Novel genes related to nodulation, secretion systems, and surface structures revealed by a genome draft of Rhizobium tropici strain PRF 81

Functional and Integrative Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-270

  Pinto, Fabiana G S ^a,b,c,g   Chueire, Ligia M O ^a   Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza R ^c,d   Nicolás, Marisa F ^d   Almeida, Luiz G P ^d   Souza, Rangel C ^d   Menna, Pâmela ^a,b   Barcellos, Fernando G ^a,b,e   Megías, Manuel ^f   Hungria, Mariangela ^a,b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c Fellow of the National Research Council   (Brazil)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^e Bolsista da Fundacao Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nvel Superior   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Genome; Nodulation; Phaseolus vulgaris; Rhizobiumtropici; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NODULATION PROTEIN G; NODULATION PROTEIN T; PROTEIN NOLF; PROTEIN NOLG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SINORHIZOBIUM; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

CELL MEMBRANE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHASEOLUS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SYMBIOSIS;

ENSIFER; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 63649123683     PISSN: 1438793X     EISSN: 14387948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10142-009-0109-z     Document Type: Article

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