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The Myxococcus xanthus lipopolysaccharide O-antigen is required for social motility and multicellular development.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Oct 1998

Bowden M G, Kaplan H B

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The gliding bacterium Myxococcus xanthus aggregates to form spore-filled fruiting bodies when nutrients are limiting. Defective fruiting-body formation and sporulation result from mutations in the sasA locus, which encodes the wzm wzt wbgA (formerly rfbABC) lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antigen biosynthesis genes. Mutants carrying these same sasA mutations are defective in social motility and form small glossy...

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PMID: 9791173
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01060.x

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