Two ineffective-nodulating mutants of Lotus japonicus - Different phenotypes caused by the blockage of endocytotic bacterial release and nodule maturation -

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 871-881

  Imaizumi Anraku, Haruko ^a   Kawaguchi, Masayoshi ^a   Koiwa, Hiroyuki ^b   Akao, Shoichiro ^c   Syono, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Ineffective nodulating mutant; Legume Rhizobium symbiosis; Lotus japonicus; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobium loti

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; LOTUS JAPONICUS; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030802228     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029246     Document Type: Article

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