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A surface active protein involved in aerial hyphae formation in the filamentous fungus Schizophillum commune restores the capacity of a bald mutant of the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor to erect aerial structures

  1. R. D. Tillotson1,
  2. H. A. B. Wösten2,
  3. M. Richter3,
  4. J. M. Willey1

Article first published online: 1 MAR 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01093.x

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Molecular Microbiology

Molecular Microbiology

Volume 30, Issue 3, pages 595–602, November 1998

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Tillotson, R. D., Wösten, H. A. B., Richter, M. and Willey, J. M. (1998), A surface active protein involved in aerial hyphae formation in the filamentous fungus Schizophillum commune restores the capacity of a bald mutant of the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor to erect aerial structures. Molecular Microbiology, 30: 595–602. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01093.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA.,

  2. 2

    Department of Plant Biology, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands.,

  3. 3

    University of Tübingen, LS Mikrobiologie/Antibiotika, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, Tübingen, Germany.

* J. M. Willey. E-mail biojmw@office.hofstra.edu; Tel. (516) 463 6542; Fax (516) 463 5112.

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