Endophytic expression of nif genes of Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 in rice roots

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 813-819

  Egener, Tanja ^a   Hurek, Thomas ^a   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Oxygen tolerance; Repression

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; NITROGENASE; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION;

AZOARCUS; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0032798572     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.9.813     Document Type: Article

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