NifA-dependent expression of glutamate dehydrogenase in Rhizobium etli modifies nitrogen partitioning during symbiosis

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-90

  Mendoza, Alberto ^a   Valderrama, Brenda ^a,b   Leija, Alfonso ^a   Mora, Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

nifHc promoter; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0032005072     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.2.83     Document Type: Article

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