The genetic and biochemical basis for nodulation of legumes by rhizobia

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-51

  Pueppke, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; FABACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0030338680     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388559609146599     Document Type: Article

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