The effect of FITA mutations on the symbiotic properties of Sinorhizobium fredii varies in a chromosomal-background-dependent manner

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-154

  Vinardell, José María ^a   López Baena, Francisco Javier ^a   Hidalgo, Angeles ^a   Ollero, Francisco Javier ^a   Bellogín, Ramón ^a   Espuny, María Del Rosario ^a   Temprano, Francisco ^b   Romero, Francisco ^a   Krishnan, Hari B ^c   Pueppke, Steven G ^d   Ruiz Sainz, José Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CIDA Las Torres   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

FITA mutations; nodD; Nodulation; Sinorhizobium fredii; Soybean

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CULTIVAR; FLAVONOID INDEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLASMIDS; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SOYBEANS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII;

EID: 10744231753     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0635-3     Document Type: Article

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