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Differentiation of symbiotic cells and endosymbionts in Medicago truncatula nodulation are coupled to two transcriptome-switches.
PloS one - 4 Mar 2010
Maunoury Nicolas, Redondo-Nieto Miguel, Bourcy Marie, Van de Velde Willem, Alunni Benoit, Laporte Philippe, Durand Patricia, Agier Nicolas, Marisa Laetitia, Vaubert Danièle, Delacroix Hervé, Duc Gérard, Ratet Pascal, Aggerbeck Lawrence, Kondorosi Eva, Mergaert Peter
Abstract excerpt
The legume plant Medicago truncatula establishes a symbiosis with the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti which takes place in root nodules. The formation of nodules employs a complex developmental program involving organogenesis, specific cellular differentiation of the host cells and the endosymbiotic bacteria, called bacteroids, as well as the specific activation of a large number of plant genes....
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