The major chemotaxis gene cluster of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae is essential for competitive nodulation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 348-362

  Miller, Lance D ^a,b   Yost, Christopher K ^c   Hynes, Michael F ^d   Alexandre, Gladys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PEA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM VICIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEAS; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SYNTENY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; PISUM SATIVUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE;

EID: 33846062468     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05515.x     Document Type: Article

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