Characterization of Rhizobium leguminosarum exopolysaccharide glycanases that are secreted via a type I exporter and have a novel heptapeptide repeat motif

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1691-1699

  Finnie, Christine ^a,b   Zorreguieta, Angeles ^a   Hartley, Nigel M ^a   Downie, J Allan ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; HEPTAPEPTIDE; NITROGEN; NONAPEPTIDE; PECTATE LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE;

EID: 0031919405     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1691-1699.1998     Document Type: Article

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