Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii PssP protein is required for exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and polymerization

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 388-397

  Mazur, Andrzej ^a   Król, Jaroslaw E ^a   Wielbo, Jerzy ^a   Urbanik Sypniewska, Teresa ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide deficient mutant; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PH; PLANT; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035987295     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.4.388     Document Type: Article

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