chvA locus may be involved in export of neutral cyclic beta-1,2-linked D-glucan from Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

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chvA locus may be involved in export of neutral cyclic beta-1,2-linked D-glucan from Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jan 2000

O'Connell K P, Handelsman J

Abstract excerpt

Extracellular and intracellular neutral beta-1,2-linked D-glucan content was determined in a virulent, attachment-deficient mutants of Agrobacterium tumefaciens that map in the chvA locus. chvA mutants contained approximately the same amount of intracellular glucan as cells of the virulent contro...

Topics

Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Chromatography, Gel
Glucans
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Mutation
Plant Diseases
beta-Glucans

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