Contact stimulation of Tgl and type IV pili in Myxococcus xanthus

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作者：

Wall, D

Wu, SS

Kaiser, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Biochem, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Dev Biol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY | 1998年 / 180卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1128/JB.180.3.759-761.1998

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Myxococcus xanthus tgl mutants lack social motility and type IV pill but can be transiently stimulated to swarm and to make pill by contacting tgl(+) cells. The absence of pill in tgl mutants is shown not to be due to the absence of pilin. The rate of pilus elongation after Tgl stimulation is shown to be similar to the rate of pilus elongation in wild-type cells, using a new more rapid assay for stimulation.

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