The Bradyrhizobium japonicum phoB gene is required for phosphate- limited growth but not for symbiotic nitrogen fixation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-52

  Minder, Alexander C ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a   Fischer, Hans Martin ^a   Hennecke, Hauke ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; phoB; Phosphate regulatory gene; Phosphate starvation; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATES; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0032054980     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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