Use of green fluorescent protein to visualize the early events of symbiosis between Rhizobium meliloti and alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7159-7166

  Gage, Daniel J ^a   Bobo, Tanya ^a,b   Long, Sharon R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030448013     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.24.7159-7166.1996     Document Type: Article

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