In Rhizobium etli symbiotic plasmid transfer, nodulation competitivity and cellular growth require interaction among different replicons

Plasmid

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-43

  Brom, Susana ^a   García De Los Santos, Alejandro ^a   Cervantes, Laura ^a   Palacios, Rafael ^a   Romero, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0343962608     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.2000.1469     Document Type: Article

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