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An endoglucanase is involved in infection of rice roots by the not-cellulose-metabolizing endophyte Azoarcus sp. strain BH72.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Feb 2006
Reinhold-Hurek Barbara, Maes Tamara, Gemmer Sabrina, Van Montagu Marc, Hurek Thomas
Abstract excerpt
The nitrogen-fixing endophyte Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 infects roots of Kallar grass and rice inter- and intra-cellularly and can spread systemically into shoots without causing symptoms of plant disease. Although cellulose or its breakdown products do not support growth, this strain expresses an endoglucanase, which might be involved in infection. Sequence analysis of eglA places the secreted 34-kDa protein into...
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