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Host plant genome overcomes the lack of a bacterial gene for symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Nature - 26 Nov 2009
Hakoyama Tsuneo, Niimi Kaori, Watanabe Hirokazu, Tabata Ryohei, Matsubara Junichi, Sato Shusei, Nakamura Yasukazu, Tabata Satoshi, Jichun Li, Matsumoto Tsuyoshi, Tatsumi Kazuyuki, Nomura Mika, Tajima Shigeyuki, Ishizaka Masumi, Yano Koji, Imaizumi-Anraku Haruko, Kawaguchi Masayoshi, Kouchi Hiroshi, Suganuma Norio
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Homocitrate is a component of the iron-molybdenum cofactor in nitrogenase, where nitrogen fixation occurs. NifV, which encodes homocitrate synthase (HCS), has been identified from various diazotrophs but is not present in most rhizobial species that perform efficient nitrogen fixation only in sym...
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