Transcriptome analysis of Sinorhizobium meliloti nodule bacteria in nifA mutant background

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2079-2086

  Tian, Zhexian ^a   Zou, Huasong ^b   Li, Jian ^a   Zhang, Yuantao ^a   Liu, Ying ^b   Yu, Guanqiao ^b   Zhu, Jiabi ^b   Rüberg, Silvia ^c   Becker, Anke ^c   Wang, Yiping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FixJ; NifA; Nodule bacteria; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 33748688819     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2092-2     Document Type: Article

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