Topological and transcriptional analysis of pssL gene product: A putative Wzx-like exopolysaccharide translocase in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii TA1

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Mazur, Andrzej ^a   Marczak, Małgorzata ^a   Król, Jarosław E ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide translocase; Membrane topology; Rhizobium leguminosarum

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII;

EID: 27744562013     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0018-z     Document Type: Article

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