Functional nodFE genes are present in Sinorhizobium sp. strain MUS10, a symbiont of the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata.
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SUBMITTER: Krishnan HB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2394878 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May
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Functional nodFE genes are present in Sinorhizobium sp. strain MUS10, a symbiont of the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata.
Krishnan Hari B HB Chronis Demosthenis D
Applied and environmental microbiology 20080307 9
We have cloned the nodFE operon from Sinorhizobium sp. strain MUS10. MUS10 NodF shows sequence homology to acyl carrier protein and enables an S. meliloti nodF mutant to effectively nodulate alfalfa. Our results demonstrate the occurrence of nodFE in a symbiont that nodulates a legume host not belonging to the galegoid group. ...[more]
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