mucS, a gene involved in activation of galactoglucan (EPS II) synthesis gene expression in Rhizobium Meliloti

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 395-400

  Astete, Sabina G ^a   Leigh, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0030198841     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0395     Document Type: Article

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