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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2018

Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Symbiotic Specificity in Legume-Rhizobium Interactions.

Qi Wang, Jinge Liu, Hongyan Zhu

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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98 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Qi WangDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Jinge LiuDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Hongyan ZhuDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Legumes are able to form a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria called rhizobia. The result of this symbiosis is to form nodules on the plant root, within which the bacteria can convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia that can be used by the plant. Establishment of a successful symbiosis requires the two symbiotic partners to be compatible with each other throughout the process of symbiotic development. However, incompatibility frequently occurs, such that a bacterial strain is unable to nodulate a particular host plant or forms nodules that are incapable of fixing nitrogen. Genetic and molecular mechanisms that regulate symbiotic specificity are diverse, involving a wide range of host and bacterial genes/signals with various modes of action. In this review, we will provide an update on our current knowledge of how the recognition specificity has evolved in the context of symbiosis signaling and plant immunity.

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host specificitylegumenitrogen fixationnodulationrhizobial symbiosis

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PMID29593768
PMCPMC5854654

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