Exploitative and Hierarchical Antagonism in a Cooperative Bacterium

Francesca Fiegna; Gregory J Velicer

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030370

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Exploitative and Hierarchical Antagonism in a Cooperative Bacterium

Francesca Fiegna,

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tüebingen, Germany
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Gregory J Velicer

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gregory.velicer@tuebingen.mpg.de

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tüebingen, Germany
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Exploitative and Hierarchical Antagonism in a Cooperative Bacterium

Francesca Fiegna,
Gregory J Velicer

Published: November 1, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030370

About the Authors

Francesca Fiegna

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tüebingen, Germany

Gregory J Velicer

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gregory.velicer@tuebingen.mpg.de

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tüebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

GJV conceived the experiments. FF and GJV designed and performed the experiments, and analyzed the data. GJV contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. FF and GJV wrote the paper.

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