Bacterial development: evidence for very short umbilical cords.
Higher eukaryotes have channels, such as gap junctions and plasmodesmata, that allow intercellular communication. Recent studies on endospore formation in Bacillus subtilis suggest that an analogous structure may exist in prokaryotes.
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. kroos@msu.edu
D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000502:physiology
D012808:Sigma Factor