A transcriptional regulator of the LuxR-UhpA family, FlcA, controls flocculation and wheat root surface colonization by Azospirillum brasilense Sp7

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-187

  Pereg Gerk, Lily ^a,b   Paquelin, Annick ^a   Gounon, Pierre ^c   Kennedy, Ivan R ^b   Elmerich, Claudine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

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EID: 0032031488     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.3.177     Document Type: Article

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