Transcriptional activity of the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium etli is affected by different environmental conditions

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2847-2856

  Girard, Lourdes ^a   Valderrama, Brenda ^a   Palacios, Rafael ^a   Romero, David ^a   Dávila, Guillermo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Nodulation; pSym; Rhizobium etli; Symbiotic plasmid; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; NITROGEN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CETACEA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0029944901     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-10-2847     Document Type: Article

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