A Highly Polymorphic Receptor Governs Many Distinct Self-Recognition Types within the <italic toggle="yes">Myxococcales</italic> Order

A Highly Polymorphic Receptor Governs Many Distinct Self-Recognition Types within the <italic toggle="yes">Myxococcales</italic> Order

ABSTRACT Self-recognition underlies sociality in many group-living organisms. In bacteria, cells use various strategies to recognize kin to form social groups and, in some cases, to transition into multicellular life. One strategy relies on a single genetic locus that encodes a variable phenotypic t...

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Main Authors: Pengbo Cao, Xueming Wei, Ram Prasad Awal, Rolf Müller, Daniel Wall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
cell surface
cellular transfer
kin recognition
myxobacteria
polymorphism
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02751-18

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02751-18

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