The M. truncatula SUNN gene is expressed in vascular tissue, similarly to RDN1, consistent with the role of these nodulation regulation genes in long distance signaling

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-6

  Schnabel, Elise ^a   Karve, Abhijit ^a,b   Kassaw, Tessema ^a   Mukherjee, Arijit ^a,c   Zhou, Xin ^d,e   Hall, Tim ^d   Frugoli, Julia ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregulation of nodulation; Gene expression; Nodulation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GENES, PLANT; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITROGEN FIXATION; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84863066066     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.7.1.18491     Document Type: Article

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