Sinorhizobium meliloti nfe (nodulation formation efficiency) genes exhibit temporal and spatial expression patterns similar to those of genes involved in symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 583-591

  García Rodríguez, Fernando M ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC STRAIN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NODULATION FORMATION EFFICIENCY GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN NFEB; PROTEIN NFED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SYMBIOSIS;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0343566460     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.6.583     Document Type: Article

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