Identification and cloning of nodulation genes and host specificity determinants of the broad host-range Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli strain CIAT899.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb02039.x

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Identification and cloning of nodulation genes and host specificity determinants of the broad host-range Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli strain CIAT899.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Nov 1990

Vargas C, Martinez L J, Megias M, Quinto C

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Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli type II strain CIAT899 nodulates a wide range of hosts: Phaseolus vulgaris (beans), Leucaena esculenta (leucaena) and Macroptilium atropurpureum (siratro). A nodulation region from the symbiotic plasmid has been isolated and characterized. This region, whic...

Topics

Cloning, Molecular
Crosses, Genetic
Escherichia coli
Fabaceae
Gene Library
Genes, Bacterial
Phenotype
Plants
Plants, Medicinal
Plasmids
Restriction Mapping
Rhizobium
Species Specificity

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