Mutants defective in the production of encapsulin show a tan-phase-locked phenotype in Myxococcus xanthus
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DOI: 10.1007/s12275-019-8683-9
Abstract: Myxococcus xanthus, a myxobacterium, displays phase variation between yellow phase and tan phase. We found that deletion of the encA gene encoding encapsulin and the encF gene encoding a metalloprotease causes formation of tan colonies… read more here.
Keywords: tan phase; phase; myxococcus xanthus; enca encf ... See more keywords