Importance of unusually modified lipid A in Sinorhizobium stress resistance and legume symbiosis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-80

  Ferguson, Gail P ^a   Datta, Anup ^b   Carlson, Russ W ^c   Walker, Graham C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; HYGROMYCIN; LIPID A; NEOMYCIN;

ACPXL GENE; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IPXXL GENE; LEGUME; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRESS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LIPID A; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 16244401425     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04536.x     Document Type: Article

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