Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 loss-of-function deletion mutation in chvl and its phenotypic characteristics

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-160

  Wang, Chunxia ^a   Kemp, Jocelyn ^a   Da Fonseca, Isabel O ^a   Equi, Raymie C ^a   Sheng, Xiaoyan ^a   Charles, Trevor C ^b   Sobral, Bruno W S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCCINOGLYCAN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOME; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

FLAGELLA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOME; SEQUENCE DELETION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 75749096303     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-23-2-0153     Document Type: Article

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