A stomatin-like protein encoded by the slp gene of Rhizobium etli is required for nodulation competitiveness on the common bean

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2619-2627

  You, Zerong ^a   Gao, Xuefeng ^a,c   Ho, Mei M ^b   Borthakur, Dulal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Stratagene   (United States)

Author keywords

Legume; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation competition; Rhizobia; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BEAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMO SAPIENS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. PHASEOLI; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 0031685518     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-9-2619     Document Type: Article

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