Isolation of Sinorhizobium meliloti Tn5 mutants with altered cytochrome terminal oxidase expression and improved symbiotic performance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 167-173

  Yurgel, S N ^a   Soberon, M ^b   Sharypova, L A ^a   Miranda, J ^b   Morera, C ^b   Simarov, B V ^a  

^a ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cytochrome expression; fixNOQP gene; Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032146114     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00269-9     Document Type: Article

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