A mutant GlnD nitrogen sensor protein leads to a nitrogen-fixing but ineffective Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiosis with alfalfa

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

Volumn 105, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 18958-18963

  Yurgel, Svetlana N ^a   Kahn, Michael L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATABOLISM; MUTANT; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRESS; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MUTANT PROTEINS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 57749113626     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808048105     Document Type: Article

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