Phase variation in Myxococcus xanthus yields cells specialized for iron sequestration.

Phase variation in Myxococcus xanthus yields cells specialized for iron sequestration.

Myxococcus xanthus undergoes phase variation during growth to produce predominantly two colony phenotypes. The majority are yellow colonies containing swarm-proficient cells and a minority are tan colonies containing swarm-deficient cells. Comparison of the transcriptomes of a yellow variant, a tan...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Dziewanowska, Matthew Settles, Samuel Hunter, Ingrid Linquist, Faye Schilkey, Patricia L Hartzell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3986340?pdf=render

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