Effects of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum waaL (rfaL) gene on hydrophobicity, motility, stress tolerance, and symbiotic relationship with soybeans

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 16778-16791

  Noh, Jun Gu ^a   Jeon, Han Eul ^a   So, Jae Seong ^a   Chang, Woo Suk ^b,c  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); O antigen ligase; RfaL; Soybean symbiont bradyrhizobium japonicum; Stress responses; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation; WaaL

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KANAMYCIN; NOVOBIOCIN; O ANTIGEN; STREPTOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITION ZONE; LIPOGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RFAL GENE; SOYBEAN; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ADAPTATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DRUG EFFECTS; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GLYCINE MAX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; NOVOBIOCIN; O ANTIGENS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SOYBEANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84937848621     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160816778     Document Type: Article

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