Celebrating 20 years of genetic discoveries in legume nodulation and symbiotic nitrogen fixation

S Roy, W Liu, RS Nandety, A Crook, KS Mysore… - The Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Since 1999, various forward-and reverse-genetic approaches have uncovered nearly 200
genes required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) in legumes. These discoveries …

Transport and metabolism in legume-rhizobia symbioses

M Udvardi, PS Poole - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation by rhizobia in legume root nodules injects approximately 40
million tonnes of nitrogen into agricultural systems each year. In exchange for reduced …

Plants transfer lipids to sustain colonization by mutualistic mycorrhizal and parasitic fungi

Y Jiang, W Wang, Q Xie, NA Liu, L Liu, D Wang… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi facilitate plant uptake of mineral nutrients and draw
organic nutrients from the plant. Organic nutrients are thought to be supplied primarily in the …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza‐specific enzymes FatM and RAM 2 fine‐tune lipid biosynthesis to promote development of arbuscular mycorrhiza

A Bravo, M Brands, V Wewer, P Dörmann… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
During arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS), considerable amounts of lipids are
generated, modified and moved within the cell to accommodate the fungus in the root, and it …

NIN-like protein transcription factors regulate leghemoglobin genes in legume nodules

S Jiang, MF Jardinaud, J Gao, Y Pecrix, J Wen… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Leghemoglobins enable the endosymbiotic fixation of molecular nitrogen (N2) in legume
nodules by channeling O2 for bacterial respiration while maintaining a micro-oxic …

The role of flavonoids in nodulation host-range specificity: an update

CW Liu, JD Murray - Plants, 2016 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids are crucial signaling molecules in the symbiosis between legumes and their
nitrogen-fixing symbionts, the rhizobia. The primary function of flavonoids in the interaction is …

An expanded maize gene expression atlas based on RNA sequencing and its use to explore root development

SC Stelpflug, RS Sekhon, B Vaillancourt… - The plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive and systematic transcriptome profiling provides valuable insight into
biological and developmental processes that occur throughout the life cycle of a plant. We …

An integrated analysis of plant and bacterial gene expression in symbiotic root nodules using laser‐capture microdissection coupled to RNA sequencing

B Roux, N Rodde, MF Jardinaud, T Timmers… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Rhizobium‐induced root nodules are specialized organs for symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Indeterminate‐type nodules are formed from an apical meristem and exhibit a spatial …

The Root Hair “Infectome” of Medicago truncatula Uncovers Changes in Cell Cycle Genes and Reveals a Requirement for Auxin Signaling in Rhizobial Infection

A Breakspear, C Liu, S Roy, N Stacey, C Rogers… - The Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Nitrogen-fixing rhizobia colonize legume roots via plant-made intracellular infection threads.
Genetics has identified some genes involved but has not provided sufficient detail to …

Nectar secretion requires sucrose phosphate synthases and the sugar transporter SWEET9

IW Lin, D Sosso, LQ Chen, K Gase, SG Kim, D Kessler… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Angiosperms developed floral nectaries that reward pollinating insects. Although nectar
function and composition have been characterized, the mechanism of nectar secretion has …