Characterization and Expression Analysis of Medicago truncatula ROP GTPase Family during the Early Stage of Symbiosis

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 639-652

  Liu, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Ai Min ^a   Luo, Li ^a   Sun, Jie ^b   Cao, Lian Pu ^b   Yu, Guan Qiao ^a   Zhu, Jia Bi ^a   Wang, Yan Zhang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CLONE; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC MARKER; INOCULATION; LEGUME; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 77955061573     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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