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Title: DNA Methylation in Ensifer Species during Free-Living Growth and during Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis with Medicago spp.

Journal Article · · mSystems
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  1. Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
  2. Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
  3. Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  4. Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  5. U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, California, USA

Nitrogen fixation by rhizobia in symbiosis with legumes is economically and ecologically important. The symbiosis can involve a complex bacterial transformation—terminal differentiation—that includes major shifts in the transcriptome and cell cycle.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1838230
Journal Information:
mSystems, Journal Name: mSystems Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 2379-5077
Publisher:
American Society for MicrobiologyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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