Extracellular glycanases of Rhizobium leguminosarum are activated on the cell surface by an exopolysaccharide-related component

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1304-1312

  Zorreguieta, Angeles ^a   Finnie, Christine ^a,b   Downie, J Allan ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SURFACE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0033977083     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.5.1304-1312.2000     Document Type: Article

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