Structure of the Mesorhizobium huakuii and Rhizobium galegae Nod factors: A cluster of phylogenetically related legumes are nodulated by rhizobia producing Nod factors with α,β-unsaturated N-acyl substitutions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-237

  Yang, Guo Ping ^a   Debellé, Frédéric ^a   Savagnac, Arlette ^a   Ferro, Myriam ^a   Schiltz, Odile ^a   Maillet, Fabienne ^a   Promé, Danielle ^a   Treilhou, Michel ^a   Vialas, Corinne ^a   Lindstrom, Kristina ^b   Dénarié, Jean ^a   Promé, Jean Claude ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UPS CNRS ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOD FACTOR; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GLYCOSYLATION; LEGUME; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RHIZOBIUM;

ACYLATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; FABACEAE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GLYCOSYLATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0032873702     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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