THE ACETYL SUBSTITUENT OF SUCCINOGLYCAN IS NOT NECESSARY FOR ALFALFA NODULE INVASION BY RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI RM1021

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REUBER, TL [1 ]
WALKER, GC [1 ]
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[1] MIT,DEPT BIOL,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1128/jb.175.11.3653-3655.1993
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Rhizobium meliloti Rm1021 requires a Calcofluor-binding exopolysaccharide, termed succinoglycan or EPS I, to invade alfalfa nodules. We have determined that a strain carrying a mutation in the exoZ locus produces succinoglycan that lacks the acetyl substituent. The exoZ mutant nodulates alfalfa normally.
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