Characterization of ndvD, the third gene involved in the synthesis of cyclic β-(1→3),(1→6)-D-glucans in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1008-1016

  Chen, Rongji ^a,b   Bhagwat, Arvind A ^a   Yaklich, Robert ^a   Keister, Donald L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

glucans; Bradyrhizobium; Nitrogen fixation; Soybean

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; GENES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OSMOSIS;

MUTATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BETA GLUCAN; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC BETA (1-3),(1-6) DEXTRO GLUCAN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCANS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOYBEANS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0242684464     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-099     Document Type: Article

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