The wzm gene located on the pRhico plasmid of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 is involved in lipopolysaccharide synthesis

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 791-804

  Lerner, Anat ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CONGO RED; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOSACCHARIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OSTERIX; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLASMID; PLEIOTROPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STARVATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT ROOT;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; ZEA MAYS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 64049118992     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.021824-0     Document Type: Article

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