Nitrogen metabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti-alfalfa symbiosis: Dissecting the role of GlnD and PII proteins

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-362

  Yurgel, Svetlana N ^a   Rice, Jennifer ^a   Kahn, Michael L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; REGULATORY PROTEIN URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84857572800     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-11-0249     Document Type: Article

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