NAD+-malic enzyme affects nitrogenase activity of Mesorhizobium loti bacteroids in Lotus japonicus nodules

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 31-316

  Thapanapongworakul, Nanthipak ^a   Nomura, Mika ^a   Shimoda, Yoshikazu ^b   Sato, Shusei ^b   Tabata, Satoshi ^b   Tajima, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lotus japonicus; Mesorhizobium loti; STM mutant

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; NEGIBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 78049488447     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.27.311     Document Type: Article

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