Two new Sinorhizobium meliloti LysR-Type transcriptional regulators required for nodulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4562-4572

  Luo, Li ^b   Yao, Shi Yi ^a   Becker, Anke ^c   Rüberg, Silvia ^c   Yu, Guan Qiao ^b   Zhu, Jia Bi ^b   Cheng, Hai Ping ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; INOCULATION; LSRA GENE; LSRB GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 21144455250     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.13.4562-4572.2005     Document Type: Article

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