A new genetic locus in Sinorhizobium meliloti is involved in stachydrine utilization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3954-3960

  Phillips, Donald A ^a   Sande, Eve S ^a,d   Vriezen, J A C ^b   De Bruijn, Frans J ^b   Le Rudulier, Daniel ^c   Joseph, Cecillia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NifTAL Center Paia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON 14; PROLINE; STACHYDRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT ROOT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 0031711756     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3954-3960.1998     Document Type: Article

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