A thioredoxin of Sinorhizobium meliloti CE52G is required for melanin production and symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 986-993

  Castro Sowinski, Susana ^a,b   Matan, Ofra ^a   Bonafede, Paula ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LACCASE; MELANIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PARAQUAT; THIOREDOXIN;

ALFALFA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; LACCASE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; THIOREDOXINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 34547118343     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-8-0986     Document Type: Article

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