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HAR1 mediates systemic regulation of symbiotic organ development.
Nature - 28 Nov 2002
Nishimura Rieko, Hayashi Masaki, Wu Guo-Jiang, Kouchi Hiroshi, Imaizumi-Anraku Haruko, Murakami Yasuhiro, Kawasaki Shinji, Akao Shoichiro, Ohmori Masayuki, Nagasawa Mamoru, Harada Kyuya, Kawaguchi Masayoshi
Abstract excerpt
Symbiotic root nodules are beneficial to leguminous host plants; however, excessive nodulation damages the host because it interferes with the distribution of nutrients in the plant. To keep a steady balance, the nodulation programme is regulated systemically in leguminous hosts. Leguminous mutants that have lost this ability display a hypernodulating phenotype. Through the use of reciprocal and self-grafting...
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