A calcium-dependent bacterial surface protein is involved in the attachment of rhizobia to peanut roots

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 399-405

  Dardanelli, Marta ^a   Angelini, Jorge ^a   Fabra, Adriana ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Attachment; Crack entry; Peanut; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELLS; ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEINS;

GROWTH PHASES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EDETIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROSCOPY; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIACEAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT ROOTS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0142187643     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-054     Document Type: Article

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