A Sinorhizobium meliloti-specific N-acyl homoserine lactone quorum-sensing signal increases nodule numbers in Medicago truncatula independent of autoregulation

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Veliz Vallejos, Debora F ^a   Van Noorden, Giel E ^a   Yuan, Mengqi ^a   Mathesius, Ulrike ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acyl homoserine lactones; Autoregulation of nodulation; Ethylene; Flavonoids; Nodulation; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908013353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00551     Document Type: Article

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