From pollen tubes to infection threads: Recruitment of Medicago floral pectic genes for symbiosis

Plant Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-598

  Rodríguez Llorente, Ignacio D ^a   Pérez Hormaeche, Javier ^a   El Mounadi, Kaoutar El ^a   Dary, Mohammed ^a   Caviedes, Miguel A ^a   Cosson, Viviane ^b   Kondorosi, Adam ^b,c   Ratet, Pascal ^b   Palomares, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Evolution; Medicago; Pectin methylesterase; Polygalacturonase; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

GENES; TOBACCO;

POLLEN TUBES; ROOT NODULES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBOXYLESTERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PECTINESTERASE; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER; GENE; GENETICS; MEDICAGO; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; MEDICAGO; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYGALACTURONASE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TOBACCO;

GENES; PLANTS; POLLEN; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 4143145254     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02155.x     Document Type: Article

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