PssO, a unique extracellular protein important for exopolysaccharide synthesis in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

Biochimie

Volumn 90, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1781-1790

  Marczak, M ^a   Mazur, A ^a   Gruszecki, W I ^a   Skorupska, A ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide; Extracellular protein; Rhizobium; Transport system

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PSSO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; DELETION MUTANT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PSSN GENE; PSSO GENE; PSSP GENE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

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

EID: 55349095338     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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