Molecular cloning and characterization of cgs, the Brucella abortus cyclic β(1-2) glucan synthetase gene: Genetic complementation of Rhizobium meliloti ndvB and Agrobacterium tumefaciens chvB mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4392-4400

  Iñón De Iannino, Nora ^a   Briones, Gabriel ^a,b   Tolmasky, Marcelo ^c   Ugalde, Rodolfo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN SYNTHASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0006987317     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4392-4400.1998     Document Type: Article

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