Tyrosinase from Rhizobium etli is involved in nodulation efficiency and symbiosis-associated stress resistance

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 35-44

  Piñero, Silvia ^a   Rivera, Javier ^b   Romero, David ^b   Cevallos, Miguel Angel ^b   Martínez, Alfredo ^a   Bolívar, Francisco ^a   Gosset, Guillermo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

melA; Peroxide resistance; Phenolic compound resistance; Rhizobium etli; Symbiosis; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GALLIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; PHENOLIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SYRINGIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; MUTANT; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; STRESS; SYMBIOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLASMID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GALLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; STREPTOMYCIN; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 38449089855     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103595     Document Type: Article

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