Comparative genomics of rhizobia nodulating soybean suggests extensive recruitment of lineage-specific genes in adaptations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 8629-8634

  Tian, Chang Fu ^a   Zhou, Yuan Jie ^b   Zhang, Yan Ming ^a   Li, Qin Qin ^a   Zhang, Yun Zeng ^a   Li, Dong Fang ^b   Wang, Shuang ^b   Wang, Jun ^b   Gilbert, Luz B ^c   Li, Ying Rui ^b   Chen, Wen Xin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Glycine; Prokaryote

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; RHIZOBIUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SINORHIZOBIUM; SOYBEANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; GLYCINE MAX; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84861893794     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1120436109     Document Type: Article

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