A molecular characterization of the Gunnera-Nostoc symbiosis: Comparison with Rhizobium- and Agrobacterium-plant interactions

New Phytologist

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 391-398

  Rasmussen, Ulla ^a   Johansson, Christina ^a,c   Renglin, Anna ^a   Petersson, Carl ^b   Bergman, Birgitta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan protein; Heterologous hybridization; Mucilage; Nostoc; Plant microbe interactions

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; GUNNERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); NOSTOC; PICA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; VIRUSES (INFECTIVE AGENTS);

EID: 0000256882     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01906.x     Document Type: Article

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