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Nodule development induced by Mesorhizobium loti mutant strains affected in polysaccharide synthesis.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 May 2005
D'Antuono Alejandra L, Casabuono Adriana, Couto Alicia, Ugalde Rodolfo A, Lepek Viviana C
Abstract excerpt
The role of Mesorhizobium loti surface polysaccharides on the nodulation process is not yet fully understood. In this article, we describe the nodulation phenotype of mutants affected in the synthesis of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and beta(1,2) cyclic glucan. M. loti lpsbeta2 mutant produces LPS with reduced amount of O-antigen, whereas M. loti lpsbeta1 mutant produces LPS totally devoid of O-antigen. Both genes...
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- Calcium
- Culture Media
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Lotus
