Use of lacZ and gusA reporter genes to trace the infection process of nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-84

  Akao, Shoichiro ^a   Minakawa, Yasuo ^b   Taki, Hiromi ^c   Khan, M K ^d   Yuhashi, Ken Ichi ^b   Nakayama, Yasuji ^a   Asis Jr , Constancio A ^b   Chebotar, Vladimir ^e   Kang, Ui Gum ^f   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^b   Ridge, Robert W ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR AGRICULTURE   (Bangladesh)

^e All Russ Sci Res Inst Agric M   (Russian Federation)

^f Natl Yeongnam Agric Exp Station   (South Korea)

Author keywords

galactosidase; glucuronidase; Azospirillum; Biotechnology; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033115502     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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