The role of lipochitooligosaccharides in root nodule organogenesis and plant cell growth

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 631-638

  Schultze, Michael ^a   Kondorosi, Ádám ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GROWTH REGULATION; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030272836     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80094-3     Document Type: Article

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