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Tracing nonlegume orthologs of legume genes required for nodulation and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Zhu Hongyan, Riely Brendan K, Burns Nicole J, Ané Jean-Michel
Abstract excerpt
Most land plants can form a root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi for assimilation of inorganic phosphate from the soil. In contrast, the nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis is almost completely restricted to the legumes. The finding that the two symbioses share common signaling components in legumes suggests that the evolutionarily younger nitrogen-fixing symbiosis has recruited functions from...
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