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Aeschynomene evenia, a model plant for studying the molecular genetics of the nod-independent rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jul 2012
Arrighi Jean-François, Cartieaux Fabienne, Brown Spencer C, Rodier-Goud Marguerite, Boursot Marc, Fardoux Joel, Patrel Delphine, Gully Djamel, Fabre Sandrine, Chaintreuil Clémence, Giraud Eric
Abstract excerpt
Research on the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis has been focused, thus far, on two model legumes, Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus, which use a sophisticated infection process involving infection thread formation. However, in 25% of the legumes, the bacterial entry occurs more simply in an intercellular fashion. Among them, some Aeschynomene spp. are nodulated by photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium spp. that do not...
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