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ReviewPlant & cell physiology2010

How many peas in a pod? Legume genes responsible for mutualistic symbioses underground.

Hiroshi Kouchi, Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku, Makoto Hayashi, Tsuneo Hakoyama, Tomomi Nakagawa, Yosuke Umehara, Norio Suganuma, Masayoshi Kawaguchi

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Review in Plant & cell physiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
90citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
39.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 228 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. How Do Strigolactones Ameliorate Nutrient Deficiencies in Plants?Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2019
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30 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroshi KouchiDepartment of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan. kouchih@nias.affrc.go.jp
Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku
Makoto Hayashi
Tsuneo Hakoyama
Tomomi Nakagawa
Yosuke Umehara
Norio Suganuma
Masayoshi Kawaguchi
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences · JPAichi University of Education · JPNational Institute for Basic Biology · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between legume plants and Rhizobium bacteria is the most prominent plant-microbe endosymbiotic system and, together with mycorrhizal fungi, has critical importance in agriculture. The introduction of two model legume species, Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula, has enabled us to identify a number of host legume genes required for symbiosis. A total of 26 genes have so far been cloned from various symbiotic mutants of these model legumes, which are involved in recognition of rhizobial nodulation signals, early symbiotic signaling cascades, infection and nodulation processes, and regulation of nitrogen fixation. These accomplishments during the past decade provide important clues to understanding not only the molecular mechanisms underlying plant-microbe endosymbiotic associations but also the evolutionary aspects of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between legume plants and Rhizobium bacteria. In this review we survey recent progress in molecular genetic studies using these model legumes.

Indexed as

Genes, PlantFabaceaeGene Expression Regulation, PlantNitrogen FixationPlant Root NodulationRhizobiumSignal TransductionSymbiosis

Identifiers

PMID20660226
PMCPMC2938637
OpenAlexW2142478510

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