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nip, a symbiotic Medicago truncatula mutant that forms root nodules with aberrant infection threads and plant defense-like response.
Plant physiology - 1 Nov 2004
Veereshlingam Harita, Haynes Janine G, Penmetsa R Varma, Cook Douglas R, Sherrier D Janine, Dickstein Rebecca
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis, we isolated and studied a novel symbiotic mutant of the model legume Medicago truncatula, designated nip (numerous infections and polyphenolics). When grown on nitrogen-free media in the presence of the compatible bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, the nip mutant showed nitrogen deficiency symptoms. The mutant failed to form pink nitrogen-fixing nodules that occur in...
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