α-Galactoside uptake in Rhizobium meliloti: Isolation and characterization of agpA, a gene encoding a periplasmic binding protein required for melibiose and raffinose utilization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5739-5748

  Gage, Daniel J ^a,b   Long, Sharon R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSIDE; MELIBIOSE; RAFFINOSE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031740291     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5739-5748.1998     Document Type: Article

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