Localization of nod, nif, and acidic exopolysaccharide determinants on a large plasmid in slow-growing cowpea Rhizobium sp. S2

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-40

  Pandya, Snehal ^a   Desai, Anjana ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARINGENIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN NIF; PROTEIN NOD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031930012     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900276     Document Type: Article

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