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The RPG gene of Medicago truncatula controls Rhizobium-directed polar growth during infection.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jul 2008
Arrighi Jean-François, Godfroy Olivier, de Billy Françoise, Saurat Olivier, Jauneau Alain, Gough Clare
Abstract excerpt
Rhizobia can infect roots of host legume plants and induce new organs called nodules, in which they fix atmospheric nitrogen. Infection generally starts with root hair curling, then proceeds inside newly formed, intracellular tubular structures called infection threads. A successful symbiotic interaction relies on infection threads advancing rapidly at their tips by polar growth through successive cell layers of...
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