The Rhizobium meliloti exoK gene and prsD/prsE/exsH genes are components of independent degradative pathways which contribute to production of low- molecular-weight succinoglycan

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-134

  York, Gregory M ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEPOLYMERASE; GLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030740777     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4481804.x     Document Type: Article

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