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トポロジカルな欠陥は,Myxococcus xanthusコロニーの層形成を促進する

Katherine Copenhagen1, Ricard Alert1,2, Ned S Wingreen1,3

  • 1Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

Nature physics
|September 2, 2025
PubMed
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土壌細菌 Myxococcus xanthusは多細胞構造を形成する. 液晶層の細胞並びは,トポロジカルな欠陥で新しい層の形成を誘導し,果実体の発達を説明します.

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