Identification and distribution of plasmid-type A replicator region in Rhizobia

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 843-849

  Burgos, Pedro A ^a   Velázquez, Encarna ^b   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030444372     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0843     Document Type: Article

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