NodZ of Bradyrhizobium extends the nodulation host range of Rhizobium by adding a fucosyl residue to nodulation signals

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 397-408

  López Lara, Isabel M ^a,e   Blok Tip, Leonore ^b   Quinto, Carmen ^d   Garcia, Minviluz L ^c   Stacey, Gary ^c   Bloemberg, Guido V ^a   Lamers, Gerda E M ^a   Lugtenberg, Ben J J ^a   Thomas Oates, Jane E ^b   Spaink, Herman P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; FUCOSYLATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE SOJA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; SOJA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 9544246868     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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