A Clp/Hsp100 chaperone functions in Myxococcus xanthus sporulation and self-organization

Jinyuan Yan1, Anthony G Garza, Michael D Bradley

  • 1Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

Journal of Bacteriology
|January 31, 2012
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