The Rhizobium meliloti P(II) protein, which controls bacterial nitrogen metabolism, affects alfalfa nodule development

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1194-1206

  Arcondéguy, Tania ^a   Huez, Isabelle ^a,c   Tillard, Pascal ^b   Gangneux, Catherine ^a   De Billy, Françoise ^a   Gojon, Alain ^b   Truchet, Georges ^a   Kahn, Daniel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

glnB gene; Rhizobium meliloti; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PIID REGULATORY PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PRIMER DNA;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

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

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0030611296     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.9.1194     Document Type: Article

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