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Author:   Herman P. Spaink ,  Adam Kondorosi ,  Paul J.J. Hooykaas
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Dimensions:   Width: 19.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   2.240kg
ISBN:  

9780792351801

ISBN 10:   0792351800
Pages:   566
Publication Date:   31 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Molecular Evolutionary Systematics of the Rhizobiaceae.- 2. General Genetic Knowledge.- 3. Outer Membrane Proteins.- 4. Phospholipids and Alternative Membrane Lipids.- 5. Cell-surface ?-glucans.- 6. Production of Exopolysaccharides.- 7. Lipopolysaccharides and K-Antigens: Their Structures, Biosynthesis and Functions.- 8. Soil Biology of the Rhizobiaceae.- 9. Opines and Opine-Like Molecules Involved in Plant-Rhizobiaceae Interactions.- 10. Conjugal Plasmids and Their Transfer.- 11. Attachment of Rhizobiaceae to Plant Cells.- 12. The Agrobacterium Oncogenes.- 13. Organization and Regulation of Expression of the Agrobacterium Virulence Genes.- 14. Function of the Ti-Plasmid Vir Proteins: T-Complex Formation and Transfer to the Plant Cell.- 15. Role of Virulence Proteins of Agrobacterium in the Plant.- 16. Determinants of Host Specificity of Agrobacterium and their function.- 17. The Use of Agrobacterium for Plant Genetic Engineering.- 18. Diversity of Root Nodulation and Rhizobial Infection Processes.- 19. Genetic Organization and Transcriptional Regulation of Rhizobial Nodulation Genes.- 20. Functions of Rhizobial Nodulation Genes.- 21. Responses of the Plant to Nod Factors.- 22. Tissue and Cell Invasion by Rhizobium: The Structure and Development of Infection Threads and Symbiosomes.- 23. A Survey of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation by Rhizobia.- 24. Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in Rhizobia.- 25. Evolutionary Aspects of Symbiotic Adaptations, Rhizobium’s Contribution to Evolution by Association.- 26. Legume Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: Agronomic Aspects.- Contributors.- Abbreviations.

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