supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Grant No. 30770171);Shanghai Natural Sciences Foundation (Grant No. 05ZR14135);National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2001CB108901)
Our previous work showed that an enoyl-ACP reductase gene fabI1 of Sinorhizobium meliloti was down-regulated in the nifA mutant nodule bacteria. To gain a better understanding of fabI1 gene, a single site insertion mu...