires the activity of bld genes and the secretion of biosurfactants that reduce the surface tension at the colony-air interface enabling the emergence of nascent aerial hyphae. Streptomyces coelicolor produces two classes of surface-active molecules,...
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