Sulphation of rhizobium sp. NGR234 Nod factors is dependent on noeE, a new host-specificity gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1119-1129

  Hanin, M ^a   Jabbouri, S ^a   Quesada Vincens, D ^a   Freiberg, C ^b   Perret, X ^a   Prome J C ^c   Broughton, W J ^a   Fellay, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; INFECTION; LEGUME; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

CALOPOGONIUM CAERULEUM; PACHYRHIZUS TUBEROSUS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030789049     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3981777.x     Document Type: Article

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