Genetic analysis of Rhizobium meliloti bacA-phoA fusion results in identification of degP: Two loci required for symbiosis are closely linked to degP

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 745-752

  Glazebrook, Jane ^a,b   Ichige, Asao ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030049825     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.745-752.1996     Document Type: Article

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