Periplasmic cyclic 1,2-β-glucan in Brucella spp. is not osmoregulated

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1115-1124

  Briones, Gabriel ^a   Iñón De Iannino, Nora ^b   Steinberg, Marcelo ^b   Ugalde, Rodolfo A ^b  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO EZEIZA   (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brucella; Cyclic 1,2 glucan; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCAN; CARBON 14; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ENZYME; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

EID: 1842327490     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1115     Document Type: Article

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