Use of green fluorescent protein to detect expression of nif genes of Azoarcus sp. BH72, a grass-associated diazotroph, on rice roots

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-75

  Egener, Tanja ^a   Hurek, Thomas ^a   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^a  

^a Arbeitsgruppe Symbioseforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; FLUORESCENT LABELING; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031897086     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.1.71     Document Type: Article

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