The soybean cultivar specificity gene nolX is present, expressed in a nodD-dependent manner, and of symbiotic significance in cultivar-nonspecific strains of Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) fredii

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1381-1388

  Bellato, C ^a   Krishnan, H B ^a   Cubo, T ^b   Temprano, F ^c   Pueppke, S G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c CIDA Las Torres   (Spain)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glycine max; nodD; nolx; Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) fredii; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII;

EID: 0031000533     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1381     Document Type: Article

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