Role of the K-antigen subgroup of capsular polysaccharides in the early recognition process between Rhizobium meliloti and alfalfa leaves

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-123

  Becquart de Kozak, Isabelle ^a   Reuhs, Bradley L ^b   Buffard, Dominique ^a,c   Breda, Colette ^a   Kim, John S ^b   Esnault, Robert ^a,c   Kondorosi, Adam ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

bacterial surface polysaccharides; gene expression; Medicago sativa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031029866     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.1.114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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