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Lotus japonicus ARPC1 is required for rhizobial infection.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2012
Hossain Md Shakhawat, Liao Jinqiu, James Euan K, Sato Shusei, Tabata Satoshi, Jurkiewicz Anna, Madsen Lene H, Stougaard Jens, Ross Loretta, Szczyglowski Krzysztof
Abstract excerpt
Remodeling of the plant cell cytoskeleton precedes symbiotic entry of nitrogen-fixing bacteria within the host plant roots. Here we identify a Lotus japonicus gene encoding a predicted ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN COMPONENT1 (ARPC1) as essential for rhizobial infection but not for arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis. In other organisms ARPC1 constitutes a subunit of the ARP2/3 complex, the major nucleator of Y-branched...
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