Identification and characterization of a gene on Rhizobium meliloti pSyma, syrB, that negatively affects syrM expression

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 550-559

  Barnett, Melanie J ^a   Long, Sharon R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031195183     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.5.550     Document Type: Article

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