Rhizobium cellulase CelC2 is essential for primary symbiotic infection of legume host roots

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7064-7069

  Robledo, M ^a   Jimenez Zurdo J I ^b   Velazquez E ^a   Trujillo, M E ^a   Zurdo Pineiro J L ^a   Ramirez Bahena M H ^a   Ramos, B ^a   Diaz Minguez J M ^a   Dazzo, F ^c   Martinez Molina E ^a   Mateos, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Clover; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation; Root hair

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CLOVER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; ROOT HAIR; SYMBIONT; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGUME; MEDICAGO; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FABACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEDICAGO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 44349151169     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802547105     Document Type: Article

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