Identification and structure of the Rhizobium galegae common nodulation genes: Evidence for horizontal gene transfer

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 907-916

  Suominen, L ^a   Roos, C ^a   Lortet, G ^a   Paulin, L ^a   Lindstrom K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Host constraint; Legumes; Nodulation genes; Phylogeny; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

CHITIN DERIVATIVE; DNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC LINKAGE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; FABACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0034989020     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003891     Document Type: Article

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