SyrM1 of Rhizobium sp. NGR234 activates transcription of symbiotic loci and controls the level of sulfated nod factors

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 343-350

  Hanin, Moez ^a   Jabbouri, Saïd ^a   Broughton, William J ^a,b   Fellay, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Sciences III   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; NODULATION; RNA ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031840268     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.5.343     Document Type: Article

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