Lack of galactose or galacturonic acid in Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 exopolysaccharide leads to different symbiotic responses in soybean

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1592-1604

  Quelas, Juan Ignacio ^a   Mongiardini, Elías J ^a   Casabuono, Adriana ^b   López García, Silvina L ^a   Althabegoiti, M Julia ^a   Covelli, Julieta M ^a   Pérez Giménez, Julieta ^a   Couto, Alicia ^b   Lodeiro, Aníbal R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; GALACTURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SOYBEANS; SYMBIOSIS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM USDA 110; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 78649492063     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-05-10-0122     Document Type: Article

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