BioS, a biotin-induced, stationary-phase, and possible LysR-type regulator in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 803-812

  Heinz, Elke B ^a   Phillips, Donald A ^b   Streit, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicago sativa; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOTIN; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 0033198163     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.9.803     Document Type: Article

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