Effects of ionic and osmotic strength on the glucosyltransferase of Rhizobium meliloti responsible for cyclic β-(1,2)-glucan biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1290-1297

  Ingram Smith, Cheryl ^a   Miller, Karen J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCAN; BETAINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031977633     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1290-1297.1998     Document Type: Article

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