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Science 16 November 1990:
Vol. 250. no. 4983, pp. 948 - 954
DOI: 10.1126/science.250.4983.948
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Developmental Biology of a Plant-Prokaryote Symbiosis: The Legume Root Nodule

Jan-Peter Nap 1 and Ton Bisseling 2

1 Department of Molecular Biology, Agricultural University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
2 Centre for Plant Breeding Research CPO, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

The development of nitrogen fixing root nodules on the roots of leguminous plants is induced by soil bacteria (for example, from the genus Rhizobium). The formation of this plant organ involves specific activation of genes in both plant and bacterium. Analysis of these genes gives insight into the way in which plant and bacterium succeed in coordinating plant development.


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