Succinoglycan is required for initiation and elongation of infection threads during nodulation of alfalfa by Rhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 5183-5191

  Cheng, Hai Ping ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; SUCCINOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031661531     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.19.5183-5191.1998     Document Type: Article

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