Identification of a plasmid-borne locus in Rhizobium etli KIM5s involved in lipopolysaccharide O-chain biosynthesis and nodulation of Phaseolus vulgaris

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5606-5614

  Vinuesa, Pablo ^a   Reuhs, Bradley L ^b   Breton, Christelle ^c   Werner, Dietrich ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; EPIMERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLYASE; MONOSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; TRISACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEAN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOCCULATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0032851570     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5606-5614.1999     Document Type: Article

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