The Sinorhizobium meliloti ntrX gene is involved in succinoglycan production, motility, and symbiotic nodulation on alfalfa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7150-7159

  Wang, Dong ^a,b   Xue, Haiying ^a   Wang, Yiwen ^c   Yin, Ruochun ^a   Xie, Fang ^b   Luo, Li ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN STARVATION; NITROGEN-FIXING NODULES; RESPONSE REGULATORS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEMS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; METABOLITES; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALFALFA; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MOTILITY; MUTATION; NODULATION; PLASMID; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCCINOGLYCAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84888238189     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02225-13     Document Type: Article

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