Tn5 Mutants of Rhizobium meliloti with an Altered Composition of Polysaccharides and Analysis of Their Symbiotic Properties

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 606-611

  Zatovskaya, T V ^a   Ushakov, K V ^b   Yurgel, S N ^b   Kosenko, L V ^a   Zakharova, I Ya ^a   Simarov, B V ^b  

^a ZABOLOTNY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b All Russ Sci Res Inst Agric M   (Russian Federation)

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