Malonate catabolism does not drive N2 fixation in legume nodules

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4496-4498

  Karunakaran, Ramakrishnan ^a   East, Alison K ^a   Poole, Philip S ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECARBOXYLASES; LEGUME NODULES; MALONATES; MALONYL-COA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYNTHETASES; WILD TYPES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; MALONIC ACID; MALONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MALONYL COENZYME A; MALONYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; MALONYL-COA SYNTHETASE;

CATABOLISM; ENZYME; LEGUME; MOTH; MUTAGENICITY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ARTICLE; CLOVER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COENZYME A LIGASES; MALONATES; MALONYL COENZYME A; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEAS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRIFOLIUM;

PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84879814356     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00919-13     Document Type: Article

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