Differential regulation of Rhizobium etli rpoN2 gene expression during symbiosis and free-living growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3620-3628

  Michiels, Jan ^a   Moris, Martine ^a   Dombrecht, Bruno ^a   Verreth, Christel ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RPON1; PROTEIN RPON2; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0032448378     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3620-3628.1998     Document Type: Article

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