Isolation and symbiotic characterization of transposon Tn5-induced arginine auxotrophs of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1198-1204

  Kumar, Anvita ^a   Vij, Neeraj ^a,b   Randhawa, Gursharn S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine biosynthesis; Legume; Nitrogen fixation; Ornithine and transposon mutagenesis; Rhizobium; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; NITROGEN FIXATION;

AUXOTROPHIC MUTANTS;

MUTAGENESIS;

ARGININE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

ARGE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSPOSON TN5; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0141907643     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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