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Differential response of the plant Medicago truncatula to its symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti or an exopolysaccharide-deficient mutant.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jan 2008
Jones Kathryn M, Sharopova Natalya, Lohar Dasharath P, Zhang Jennifer Q, VandenBosch Kathryn A, Walker Graham C
Abstract excerpt
Sinorhizobium meliloti forms symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots of Medicago truncatula. The bacteria invade and colonize the roots through structures called infection threads. S. meliloti unable to produce the exopolysaccharide succinoglycan are unable to establish a symbiosis because they are defective in initiating the production of infection threads and in invading the plant. Here, we use...
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