Flavonoids, NodD1, NodD2, and Nod-Box NB15 modulate expression of the y4wEFG locus that is required for indole-3-acetic acid synthesis in Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1153-1161

  Theunis, Mart ^a   Kobayashi, Hajime ^b   Broughton, William J ^b   Prinsen, Els ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auxin; Nodulation; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA VOGELII; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 4544385299     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.10.1153     Document Type: Article

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