Structural characterization of a flavonoid-inducible Pseudomonas aeruginosa A-band-like O antigen of Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234, required for the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6479-6487

  Reuhs, Bradley L ^a   Relić, Biserka ^b,f   Forsberg, L Scott ^c   Marie, Corinne ^b   Ojanen Reuhs, Tuula ^a   Stephens, Samuel B ^c   Wong, Chee Hoong ^b,d,e   Jabbouri, Saïd ^b,g   Broughton, William J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^e Tour de Pathologie IVeme ^*  (Malaysia)

^f CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FLAVONOID; LIPID A; O ANTIGEN; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COWPEA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIXF GENE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NOD GENE; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITROGEN FIXATION; O ANTIGENS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIUM;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIUM SP.; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 24944579968     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6479-6487.2005     Document Type: Article

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