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Global gene regulation in bacteroids of Rhizobium sp. NGR234

Applicant Perret Xavier
Number 67977
Funding scheme Project funding
Research institution Département de Biologie Végétale Faculté des Sciences Université de Genève
Institution of higher education University of Geneva - GE
Main discipline Genetics
Start/End 01.03.2003 - 30.04.2007
Approved amount 315'415.00
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Keywords (5)

BACTEROIDS; GENE REGULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBIA; SYMBIOSES

Lay Summary (English)

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Lay summary
Rhizobium sp. NGR234 is a broad host-range soil bacterium capable of reducing atmospheric nitrogen in symbiosis with a wide range of plants that develop root-nodules of either determinate or indeterminate types. Thus, NGR234 is a model of choice to study the genetic requirements for performing nitrogen fixation in distinct nodule environments. The aims of this project were to characterize the major regulatory networks that control the expression inside the nitrogen-fixing bacteroids of the genes encoded by the 536 kb symbiotic plasmid pNGR234a.
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Perret Xavier

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Associated projects

Number Title Start Funding scheme
116591 Regulatory networks that control gene expression in bacteroids of Rhizobium sp. NGR234 01.05.2007 Project funding

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