The rkp-3 gene region of Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm41 contains strain-specific genes that determine K antigen structure

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1395-1403

  Kiss, E ^a   Kereszt, A ^a   Barta, F ^a   Stephens, S ^a   Reuhs, B L ^a   Kondorosi, A ^a   Putnoky, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Pseudaminic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; K ANTIGENS; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0035543161     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2001.14.12.1395     Document Type: Article

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