Environmental modulation of the pssTNOP gene expression in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-211

  Wielbo, Jerzy ^a   Mazur, Andrzej ^a   Król, Jarosław E ^a   Marczak, Małgorzata ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide; Nod box; Rhizobium leguminosarum; Transcriptional fusion

Indexed keywords

GENES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUSION EXPRESSIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FUSIONS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FLAVONOID; PHOSPHATE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; WILD TYPE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; MEDICAGO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 2942751936     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-004     Document Type: Article

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