Symbiotic mutants deficient in nodule establishment identified after T-DNA transformation of Lotus japonicus

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 414-423

  Schauser, L ^a   Handberg, K ^a,b   Sandal, N ^a   Stiller, J ^a,c   Thykjaer T ^a   Pajuelo, E ^a   Nielsen, A ^a   Stougaard, J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Legume genetics; Plant microbe interaction; Root nodule development; Symbiotic loci; T DNA tagging

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LEGUME; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SYMBIOSIS;

CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FABACEAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0031660371     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050831     Document Type: Article

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