Succinoglycan production by Rhizobium meliloti is regulated through the ExoS-ChvI two-component regulatory system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-26

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GENE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031973432     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.20-26.1998     Document Type: Article

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