Strategies used by rhizobia to lower plant ethylene levels and increase nodulation

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 947-954

  Ma, Wenbo ^a   Penrose, Donna M ^a   Glick, Bernard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACC deaminase; Ethylene; Nodulation; Rhizobia; Rhizobitoxine

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ETHYLENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MOLECULAR NITROGEN;

BACTERIA;

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE DEAMINASE; 1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; 2 AMINO 4 (2 AMINO 3 HYDROPROPOXY)BUT 3 ENOIC ACID; 2 OXOBUTYRIC ACID; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ETHYLENE; NITROGEN; PHYTOHORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ETHYLENE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEGUME; LOWER PLANT; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON-CARBON LYASES; ETHYLENES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOTS; PROPANOLAMINES; RHIZOBIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0036880810     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-100     Document Type: Review

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