Mutation in the pssM gene encoding ketal pyruvate transferase leads to disruption of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae-Pisum sativum symbiosis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 731-742

  Ivashina, T V ^a,b   Fedorova, E E ^c   Ashina, N P ^a   Kalinchuk, N A ^d   Druzhinina, T N ^d   Shashkov, A S ^d   Shibaev, V N ^d   Ksenzenko, V N ^b  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

exopolysaccharide; rhizobia; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; METABOLITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; GENES ENCODING; LOCALISED; PISUM SATIVUM; PYRUVATES; REPEATING UNIT; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

GLUCOSE;

ACETAL; KETAL PYRUVATE TRANSFERASE; PYRUVIC ACID; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL INVASION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PLANT CELL; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; SATIVUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 77954526126     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04702.x     Document Type: Article

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