Rhizobial plasmids that cause impaired symbiotic nitrogen fixation and enhanced host invasion

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1026-1033

  Crook, Matthew B ^a   Lindsay, Daniel P ^a   Biggs, Matthew B ^a   Bentley, Joshua S ^a   Price, Jared C ^b   Clement, Spencer C ^b   Clement, Mark J ^b   Long, Sharon R ^c   Griffitts, Joel S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3361 TMCB   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MEDICAGO; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MEDICAGO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDICAGO; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84863566196     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-02-12-0052-R     Document Type: Article

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