Ectopic expression of the Rhizobium etli amtB gene affects the symbiosome differentiation process and nodule development

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 515-525

  Taté, Rosarita ^a   Cermola, Michele ^a   Riccio, Anna ^a   Iaccarino, Maurizio ^a,c   Merrick, Mike ^b   Favre, Reneé ^a   Patriarca, Eduardo J ^a  

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

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Poly hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CELL INVASION; CYTOSOL; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SWITCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; NODULATION; ORGANOGENESIS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0032978856     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.6.515     Document Type: Article

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