Article
The unbearable naivety of legumes in symbiosis.
Current opinion in plant biology - 1 Aug 2009
Den Herder Griet, Parniske Martin
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms by which legumes choose their rhizobial partners operate independently from their ability to fix nitrogen. As a result of this naivety, symbiotic nitrogen fixation is often suboptimal. The initial recognition of the bacterial partner and the subsequent signal transduction in the host root utilises components that are functionally conserved between legumes and probably actinorhiza host plants....
Topics
- Fabaceae
- Genotype
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Models, Biological
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Nitrogenase
- Rhizobium
- Root Nodules, Plant
- Symbiosis