Further studies of the role of cyclic β-glucans in symbiosis. An ndvC mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum synthesizes cyclodecakis- (1 → 3)-β-glucosyl

Plant Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1057-1064

  Bhagwat, Arvind A ^a,b   Mithöfer, Axel ^a,c   Pfeffer, Philip E ^d   Kraus, Christine ^e   Spickers, Nicole ^e   Hotchkiss, Arland ^d   Ebel, Jürgen ^c   Keister, Donald L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; FUNGAL GENETICS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0345624492     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.119.3.1057     Document Type: Article

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