| Literature DB >> 7981970 |
Abstract
Rhizobia are soil bacteria that can become endosymbionts, reducing atmospheric nitrogen within nodules formed on the roots of legume plants. During tissue and cell invasion, bacterial cell-surface components adapt the bacterium to survive as an endophyte without eliciting host-defence responses. The structures of many of these components have been established recently, allowing their possible roles in invasion to be defined more clearly.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7981970 DOI: 10.1016/0966-842x(94)90004-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079