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Differential expression of the three multicopper oxidases from Myxococcus xanthus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2007
Sánchez-Sutil María Celestina, Gómez-Santos Nuria, Moraleda-Muñoz Aurelio, Martins Lígia O, Pérez Juana, Muñoz-Dorado José
Abstract excerpt
Myxococcus xanthus is a soil bacterium that undergoes a unique life cycle among the prokaryotes upon starvation, which includes the formation of macroscopic structures, the fruiting bodies, and the differentiation of vegetative rods into coccoid myxospores. This peculiarity offers the opportunity to study the copper response in this bacterium in two different stages. In fact, M. xanthus vegetative rods exhibit...
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