Triple mutants uncover three new genes required for social motility in Myxococcus xanthus.

doi:10.1534/genetics.107.076182

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Triple mutants uncover three new genes required for social motility in Myxococcus xanthus.

Genetics - 1 Sept 2007

Youderian Philip, Hartzell Patricia L

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The bacterium Myxococcus xanthus glides over surfaces using two different locomotive mechanisms, called S (social) and A (adventurous) motility that enable cells to move both as groups and as individuals. Neither mechanism involves flagella. The functions of these two motors are coordinated by the activity of a small Ras-like protein, encoded by the mglA gene. The results of previous studies of a second-site...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Genes, Bacterial
Heptoses
Lipid A
Lipopolysaccharides
Methyltransferases
Molecular Sequence Data
Movement
Mutation
Myxococcus xanthus
Phenotype
Recombination, Genetic

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PMID: 17660550
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.076182
PMCID: PMC2013723

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