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An iron uptake operon required for proper nodule development in the Bradyrhizobium japonicum-soybean symbiosis.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Sept 2005
Benson Heather P, Boncompagni Eric, Guerinot Mary Lou
Abstract excerpt
Rhizobia live in the soil or enter into a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with a suitable host plant. Each environment presents different challenges with respect to iron acquisition. The soybean symbiont Bradyrhizobium japonicum 61A152 can utilize a variety of siderophores (Fe[III]-specific ligands). Purification of iron-regulated outer membrane proteins had previously allowed the cloning of a gene, fegA, from B....
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