Changes in the glycosylation pattern at the reducing end of azorhizobial Nod factors affect nodulation efficiency

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-242

  Fernández López, Manuel ^a   D'Haeze, Wim ^a   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Holsters, Marcelle ^a  

^a Lab Genet   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azorhizobium caulinodans; Host range of nodulation; Nod factor glycosylation; Sesbania rostrata

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GLYCOSYLATION; MUTANT; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0344836062     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00528-4     Document Type: Article

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