Present status and development on biological nitrogen fixation research in China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 954-960

  Shen, Shihua ^a   Jing, Yuxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Chemical modeling; Functional genomes; Gene expression; Interaction between microbes and plants; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33749826910     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wc0366     Document Type: Review

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