New assay for rhizobitoxine based on inhibition of 1-aminocyclopropane- 1-carboxylate synthase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 849-852

  Yasuta, Tsuyoshi ^a   Satoh, Shigeru ^a   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; 1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID SYNTHASE; RHIZOBITOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITION; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SYMBIOSIS; SYNTHESIS; TOMATO;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BURKHOLDERIA ANDROPOGONIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032976013     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.849-852.1999     Document Type: Article

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