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Molecular mechanisms of Nod factor diversity.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Sept 1997
Mergaert P, Van Montagu M, Holsters M
Abstract excerpt
The rhizobia-legume symbiosis is highly specific. Major host specificity determinants are the bacterial Nod factor signals that trigger the nodulation programme in a compatible host. Nod factors are lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCOs) varying in the oligosaccharide chain length, the nature of the fatty acids and substitutions on the oligosaccharide. The nod genotype of rhizobia, which forms the genetic basis for...
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