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api, A novel Medicago truncatula symbiotic mutant impaired in nodule primordium invasion.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 May 2008
Teillet Alice, Garcia Joseph, de Billy Françoise, Gherardi Michèle, Huguet Thierry, Barker David G, de Carvalho-Niebel Fernanda, Journet Etienne-Pascal
Abstract excerpt
Genetic approaches have proved to be extremely useful in dissecting the complex nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium-legume endosymbiotic association. Here we describe a novel Medicago truncatula mutant called api, whose primary phenotype is the blockage of rhizobial infection just prior to nodule primordium invasion, leading to the formation of large infection pockets within the cortex of noninvaded root outgrowths. The...
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