Transgenic Lotus japonicus with an ethylene receptor gene Cm-ERS1/H70A enhances formation of infection threads and nodule primordia

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 427-435

  Nukui, Noriyuki ^a   Ezura, Hiroshi ^b   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene receptor; Infection; Legume; Lotus japonicus; NIN; Nodulation

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE RECEPTORS, PLANT; NIN PROTEIN, LOTUS JAPONICUS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; LOTUS; MELON; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CUCUMIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHYLENES; LOTUS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

CUCUMIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI;

EID: 2342598984     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch046     Document Type: Article

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