Inhibition of the expression of Bradyrhizobium japonicum nod genes at low temperatures

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1579-1583

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Charles, Trevor C ^b   Pan, Bo ^b   Smith, Donald L ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 0030433125     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00261-1     Document Type: Article

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