… of the lectins, including sugar specificities of various lectins. … In addition, lectin proteins
present in the roots of the legumes … by rhizobia, playing critical roles in establishing symbiotic …

… are the determinants of specificity in the symbiosis process of … from Rhizobium leguminosarum
binds host plant lectin. Mol … Plant lectins: the ties that bind in root symbiosis and plant …

… host plant [7]. Probably the most primitive mechanism is intercellular … that the binding of
plant lectins to bacterial cell surface … of rhizobial cells to roots is considered to be a non-specific …

… specificity of lectins as some lectins recognize … -specific lectins have also been identified
with specificity to bind with oligosaccharides. Besides binding with carbohydrates, plant lectins …

… the term ‘lectin’ to describe blood group specific plant derived … in the host plant. For instance,
insertion of SBL (Soybean … or Glycine max lectin apyrase/GSC2 to root of transgenic rice (…

… attachment to plant roots with the model organism Rhizobium … pH-condition and plant host
specificity. Exopolysaccharide, … O-antigen of Azospirillum directly binds maize root lectin to …

… Lectins from host plant are localized near the root hair tips and are found to be as receptors
… of plant cell wall on the specific bacterial surface and thus are host range determinant (Hirsch…

… and to breed specific host cultivar-rhizobial strain combinations… Whereas under neutral or
alkaline conditions, root lectins are … host plant defense during early and late symbiotic stages of …

… specificity for Nod factor recognition and determines the selection of compatible rhizobial
symbionts in legumes… of the symbiotic marker pNin-GUS only in the nodulated roots (fig. S2). …

… state and the type of lectin and its specific carbohydrate, lectins may have 1 or more than …
rhizobial polysaccharides that promotes binding of symbiotic rhizobia to root hairs initiating root …