Isolation and sequencing of Rhizobium leguminosarum Bv. trifolii PssN, PssO and PssP genes encoding the proteins involved in polymerization and translocation of exopolysaccharide

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Mazur, Andrzej ^a   Król, Jarostaw E ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

exopolysaccharide; pssNOP genes; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOVAR; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA FRAGMENT; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT; HOMOLOGY; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034814034     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425170109042046     Document Type: Article

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