Nodulation genes in the Rhizobium - Plant signal exchange

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Lorkiewicz, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biochemical functions of nod gene products; Nodulation genes; Plant flavonoids; Plant root cell depolarization; Rhizobium Legume symbiosis; Synthesis and modifications of Nod factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM;

BACTERIAL GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0030633276     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1997_4434     Document Type: Review

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