Molecular mechanisms of Nod factor diversity.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1997.mmi526.x

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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 f...

Topics

Evolution, Molecular
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Lipopolysaccharides
Rhizobium

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