Phosphate Assimilation in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti: Identification of a pit-like gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4219-4226

  Bardin, Sylvie D ^a   Voegele, Ralf T ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031876148     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4219-4226.1998     Document Type: Article

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