Characterization of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum galE gene: Its impact on lipopolysaccharide profile and nodulation of soybean

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-249

  Chang, Woo Suk ^a   Park, Kyoung Min ^b,c   Koh, Sung Cheol ^d   So, Jae Seong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Rhizobia; Symbiosis; UDP galactose 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GALE GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEAN; WILD TYPE;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOTS; SOYBEANS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 39649116626     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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