The sinorhizobium meliloti emrr regulator is required for efficient colonization of medicago sativa root nodules

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 388-399

  Santos, Mário R ^a   Marques, Andreia T ^a   Becker, Jörg D ^b   Moreira, Leonilde M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOVEMENT; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84896802655     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-13-0284-R     Document Type: Article

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