Important Late-Stage Symbiotic Role of the Sinorhizobium Meliloti Exopolysaccharide Succinoglycan

Sinorhizobium meliloti enters into beneficial symbiotic interactions with Medicago species of legumes. Bacterial exopolysaccharides play critical signaling roles in infection thread initiation and growth during the early stages of root nodule formation. After endocytosis of S. meliloti by plant cell...

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Main Authors: Chen, Esther J., Penterman, Jon, Shabab, Mohammed, Arnold, Markus F. F., Walker, Graham C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117433
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