Duplication of plasmid-borne nitrite reductase gene nirK in the wheat-associated plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Azospirillum brasilense Sp245

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 831-842

  Pothier, Joël F ^a   Prigent Combaret, Claire ^a   Haurat, Jacqueline ^a   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^a   Wisniewski Dyé, Florence ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Genome plasticity; Nitrite reduction; PGPR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPLICON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRITICUM;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 46449118205     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-6-0831     Document Type: Article

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