The succinoglycan endoglycanase encoded by exoK is required for efficient symbiosis of Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 with the host plants Medicago truncatula and Medicago sativa (alfalfa)

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1089-1105

  Mendis, Hajeewaka C ^a   Queiroux, Clothilde ^a   Brewer, Tess E ^a   Davis, Olivia M ^a   Washburn, Brian K ^a   Jones, Kathryn M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; SUCCINOGLYCAN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; BIOMASS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84883145511     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-03-13-0087-R     Document Type: Article

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