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SUBMITTER: Gherbi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2290763 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gherbi Hassen H Markmann Katharina K Svistoonoff Sergio S Estevan Joan J Autran Daphné D Giczey Gabor G Auguy Florence F Péret Benjamin B Laplaze Laurent L Franche Claudine C Parniske Martin M Bogusz Didier D
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080303 12
Root endosymbioses vitally contribute to plant nutrition and fitness worldwide. Nitrogen-fixing root nodulation, confined to four plant orders, encompasses two distinct types of associations, the interaction of legumes (Fabales) with rhizobia bacteria and actinorhizal symbioses, where the bacterial symbionts are actinomycetes of the genus Frankia. Although several genetic components of the host-symbiont interaction have been identified in legumes, the genetic basis of actinorhiza formation is un ...[more]