A putative ECF σ factor gene, rpoI, regulates siderophore production in Rhizobium leguminosarum

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 994-999

  Yeoman, Kay H ^a   May, Alex G ^a   DeLuca, Nicola G ^a   Stuckey, Daniel B ^a   Johnston, Andrew W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ccm; Nodules; Peas

Indexed keywords

CLONED GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; SIDEROPHORE;

PISUM SATIVUM; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0033230509     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.11.994     Document Type: Article

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