FixJ: A major regulator of the oxygen limitation response and late symbiotic functions of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4890-4902

  Bobik, Christine ^a   Meilhoc, Eliane ^a   Batut, Jacques ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; POLYAMINE; PROTEIN FIXJ; PROTEIN FIXK; PROTEIN NIFA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALFALFA; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DENITRIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; LEGUME; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMIDS; POLYAMINES; REGULON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33745444060     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00251-06     Document Type: Article

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