Transcriptome dynamics of the Myxococcus xanthus multicellular developmental program

The bacterium Myxococcus xanthus exhibits a complex multicellular life cycle. In the presence of nutrients, cells prey cooperatively. Upon starvation, they enter a developmental cycle wherein cells aggregate to produce macroscopic fruiting bodies filled with resistant myxospores. We used RNA-Seq tec...

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Main Authors: José Muñoz-Dorado, Aurelio Moraleda-Muñoz, Francisco Javier Marcos-Torres, Francisco Javier Contreras-Moreno, Ana Belen Martin-Cuadrado, Jared M Schrader, Penelope I Higgs, Juana Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/50374