The nolL gene from Rhizobium etli determines nodulation efficiency by mediating the acetylation of the fucosyl residue in the nodulation factor

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 236-246

  Corvera, Adriana ^a   Promé, Danielle ^b   Promé, Jean Claude ^b   Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a   Romero, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CULTIVAR; FUCOSE; NODULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; VIGNA UMBELLATA;

EID: 0033103293     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.3.236     Document Type: Article

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