Specific flavonoids promote intercellular root colonization of Arabidopsis thaliana by Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 560-570

  Gough, Clare ^a   Galera, Christine ^a   Vasse, Jacques ^a   Webster, Gordon ^a   Cocking, Edward C ^b   Dénarié, Jean ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Nod genes; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0031195219     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.5.560     Document Type: Article

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