Article
The Rhizobium meliloti PII protein, which controls bacterial nitrogen metabolism, affects alfalfa nodule development.
Genes & development - 1 May 1997
Arcondéguy T, Huez I, Tillard P, Gangneux C, de Billy F, Gojon A, Truchet G, Kahn D
Abstract excerpt
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation involves the development of specialized organs called nodules within which plant photosynthates are exchanged for combined nitrogen of bacterial origin. To determine the importance of bacterial nitrogen metabolism in symbiosis, we have characterized a key regulator of...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- DNA Primers
- Genes, Bacterial
- Medicago sativa
- Microscopy, Electron
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Nitrogen
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Nitrogenase
- PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins
- Sinorhizobium meliloti
- Symbiosis