Mutation in the pssB-pssA intergenic region of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii affects the surface polysaccharides synthesis and nitrogen fixation ability

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1565-1574

  Janczarek, Monika ^a   Król, Jarosław ^a   Kutkowska, Jolanta ^a   Mazur, Andrzej ^a   Wielbo, Jerzy ^a   Borucki, Wojciech ^b   Kopcińska, Joanna ^b   Łotocka, Barbara ^b   Urbanik Sypniewska, Teresa ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a,b  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide deficient mutant; Lipopolysaccharides; pssA and pssB genes; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ASSAYS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ROOT NODULES;

MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 18244397239     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-00563     Document Type: Article

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