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The Nitrate Transporter Family Protein LjNPF8.6 Controls the N-Fixing Nodule Activity.
Plant physiology - 1 Nov 2017
Valkov Vladimir Totev, Rogato Alessandra, Alves Ludovico Martins, Sol Stefano, Noguero Mélanie, Léran Sophie, Lacombe Benoit, Chiurazzi Maurizio
Abstract excerpt
N-fixing nodules are new organs formed on legume roots as a result of the beneficial interaction with soil bacteria, rhizobia. The nodule functioning is still a poorly characterized step of the symbiotic interaction, as only a few of the genes induced in N-fixing nodules have been functionally characterized. We present here the characterization of a member of the Lotus japonicus nitrate transporter1/peptide...
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