Genetic analysis of the rkp-3 gene region in sinorhizobium meliloti 41: Rkpy directs capsular polysaccharide synthesis to KR5 antigen production

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1422-1430

  Pálvölgyi, Adrienn ^a   Deák, Veronika ^a   Poinsot, Véréna ^b   Nagy, Tibor ^a   Nagy, Enik ^c   Kerepesi, Ildikó ^a   Putnoky, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 70349897306     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-22-11-1422     Document Type: Article

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