An essential role for actA in acid tolerance of Rhizobium meliloti

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 601-610

  Tiwari, Ravi P ^a   Reeve, Wayne G ^a   Dilworth, Michael J ^a   Glenn, Andrew R ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance gene; Acidity; Rhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029976378     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-3-601     Document Type: Article

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