The strategy of Myxococcus xanthus for group cooperative behavior.

doi:10.1023/a:1001554700039

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The strategy of Myxococcus xanthus for group cooperative behavior.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 May 1998

Koch A L

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New evidence has been presented from our laboratory that the gliding bacterium, Myxococcus xanthus, does not home by chemotaxis toward a nutrient source. Our experiments, those of others, and the theory presented here combine to suggest a model, called the 'Pied Piper' model. It hypothesizes a ge...

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Computer Simulation
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, Bacterial
Models, Biological
Mutation
Myxococcus xanthus

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