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Conservation in function of a SCAR/WAVE component during infection thread and root hair growth in Medicago truncatula.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Dec 2010
Miyahara Akira, Richens Jennifer, Starker Colby, Morieri Giulia, Smith Lucinda, Long Sharon, Downie J Allan, Oldroyd Giles E D
Abstract excerpt
Nitrogen-fixing symbioses of plants are often associated with bacterially infected nodules where nitrogen fixation occurs. The plant host facilitates bacterial infection with the formation of infection threads, unique structures associated with these symbioses, which are invaginations of the host...
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