Cloning of four chitinase genes and a lectin gene in Galega orientalis

Symbiosis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-37

  Troedsson, Ulrika ^a   Terefework, Zewdu ^b   Jarl Sunesson, Carin I ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Defensin; Galega orientalis; Legume lectin; Nodulation; Rhizobium and symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LEGUME; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; GALEGA; GALEGA ORIENTALIS; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 33846453957     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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