Medicago truncatula esn1 defines a genetic locus involved in nodule senescence and symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 893-902

  Xi, Jiejun ^a   Chen, Yuhui ^b   Nakashima, Jin ^b   Wang, Suo Min ^a   Chen, Rujin ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84880059046     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-02-13-0043-R     Document Type: Article

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