Role of glutathione in the growth of Bradyrhizobium sp. (peanut microsymbiont) under different environmental stresses and in symbiosis with the host plant

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 609-616

  Sobrevals, Luciano ^a   Müller, Peter ^b   Fabra, Adriana ^a   Castro, Stella ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

glutamylcysteine synthetase; Bradyrhizobium sp.; Glutathione; Peanut

Indexed keywords

Γ-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE SYNTHETASE; GLUTATHIONE; OXIDATIVE SHOCK; PEANUT;

ENZYMES; GENES; KETONES; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FUNGI;

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME; GENE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; MUTATION; PEPTIDE; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GSHA GENE; MICROORGANISM; MUTANT; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEANUT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYMBIOSIS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.;

EID: 33749525172     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-007     Document Type: Article

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