Glutamine synthetase I-deficiency in Mesorhizobium loti differentially affects nodule development and activity in Lotus japonicus

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 104-108

  Chungopast, Sirinapa ^a,b   Thapanapongworakul, Pilunthana ^a,c   Matsuura, Hiroyuki ^a   Van Dao, Tan ^a,d   Asahi, Toshimasa ^a   Tada, Kuninao ^a   Tajima, Shigeyuki ^a   Nomura, Mika ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Mesorhizobium loti; Nodule; Senescence

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE I;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; LOTUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; NODULE; SENESCENCE;

GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LOTUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84893203432     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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