The Rhizobium etli amtB gene coding for an NH4+ transporter is down-regulated early during bacteroid differentiation

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 188-198

  Taté, Rosarita ^a   Riccio, Anna ^a   Merrick, Mike ^b   Patriarca, Eduardo J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phaseolus vulgaris

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EID: 0032031577     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.3.188     Document Type: Article

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