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Lotus japonicus nodulation requires two GRAS domain regulators, one of which is functionally conserved in a non-legume.
Plant physiology - 1 Dec 2006
Heckmann Anne B, Lombardo Fabien, Miwa Hiroki, Perry Jillian A, Bunnewell Sue, Parniske Martin, Wang Trevor L, Downie J Allan
Abstract excerpt
A new nodulation-defective mutant of Lotus japonicus does not initiate nodule cortical cell division in response to Mesorhizobium loti, but induces root hair deformation, Nod factor-induced calcium spiking, and mycorrhization. This phenotype, together with mapping data, suggested that the mutation could be in the ortholog of the Medicago truncatula NSP1 gene (MtNSP1). The sequence of the orthologous gene (LjNSP1)...
Topics
- Alphaproteobacteria
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Codon, Nonsense
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Lotus
- Medicago truncatula
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins
- Protein Structure, Tertiary