Chalcone synthase transcripts are detected in alfalfa root hairs following inoculation with wild-type Rhizobium meliloti

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-58

  McKhann, Heather I ^a,c   Paiva, Nancy L ^b   Dixon, Richard A ^b   Hirsch, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031034172     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.1.50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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