Regulation of the expression of the nod box-independent nodulation gene, nolX, in Sinorhizobium fredii, a nitrogen-fixing symbiont of legume plants

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Bellato, Claudia M ^a   Pueppke, Steven G ^a   Krishnan, Hari B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Nodulation gene; nolX; Rhizobium legume symbiosis

Indexed keywords

COUMESTROL; DAIDZEIN; ISOFLAVONOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIACEAE; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS;

SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII;

EID: 0031425360     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00445-X     Document Type: Article

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