Host-specific regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3184-3195

  Miller, Simon H ^a,b   Elliot, Rachel M ^a   Sullivan, John T ^a   Ronson, Clive W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FIXABC; PROTEIN FIXABCX; PROTEIN NIFA; PROTEIN NIFABHDKEN; PROTEIN NIFB; PROTEIN NIFH; PROTEIN NIFHDKEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM TRIFOLII; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34948837332     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006924-0     Document Type: Article

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