The symbiotic defect of Rhizobium meliloti exopolysaccharide mutants is suppressed by lpsZ+, a gene involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis.

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Published in J Bacteriol on May 01, 1990

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M N Williams1, R I Hollingsworth, S Klein, E R Signer

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1: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.

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