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The guanosine nucleotide (p)ppGpp initiates development and A-factor production in myxococcus xanthus.
Genes & development - 1 Apr 1998
Harris B Z, Kaiser D, Singer M
Abstract excerpt
Guanosine 3'-di-5'-(tri)di-phosphate nucleotides [(p)ppGpp], synthesized in response to amino acid limitation, induce early gene expression leading to multicellular fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus. A mutant (DK527) that fails to accumulate (p)ppGpp in response to starvation was found to be blocked in development prior to aggregation. By use of a series of developmentally regulated Tn5lac...
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