DctBD-dependent and -independent expression of the Sinorhizobium (Rhizobium) meliloti C4-dicarboxylate transport gene (dctA) during symbiosis

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 878-886

  Boesten, Bert ^a,b   Batut, Jacques ^a   Boistard, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interzone II III; Metabolism; nifH; D galactosidase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCING; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; REGULATOR GENE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; PROKARYOTA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031660554     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.9.878     Document Type: Article

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