Symbiotic characteristics of cysteine and methionine auxotrophs of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1121-1130

  Abbas, Basil A ^a   Vineetha, K E ^a   Krishna Prasad, C ^a   Vij, Neeraj ^a   Hassani, Raad ^a   Randhawa, Gursharn S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CELLS; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SYMBIOTIC CHARACTERISTICS;

ENZYMES;

CYSTEINE; KANAMYCIN; METHIONINE; SULFITE REDUCTASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

CYSTEINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; METHIONINE; MUTAGENESIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0036793002     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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