ACC deaminase genes are conserved among Mesorhizobium species able to nodulate the same host plant

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-37

  Nascimento, Francisco X ^a   Brígido, Clarisse ^a   Glick, Bernard R ^b   Oliveira, Solange ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACC deaminase; AcdS; Chickpea; Mesorhizobium; Symbiosis island

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RNA 16S;

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLATE DEAMINASE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKPEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CICER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MESORHIZOBIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PORTUGAL; SYMBIOSIS;

CICER ARIETINUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM CICERI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84867333349     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02648.x     Document Type: Article

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