Sinorhizobium meliloti requires a cobalamin-dependent ribonucleotide reductase for symbiosis with its plant host

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1643-1654

  Taga, Michiko E ^a,b   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; VITAMIN B 12;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 78649462075     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-07-10-0151     Document Type: Article

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