Genetics of gliding motility and development in Myxococcus xanthus.
Genetics of gliding motility and development in Myxococcus xanthus.
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黄色粘球菌滑动运动和发育的遗传学。
DOI:
10.1007/bf02529977
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Youderian,P
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文献类型:
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作者:
Hartzell,PL;Youderian,P
Successful development in multicellular eukaryotes requires cell-cell communication and the coordinated spatial and temporal movements of cells. The complex array of networks required to bring eukaryotic development to fruition can be modeled by the development of the simpler prokaryoteMyxococcus xanthus. As part of its life cycle,M. xanthusforms multicellular fruiting bodies containing differentiated cells. Analysis of the genes essential forM. xanthusdevelopment is possible because strains with mutations that block development can be maintained in the vegetative state. Development inM. xanthusis induced by starvation, and early events in development suggest that signaling, stages have evolved to monitor the metabolic state of the developing cell. In the absence of these signals, which include amino acids, α-keto acids, and other intermediary metabolites, the ability of cells to differentiate into myxospores is impaired. Mutations that block genes controlling gliding, motility disrupt the morphogenesis of fruiting bodies and sporogenesis in surprising ways. In this review, we present data that encourage future genetic and biochemical studies of the relationships between motility, cell-cell signaling, and development inM. xanthus.