Environmental regulation of exopolysaccharide production in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 599-606

  Mendrygal, Kiprian E ^a   González, Juan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACETYLATION; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIMERIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 17344383530     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.599-606.2000     Document Type: Article

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