The eff-482 locus of Sinorhizobium meliloti CXM1-105 that influences symbiotic effectiveness consists of three genes encoding an endoglycanase, a transcriptional regulator and an adenylate cyclase

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1032-1044

  Sharypova, L A ^a   Yurgel, S N ^a   Keller, M ^b   Simarov, B V ^a   Puhler A ^b   Becker, A ^b  

^a All Russia Res Inst Agric M   (Russian Federation)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cAMP; Repressor; Rhizobium meliloti; Rhizobium legume symbiosis; Succinoglycan degradation

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CONTIG; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BREVIBACTERIUM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARTHROBACTER NICOTIANAE; BREVIBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0032767058     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051052     Document Type: Article

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