The Rhizobium etli metZ gene is essential for methionine biosynthesis and nodulation of phaseolus vulgaris

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-34

  Taté, Rosarita ^a   Riccio, Anna ^a   Caputo, Emilia ^a   Iaccarino, Maurizio ^a,b   Patriarca, Eduardo J ^a  

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

^b UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Nodulation factors

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCING; METHIONINE; NODULATION; O SUCCINYLHOMOSERINE SULFHYDRYLASE;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0032922910     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.1.24     Document Type: Article

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