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TLDR: The dsg and csg mutants produce less activity than thewildtype and the phaseII activity increases more slowly and the normal decrease is delayed, where the dsg mutant shows the same Mcptiming as dsg+.

Abstract: donotsecreteanydetectableMcpwhen108bacteriapercm2werelayered undersubmergeddevelopment conditions. Athighercell densities (Fig. 4A), someactivity is producedbythesemutants,butthatactivitylacksthetwoinitialphasesofDK1622andexhibits onlythe phase III level ofDK1622.The dsg and csg mutants produce less activity than thewildtype. In thecsgmutant, the phaseII activity increasesmore slowly and the normal decrease is delayed, whereasthe dsg mutant shows the same Mcptiming as dsg+ (Fig.