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Mesorhizobium loti produces nodPQ-dependent sulfated cell surface polysaccharides.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2006
Townsend Guy E, Forsberg Lennart S, Keating David H
Abstract excerpt
Leguminous plants and bacteria from the family Rhizobiaceae form a symbiotic relationship, which culminates in novel plant structures called root nodules. The indeterminate symbiosis that forms between Sinorhizobium meliloti and alfalfa requires biosynthesis of Nod factor, a beta-1,4-linked lipochitooligosaccharide that contains an essential 6-O-sulfate modification. S. meliloti also produces sulfated cell...
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