Rhizobium tropici teu genes involved in specific uptake of Phaseolus vulgaris bean-exudate compounds

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 587-598

  Rosenblueth, M ^a   Hynes, M F ^b   Martinez Romero E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Nodulation; Rhizosphere; Root exudates; Trigonelline

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; RIBOSE; TRIGONELLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM GIARDINII; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. PHASEOLI; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 0031820449     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050772     Document Type: Article

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