Effects of a Nod-factor-overproducing strain of Sinorhizobium meliloti on the expression of the ENOD40 gene in Melilotus alba

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 907-915

  Giordano, Walter F ^a   Lum, Michelle R ^a   Hirsch, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ENOD40; Melilotus; Nod factor; Sinorhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; RNA;

INOCULATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

NOD FACTOR;

SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INOCULATION; NODULATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHASE TRANSITION; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; ROOT GROWTH;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MELILOTUS; MELILOTUS ALBA; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0036443666     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b02-076     Document Type: Article

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