Short root mutant of Lotus japonicus with a dramatically altered symbiotic phenotype

Plant Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-114

  Wopereis, Judith ^a,f   Pajuelo, Eloisa ^b   Dazzo, Frank B ^c   Jiang, Qunyi ^d   Gresshoff, Peter M ^d   De Bruijn, Frans J ^a,c,e   Stougaard, Jens ^b   Szczyglowski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c University of Queensland ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nodulation; Phytohormones; Rhizobium; Root development

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINOETHOXYVINYLGLYCINE; CELL GROWTH; CYTOKININ; FUNGAL INFECTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HAR1 GENE; MUTANT; NODULATION; ORGANOGENESIS; ROOT CELL; ROOTING; SYMBIOSIS; WILD RELATIVE;

MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033905863     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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