Sinorhizobium meliloti mutants deficient in phosphatidylserine decarboxylase accumulate phosphatidylserine and are strongly affected during symbiosis with Alfalfa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6846-6856

  Vences Guzmán, Miguel Angel ^a   Geiger, Otto ^a   Sohlenkamp, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSD GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CDPDIACYLGLYCEROL-SERINE O-PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PLANT ROOTS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 53849086807     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00610-08     Document Type: Article

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