title: New locus important for Myxococcus social motility and development.
abstract: The mts locus in salt-tolerant Myxococcus fulvus HW-1 was found to be critical for gliding motility, fruiting-body formation, and sporulation. The homologous genes in Myxococcus xanthus are also important for social motility and fruiting-body development. The mts genes were determined to be involved in cell-cell cohesion in both myxobacterial species.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, College of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Cui-ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong-wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhi-hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yue-zhong
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D003470:Culture Media; D004247:DNA; D017931:DNA Primers; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D016940:Myxococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D010957:Plasmids; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D017931:DNA Primers; D000362:Agar; D004247:DNA