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ArticleMolecular plant2019

Regulation of Resource Partitioning Coordinates Nitrogen and Rhizobia Responses and Autoregulation of Nodulation in Medicago truncatula.

Beatriz Lagunas, Mingkee Achom, Roxanna Bonyadi-Pour, Alonso J Pardal, Bethany L Richmond, Chrysi Sergaki, Saúl Vázquez, Patrick Schäfer, Sascha Ott, John Hammond and 1 more

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Article in Molecular plant, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Beatriz LagunasSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Mingkee AchomSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Roxanna Bonyadi-PourSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Alonso J PardalSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Bethany L RichmondSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Chrysi SergakiSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Saúl VázquezGateway Building, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, UK.
Patrick SchäferSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Sascha OttDepartment of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
John HammondSchool of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AH, UK; Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia.
Miriam L GiffordSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Electronic address: miriam.gifford@warwick.ac.uk.
University of Warwick · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Reading · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G014159/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H019502/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how plants respond to nitrogen in their environment is crucial for determining how they use it and how the nitrogen use affects other processes related to plant growth and development. Under nitrogen limitation the activity and affinity of uptake systems is increased in roots, and lateral root formation is regulated in order to adapt to low nitrogen levels and scavenge from the soil. Plants in the legume family can form associations with rhizobial nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and this association is tightly regulated by nitrogen levels. The effect of nitrogen on nodulation has been extensively investigated, but the effects of nodulation on plant nitrogen responses remain largely unclear. In this study, we integrated molecular and phenotypic data in the legume Medicago truncatula and determined that genes controlling nitrogen influx are differently expressed depending on whether plants are mock or rhizobia inoculated. We found that a functional autoregulation of nodulation pathway is required for roots to perceive, take up, and mobilize nitrogen as well as for normal root development. Our results together revealed that autoregulation of nodulation, root development, and the location of nitrogen are processes balanced by the whole plant system as part of a resource-partitioning mechanism.

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Gene Expression Regulation, PlantMedicago truncatulaNitrogenPlant ProteinsPlant RootsRhizobiumSymbiosisNitrogenPlant Proteinsautoregulation of nodulationMedicagoNitrogen transportrhizobiaroot system architecturetranscriptomics

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PMID30953787
PMCPMC6557310
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