Multiple copies of rosR and pssA genes enhance exopolysaccharide production, symbiotic competitiveness and clover nodulation in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-486

  Janczarek, Monika ^a   Jaroszuk Ściseł, Jolanta ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Exopolysaccharide; PssA gene; Rhizobium leguminosarum; RosR gene; Symbiosis efficiency

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN PSSA; PROTEIN ROSR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEDICAGO; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT SHOOTS; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 72649093400     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-009-9362-3     Document Type: Article

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