The mosaic structure of the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium etliCFN42 and its relation to other symbiotic genome compartments

2003160 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Víctor González · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Patricia Bustos · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Miguel A. Ramírez‐Romero · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Arturo Medrano-Soto · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Heladia Salgado · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Ismael Hernández-González · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Juan Carlos Hernández-Celis

Abstract

Our data support the notion that the symbiotic compartments of rhizobia genomes are mosaic structures that have been frequently tailored by recombination, horizontal transfer and transposition.

Topics & Keywords

Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Nematode management and characterization studies Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Genome biology

Volume 4, Issue 6, pp. R36-R36

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-6-r36

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