Complete genome structure of the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Mesorhizobium loti

DNA Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 331-338

  Kaneko, Takakazu ^a   Nakamura, Yasukazu ^a   Sato, Shusei ^a   Asamizu, Erika ^a   Kato, Tomohiko ^a   Sasamoto, Shigemi ^a   Watanabe, Akiko ^a   Idesawa, Kumi ^a   Ishikawa, Atsuko ^a   Kawashima, Kumiko ^a   Kimura, Takaharu ^a   Kishida, Yoshie ^a   Kiyokawa, Chiaki ^a   Kohara, Mitsuyo ^a   Matsumoto, Midori ^a   Matsuno, Ai ^a   Mochizuki, Yoko ^a   Nakayama, Shinobu ^a   Nakazaki, Naomi ^a   Shimpo, Sayaka ^a   Sugimoto, Masako ^a   Takeuchi, Chie ^a   Yamada, Manabu ^a   Tabata, Satoshi ^a   more..

^a KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genome sequencing; Mesorhizobium loti strain MAFF303099; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation; Plasmid; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI;

ABC TRANSPORTER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMOSOME; CODON; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMID; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHROMOSOMES; CODON; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PLASMIDS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034739881     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/7.6.331     Document Type: Article

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