Developmental downregulation of rhizobial genes as a function of symbiosome differentiation in symbiotic root nodules of Pisum sativum

New Phytologist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 521-530

  Tsyganov, V E ^a   Voroshilova, V A ^a   Herrera Cervera, J A ^b   Sanjuan Pinilla, J M ^b   Borisov, A Y ^a   Tikhonovich, I A ^a   Priefer, U B ^c   Olivares, J ^b   Sanjuan, J ^b  

^a All Russia Res Inst Agric M   (Russian Federation)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

dct genes; Legume Rhizobium symbiosis; nod genes; Pea symbiotic mutants; Pisum sativum; Plant microbe interactions; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae; sym genes

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; NODULATION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE;

EID: 0042850362     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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