Biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharide galactoglucan in Sinorhizobium meliloti is subject to a complex control by the phosphate-dependent regulator PhoB and the proteins ExpG and MucR

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 603-611

  Rüberg, Silvia ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Becker, Anke ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

PHO box; Phosphate regulation; Rhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0033022629     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-3-603     Document Type: Article

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