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A plant receptor-like kinase required for both bacterial and fungal symbiosis.
Nature - 27 Jun 2002
Stracke Silke, Kistner Catherine, Yoshida Satoko, Mulder Lonneke, Sato Shusei, Kaneko Takakazu, Tabata Satoshi, Sandal Niels, Stougaard Jens, Szczyglowski Krzysztof, Parniske Martin
Abstract excerpt
Most higher plant species can enter a root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, in which plant carbon is traded for fungal phosphate. This is an ancient symbiosis, which has been detected in fossils of early land plants. In contrast, the nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbioses of plants with bacteria evolved more recently, and are phylogenetically restricted to the rosid I clade of plants. Both symbioses...
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