Structural characterization of the K antigens from Rhizobium fredii USDA257: Evidence for a common structural motif, with strain-specific variation, in the capsular polysaccharides of Rhizobium spp.

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5366-5371

  Forsberg, L Scott ^a   Reuhs, Bradley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII;

EID: 0030964721     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5366-5371.1997     Document Type: Article

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