Regulation of Exopolysaccharide Production in Myxococcus Xanthus

The surface gliding motility of Myxococcus xanthus is required for a multicellular developmental process initiated by unfavorable growth conditions. One form of the M. xanthus surface motility, social (S) gliding, is mediated by the extension and retraction of polarly localized type IV pili (Tfp). B...

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Main Author: Black, Wesley P.
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30250
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12232005-042454/