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New horizons in nitrogen fixation : proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, Cancún, Mexico, December 6-12, 1992

Title: New horizons in nitrogen fixation : proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, Cancún, Mexico, December 6-12, 1992 / edited by Rafael Palacios and Jaime Mora, and William E. Newton.
Author: International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation (9th : 1992 : Cancún, Mexico)
Publication: Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, ©1993.

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xvi, 788 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

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Current plant science and biotechnology in agriculture ; v. 17

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Current plant science and biotechnology in agriculture ; 17.

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Conference papers and proceedings.

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Errata slip inserted.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Overview Section -- Introductory remarks at the overview session / H. J. Evans -- Nitrogenases: Distribution, composition, structure and function / W. E. Newton -- Rhizobium and legume nodulation: A molecular dialogue / J. Denarie, F. Debelle, G. Truchet and J.-C. Prome -- Plant function in nodulation and nitrogen fixation in legumes / P. M. Gresshoff -- Organization and regulation of nitrogen fixation genes / M. J. Merrick -- The role of respiration in symbiotic nitrogen fixation / H. Hennecke -- Evolution since Knoxville: Were nitrogen-fixing organisms wise to inhabit land plants? / J. I. Sprent, F. R. Minchin and R. Parsons -- Sect. A. Biochemistry of Nitrogenases -- An integrated, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the chemistry of nitrogenases / R. N. F. Thorneley -- Structures and functions of the nitrogenase proteins / D. C. Rees, J. Kim, M. Georgiadis, M. K. Chan, H. Komiya, D. Woo, A. J. Chirino, J. Schlessman and B. T. Hsu -- The crystal structure of the nitrogenase MoFe protein from Clostridium pasteurianum / J. T. Bolin, N. Campobasso, S. W. Muchmore, W. Minor, T. V. Morgan and L. E. Mortenson -- Kinetics and mechanism of nitrogenase -- a role for 'P' centres in dinitrogen reduction / D. J. Lowe, K. Fisher, R. N. Pau and R. N. F. Thorneley -- Nif gene products and their roles in nitrogen fixation / P. W. Ludden -- Intermolecular electron transfer and substrate reduction properties of MoFe proteins altered by site-specific amino acid substitution / C.-H. Kim, L. Zheng, W. E. Newton and D. R. Dean
Use of Fe protein altered at specific amino acid positions to probe its function in nitrogenase catalysis / L. E. Mortenson, T. V. Morgan and L. C. Seefeldt -- Metal regulation of nitrogenases and molybdenum transport in Azotobacter vinelandii / R. N. Pau -- Regulatory role of molecular chaperones in nitrogenase biogenesis / T. Greener, D. Govezensky, A. S. Girshovich, E. S. Bochkareva and A. Zamir -- Sect. B. Bacteria-Plant Interaction -- Nod factors from Rhizobium fredii USDA257 / M. P. Bec-Ferte, A. Savagnac, S. G. Pueppke and J. C. Prome -- The sulfate group on the reducing end protects nod signals of R. meliloti against hydrolysis by Medicago chitinases / M. Schultze, E. Kondorosi and A. Kondorosi -- The function of the rhizobial nodABC and nodFEL operons in the biosynthesis of lipo-oligosaccharides / H. P. Spaink, A. H. M. Wijfjes, O. Geiger, G. V. Bloemberg, T. Ritsema and B. J. J. Lugtenberg -- Chemical signaling of Rhizobium nodulating bean / E. Martinez, R. Poupot, J. C. Prome, M. A. Pardo, L. Segovia, G. Truchet and J. Denarie -- Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains produce multiple 2-0-methylfucose-containing lipo-oligosaccharide nodulation signals / J. Sanjuan, R. W. Carlson, U. R. Bhat, H. Spaink, T. Van Brussel, T. Stokkerman, K. Peters, J. Glushka, B. J. J. Lugtenberg and G. Stacey -- Nod genes and nod factors of Rhizobium species NGR234 / B. Relic, R. Fellay, A. Lewin, X. Perret, N. P. J. Price, P. Rochepeau and W. J. Broughton
Nod factor production by Azorhizobium caulinodans strain ORS571 / M. Holsters, D. Geelen, K. Goethal, M. Van Montagu, R. Geremia, J. C. Prome and P. Mergaert -- Signals released from alfalfa regulate microbial activities in the rhizosphere / D. A. Phillips, F. D. Dakora, M. Leon-Barrios, E. Sande and C. M. Joseph -- Exopolysaccharides and Rhizobium meliloti-alfalfa interactions / J. E. Gonzalez, A. Glucksmann, T. L. Reuber and G. C. Walker -- The role of Rhizobium meliloti surface polysaccharides in nodule development / A. Puhler, W. Arnold, A. Becker, A. Roxlau, M. Keller, D. Kapp, A. Lagares, J. Lorenzen and K. Niehaus -- Rhizobium lequminosarum CE3 lipopolysaccharide structure required in symbiosis with bean / K. Dale Noel -- Sect. C. Bacteria-Plant Interaction -- Pea nod[superscript -] mutants and nod factor perception / R. Heidstra, A. Kozik, T. Bisseling and T. A. Lie -- Biogenesis of peribacteroid membrane (PMB) forming a subcellular compartment essential for symbiotic nitrogen fixation / D. P. S. Verma, C.-I. Cheon, N.-G. Lee, Z. Hong and C.-H. Miao -- Characterization of GmENOD40, a gene expressed in soybean nodule primordia / H. Franssen, W.-C. Yang, P. Katinakis and T. Bisseling -- Expression of the Medicago truncatula ENOD12 gene in response to R. meliloti nod factors and during spontaneous nodulation in transgenic alfalfa / M. Pichon, E.-P. Journet, A. Dedieu, F. De Billy, T. Huguet, G. Truchet and D. G. Barker -- Molecular interactions during nodule development / A. M. Hirsch, S. Asad, Y. Fang, K. Wycoff and M. Lobler
