Construction and Environmental Release of a Sinorhizobium meliloti Strain Genetically Modified to Be More Competitive for Alfalfa Nodulation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3860-3865

  Van Dillewijn, Pieter ^a   Soto, María José ^a   Villadas, Pablo J ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PUTA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMIDS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035462338     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.3860-3865.2001     Document Type: Article

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