The bacA Gene Homolog, mlr7400, in Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 is dispensable for symbiosis with lotus japonicus but partially capable of supporting the symbiotic function of bacA in sinorhizobium meliloti

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1443-1452

  Maruya, Jumpei ^a,b,c   Saeki, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Transgenic Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

BacA; Bleomycin; Mesorhizobium loti; Nitrogen fixaion; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LOTUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LOTUS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MEDICAGO; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 77956935390     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq114     Document Type: Article

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