Nodule morphogenesis in the absence of Rhizobium / G. Caetano-Anolles, P. A. Joshi and P. M. Gresshoff -- Ethylene and nodulation / K. H. Lee, J. C. Fearn, F. C. Guinel and T. A. Larue -- Differential gene expression in the development of actinorhizal root nodules / B. Mullin, P. Goetting-Minesky and P. Twigg -- A cyanobacterial-plant endosymbiosis: Aspects of its establishment / B. Bergman, C. Johansson, E. Soderback, U. Rasmussen and A. Matveyev -- Potential targets and pathways for Rhizobium's mitogenic stimulus / B. Prewett, B. Duerr, M. Gawienowski, T. Ropp, J. Dunphy and T. Jacobs -- Sect. D. Regulation and Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation -- Molecular analysis of components responsible for protection of Azotobacter nitrogenase from oxygen damage / R. J. Maier and F. Moshiri -- The regulation of oxygen and its role in regulating nodule metabolism / D. B. Layzell, L. Diaz del Castillo, S. Hunt, M. Kuzma, O. Van Cauwenberghe and I. Oresnik -- In vivo and in vitro oxygen control of nitrogen fixation gene expression in Rhizobium meliloti / J. M. Reyrat, M. David, P. De Philip, A. M. Garnerone, J. Batut and P. Boistard -- Oxygen sensing by the Rhizobium meliloti two-component regulatory system, FixLJ / E. K. Monson, A. F. Lois, P. G. Agron, M. Weistein, S. W. Stanfield, G. S. Ditta and D. R. Helinski
Two oxygen-responsive regulatory cascades control nitrogen fixation genes in Bradyrhizobium japonicum / H. M. Fischer, G. Acuna, D. Anthamatten, F. Arigoni, M. Babst, P. Brouwer, T. Kaspar, I. Kullik, O. Preisig, B. Scherb, M. Weidenhaupt and H. Hennecke -- Heterocyst differentiation and nitrogen fixation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena / R. Haselkorn, J. Liang, L. Scappino and W. J. Buikema -- Regulation of nifA synthesis and activity in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 / M. De Zamaroczy, Y. Y. Liang, A. Kaminski, F. Arsene and C. Elmerich -- The nifL gene of Azotobacter vinelandii: Novel features of sequence, expression and mutant phenotypes / G. Blanco, P. Woodley, M. Drummond, A. Bali and C. Kennedy -- A maltose-binding protein-nifA (MBP-NIFA) fusion activates transcription from the Klebsiella pneumoniae nifH promoter in a purified system: Stimulation by IHF / D. K. Berger, H.-S. Lee and S. Kustu -- Sect. E. Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism -- Carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Rhizobium / J. Mora, S. Encarnacion, M. Salgado, Y. Mora, A. Mendoza and A. Leija -- Succinate metabolism in Rhizobium meliloti / B. T. Driscoll, M. Osteras and T. M. Finan -- Diversion of carbon to polysaccharide synthesis by Bradyrhizobium japonicum and B. elkanii bacteroids / J. G. Streeter, S. O. Salminen and R. W. Carlson -- Molecular control of alfalfa nodule NADH-glutamate synthase: A key for nitrogen assimilation / C. Vance, R. Gregerson, S. Miller, S. Twary and S. Gantt -- Sect. F. Genome Structure, Evolution and Ecology
Rearrangement of nif operons in cyanobacterial heterocysts / J. W. Golden, T. S. Ramasubramanian, T.-F. Wei, F. Pu, C. D. Carrasco and K. S. Ramaswamy -- Gene amplification in Rhizobium / R. Palacios, S. Brom, G. Davila, M. Flores, M. L. Girard, D. Romero and T. Stepkowski -- Molecular phylogeny of rhizobia and their relatives / J. P. W. Young -- Sect. G. Environmental and Applied Aspects -- The prospects of increasing the input of biological nitrogen fixation in agriculture / I. A. Tikhonovich -- Endophytic diazotrophs in sugar cane, cereals and tuber plants / J. Dobereiner, V. M. Reis, M. A. Paula and F. Olivares -- Prospects and problems of biological nitrogen fixation in rice production: A critical assessment / J. K. Ladha, A. Tirol-Padre, K. Reddy and W. Ventura -- Diversity of photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium strains from stem nodules of Aeschynomene species / J. Lorquin, F. Molouba, N. Dupuy, S. Ndiaye, D. Alazard, M. Gillis and B. Dreyfus -- Capacities of Azoarcus sp., a new genus of grass-associated diazotrophs / B. Reinhold-Hurek and T. Hurek -- Field testing of genetically engineered rhizobia / S. Shantharam -- Workshop Reports -- Mechanism of nitrogenase catalysis / B. E. Smith -- Extension of nitrogen fixation to other crops / R. Dixon, J. Vandeleyden and D. Romero -- Regeneration and transformation of legumes / G. Hernandez -- Competitiveness of Rhizobium strains for nodule occupancy / Jose Olivares
Report from the Taxonomy Meeting, Subcommittee on Agrobacterium and Rhizobium / P. Young, E. Martinez, Y. Barnet, J. Cooper and K. Lindstrom.

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079232207X
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9789048142552
9048142555

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93009633

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ocm27681627
27681627
SCSB-14400811

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