Down-regulation of the Rhizobium ntr system in the determinate nodule of Phaseolus vulgaris identifies a specific developmental zone

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 243-251

  Patriarca, Eduardo J ^a   Taté, Rosarita ^a   Fedorova, Elena ^a   Riccio, Anna ^a   Defez, Roberto ^a   Laccarino, Maurizio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Histochemical localization; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; VICIA HIRSUTA;

EID: 0001613677     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0243     Document Type: Article

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