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Down-regulation of PvTRE1 enhances nodule biomass and bacteroid number in the common bean

  1. Aarón Barraza1,
  2. Georgina Estrada-Navarrete1,
  3. Maria Elena Rodriguez-Alegria2,
  4. Agustin Lopez-Munguia2,
  5. Enrique Merino3,
  6. Carmen Quinto1,
  7. Federico Sanchez1,*

Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/nph.12002

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 197, Issue 1, pages 194–206, January 2013

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Barraza, A., Estrada-Navarrete, G., Rodriguez-Alegria, M. E., Lopez-Munguia, A., Merino, E., Quinto, C. and Sanchez, F. (2013), Down-regulation of PvTRE1 enhances nodule biomass and bacteroid number in the common bean. New Phytologist, 197: 194–206. doi: 10.1111/nph.12002

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  1. 1

    Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

  2. 2

    Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

  3. 3

    Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

* Author for correspondence:
Federico Sanchez
Tel: +52 777 329 1653
Email: federico@ibt.unam.mx

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 SEP 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 1 JUN 2012

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  • PAPIIT. Grant Number: IN222012

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