Nitric Oxide as a Signal Molecule in Intracellular and Extracellular Bacteria-plant Interactions

Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 397-420

  Di Palma, Andrés Arruebarrena ^a   Lamattina, Lorenzo ^a   Creus, Cecilia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacteria plant interactions; Microorganisms; Nitric oxide; Root colonization; Signal molecule

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886530688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470959404.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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