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dc.contributor.authorStacey, Gary, 1951-eng
dc.contributor.authorLibault, Marceng
dc.contributor.authorBrechenmacher, Laurenteng
dc.contributor.authorWan, Jinrongeng
dc.contributor.authorMay, Gregory D.eng
dc.date.issued2006-02eng
dc.descriptionhttp://www.soyroothair.org/publications.phpeng
dc.description.abstractGram-negative soil bacteria (rhizobia) within the Rhizobiaceae phylogenetic family (a-proteobacteria) have the unique ability to infect and establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis on the roots of leguminous plants. This symbiosis is of agronomic importance, reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer for agriculturally important plants (e.g. soybean and alfalfa). The establishment of the symbiosis involves a complex interplay between host and symbiont, resulting in the formation of a novel organ, the nodule, which the bacteria colonize as intracellular symbionts. This review focuses on the most recent discoveries relating to how this symbiosis is established. Two general developments have contributed to the recent explosion of research progress in this area: first, the adoption of two genetic model legumes, Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus, and second, the application of modern methods in functional genomics (e.g. transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analyses).eng
dc.description.sponsorshipOngoing related research in the Stacey laboratory is funded by grants from the US Department of Energy (DE-FG02-02ER15309), the National Science Foundation (NSF) (DBI-0421620), and the National Research Initiative (NRI) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (2005-35319-16192 and 2004-35604-14708).eng
dc.identifier.citationCurrent Opinion in Plant Biology 2006, 9:110-121eng
dc.identifier.issn1369-5266eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/3483eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherElseviereng
dc.relation.ispartofFunctional Genomics of Root Hair Infection project publications (MU)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. National Center for Soybean Biotechnology. Functional Genomics of Root Hair Infection projecteng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.eng
dc.subject.lcshLegumeseng
dc.subject.lcshSymbiosiseng
dc.subject.lcshFunctional genomicseng
dc.titleGenetics and functional genomics of legume nodulationeng
dc.typeArticleeng


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