A Rhizobium leguminosarum AcpXL mutant produces lipopolysaccharide lacking 27-hydroxyoctacosanoic acid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1841-1850

  Vedam, Vinata ^a   Kannenberg, Elmar L ^a,b   Haynes, Janine G ^c   Sherrier, D Janine ^c   Datta, Anup ^a   Carlson, Russell W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; FATTY ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LIPID A; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROXY ACIDS; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEAS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0037337466     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.6.1841-1850.2003     Document Type: Article

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