Structural and putative regulatory genes involved in cellulose synthesis in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1253-1262

  Ausmees, Nora ^a   Jonsson, Hans ^a   Höglund, Stefan ^b   Ljunggren, Hans ^a   Lindberg, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cellulose synthesis; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii; Two component regulation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII;

EID: 0032897166     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-5-1253     Document Type: Article

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