A Highly Polymorphic Receptor Governs Many Distinct Self-Recognition Types within the <italic toggle="yes">Myxococcales</italic> Order

ABSTRACT Self-recognition underlies sociality in many group-living organisms. In bacteria, cells use various strategies to recognize kin to form social groups and, in some cases, to transition into multicellular life. One strategy relies on a single genetic locus that encodes a variable phenotypic t...

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Main Authors: Pengbo Cao, Xueming Wei, Ram Prasad Awal, Rolf Müller, Daniel Wall
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/91e4c5cd49ee415e8cf2b0afcb9467ca
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