title: Intercellular signalling in Stigmatella aurantiaca.
abstract: The myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca is a prokaryotic model used to study intercellular signalling and the genetic determination of morphogenesis. Signalling factors and genes required for the generation of the elaborate multicellular fruiting body are to be identified. Recently, the structure of stigmolone, which is the pheromone necessary for fruiting body formation, was elucidated, and genes involved in development were characterised. Progress has also been made in the genetic accessibility of S. aurantiaca.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany. wplaga@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Plaga
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ulrich
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes; D010675:Pheromones / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020606:Stigmatella aurantiaca / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D010675:Pheromones; C114906:stigmolone