Functional nodFE genes are present in Sinorhizobium sp. strain MUS10, a symbiont of the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2921-2923

  Krishnan, Hari B ^a   Chronis, Demosthenis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

GENES;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; BACTERIUM; CLONE; LEGUME; PROTEIN; SESBANIA; SYMBIONT;

ALFALFA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; LEGUME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NODFE GENE; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SESBANIA ROSTRATA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIONT;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SESBANIA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SESBANIA ROSTRATA; SINORHIZOBIUM SP.;

EID: 43049120971     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00075-08     Document Type: Article

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