Global profiling of gene expression during glycerol-induced spore formation in Myxococcus xanthus

ABSTRACT: Myxococcus xanthus is a gram negative rod-shaped delta proteobacterium that differentiates into environmentally resistant spores in response to starvation. Little is known about the sporulation mechanism in part because sporulation occurs in a subpopulation of cells undergoing a lenghtly complex multicellular developmental program. This developmental program requires a solid surface, motility, a minimum population density and a sophisticated network of inter and intra-cellular signals which direct some cells first to aggregate into multicellular fruiting bodies and then to sporulate exclusively within these fruiting bodies. However, it has previously been demonstrated that synchronous conversion of vegetative cells into myxospores can also be triggered in nutrient-rich liquid medium by ad

ORGANISM(S): Myxococcus xanthus

SUBMITTER: Penelope Higgs 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17912 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress