Coevolution in rhizobium-legume symbiosis?

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEAN; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; COEVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PLANT EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; NEMATODA; PHASEOLEAE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FABACEAE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; RHIZOBIUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 70249110818     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2009.0863     Document Type: Article

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