Branched-chain fatty acids: the case for a novel form of cell-cell signalling during Myxococcus xanthus development.

Abstract excerpt

The esg locus is required for the formation of multicellular fruiting bodies and spores by the developmental bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Studies have suggested that esg mutants are defective in the production of an essential signal (E-signal) used in cell-cell communication and that E-signalling is required for the expression of many developmental genes. Recently we have determined that the esg locus encodes...

Topics

• Amino Acids, Branched-Chain
• Apoptosis
• Fatty Acids
• Keto Acids
• Models, Biological
• Mutation
• Myxococcus xanthus
• Oxidoreductases
• Signal Transduction
• Spores