Review Article: Nodulation outer proteins: Double-edged swords of symbiotic Rhizobia

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 470, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-274

  Staehelin, Christian ^a   Krishnan, Hari B ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Effector; Nodulation outer protein; Plant defence; Root nodule; Symbiosis; Type III secretion system

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; NODULATION OUTER E PROTEIN; NODULATION OUTER L PROTEIN; NODULATION OUTER M PROTEIN; NODULATION OUTER P PROTEIN; NODULATION OUTER PROTEIN; NODULATION OUTER T PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOST CELL; LEGUME; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT CELL; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIAL INFECTION; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FABACEAE; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FABACEAE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAVONOIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84941369381     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20150518     Document Type: Review

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