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Failure of self-control: defense-like reactions during legume/rhizobia symbiosis.
Plant signaling & behavior - 1 Apr 2013
Bourcy Marie, Berrabah Fathi, Ratet Pascal, Gourion Benjamin
Abstract excerpt
Medicago truncatula and Sinorhizobium meliloti form a symbiotic association resulting in the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules. In this organ, symbiotic cells contain large numbers of bacteroids. Remarkably, this chronic infection does not trigger visible defense reactions. Despite the importance of this phenomenon for potential transfer of the symbiotic capacity to non-legume plants, the molecular mechanisms...
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