Production of succinoglycan polymer in Sinorhizobium meliloti is affected by SMb21506 and requires the N-terminal domain of ExoP

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1656-1668

  Jofré, Edgardo ^a   Becker, Anke ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; EXOP PROTEIN, RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SUCCINOGLYCAN;

ALFALFA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 72949085819     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-22-12-1656     Document Type: Article

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