Cloning and characterization of four genes of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii involved in exopolysaccharide production and nodulation

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 290-301

  Van Workum, Wilbert A T ^a   Canter Cremers, Hayo C J ^a   Wijfjes, André H M ^a   Van Der Kolk, Christa ^a   Wijffelman, Carel A ^a   Kijne, Jan W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1842371476     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.2.290     Document Type: Article

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