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Pamela J Bonner1, Lawrence J Shimkets.
Abstract
Cohesion of Myxococcus xanthus cells involves interaction of a cell surface cohesin with a component of the extracellular matrix. In this work, two previously isolated cohesion-defective (fbd) mutants were characterized. The fbdA and fbdB genes do not encode the cohesins but are necessary for their production. Both mutants produce type IV pili, suggesting that PilA is not a major cohesin.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16740967 PMCID: PMC1482973 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00237-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490