The Rhodococcus fascians-plant interaction: Morphological traits and biotechnological applications

Planta

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-251

  Vereecke, Danny ^a   Burssens, Sylvia ^a   Simón Mateo, Carmen ^a,c   Inzé, Dirk ^a   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Goethals, Koen ^a   Jaziri, Mondher ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Digitalis; Leafy gall; Micropropagation; Nicotiana; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CYTOKININ; GALL (PLANT); GERMPLASM STORAGE; MORPHOLOGIC TRAIT; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT PROPAGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIGITALIS; NICOTIANA; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS FASCIANS;

EID: 0033972591     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008131     Document Type: Article

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