syrM is involved in the determination of the amount and ratio of the two forms of the acidic exopolysaccharide EPSI in Rhizobium meliloti

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 755-765

  Dusha, Ilona ^a   Oláh, Boglárka ^a   Szegletes, Zsolt ^a   Erdei, László ^a,c   Kondorosi, Ádám ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; SUCCINOGLYCAN;

RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0344564118     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.9.755     Document Type: Article

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