Role of lectins (and rhizobial exopolysaccharides) in legume nodulation

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 320-326

  Hirsch, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; LEGUME; NOD GENE; NODULATION; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENICS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033180288     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80056-9     Document Type: Article

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