Phaseolus vulgaris recognizes Azorhizobium caulinodans nod factors with a variety of chemical substituents

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 820-824

  Laeremans, T ^a   Snoeck, C ^a   Marien J ^a   Verreth, C ^a   Martinez Romero E ^b   Prome J C ^c   Vanderleyden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

nodH; nodPQ

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; FUCOSE; HYDROGEN; NODULATION;

AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 0033197980     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.9.820     Document Type: Article

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