Biosynthesis of Nucleotide Sugar Monomers for Exopolysaccharide Production in Myxococcus Xanthus
<p>Myxococcus xanthus displays social (S) motility, a form of surface motility that is key to the multicellular behaviors of this organism. S motility requires two cellular structures: type IV pili (TFP) and exopolysaccharides (EPS). Previous studies have shown that M. xanthus does not use glu...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35408 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10162007-181119/ |