Structural characterization of the symbiotically important low- molecular-weight succinoglycan of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6788-6796

  Wang, Lai Xi ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Pellock, Brett ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCAN; NITROGEN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032721976     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6788-6796.1999     Document Type: Article

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