A Sinorhizobium meliloti minE mutant has an altered morphology and exhibits defects in legume symbiosis

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-387

  Cheng, Jiujun ^a   Sibley, Christopher D ^a   Zaheer, Rahat ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN MINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOTS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33847185257     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/001362-0     Document Type: Article

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