Influence of the poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) granule-associated proteins (PhaP1 and PhaP2) on PHB accumulation and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9050-9056

  Wang, Chunxia ^a   Sheng, Xiaoyan ^a   Equi, Raymie C ^a   Trainer, Maria A ^b   Charles, Trevor C ^b   Sobral, Bruno W S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYESTERS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEOME; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 37449003079     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01190-07     Document Type: Article

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