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physics.bio-ph2015★ 60 cited
Mechanism for collective cell alignment in Myxococcus xanthus bacteria
Rajesh Balagam, Oleg A. Igoshin
Myxococcus xanthus cells self-organize into aligned groups, clusters, at various stages of their lifecycle. Formation of these clusters is crucial for the complex dynamic multi-cel…
physics.bio-ph2014
Myxococcus xanthus gliding motors are elastically coupled to the substrate as predicted by the focal adhesion model of gliding motility
Rajesh Balagam, Douglas B. Litwin, Fabian Czerwinski +4
Myxococcus xanthus is a model organism for studying bacterial social behaviors due to its ability to form complex multi-cellular structures. Knowledge of M. xanthus surface gliding…