Legume–Rhizobium symbiosis is an example of selective cell recognition controlled by
host/non‐host determinants. Individual bacterial strains have a distinct host range enabling …

Lipochitin oligosaccharides called Nod factors function as primary rhizobial signal
molecules triggering legumes to develop new plant organs: root nodules that host the …

The control of host-specificity in the Rhizobium–legume symbiosis has been a topic of long-
standing interest to plant biologists. By the early 1990s, biologists had deciphered the …

To form nitrogen-fixing symbioses, legume plants recognize a bacterial signal, Nod Factor
(NF). The legume Medicago truncatula has two predicted NF receptors that direct separate …

Nitrogen‐fixing symbiosis between legumes and rhizobia is initiated by the recognition of
rhizobial Nod factors (NFs) by host plants. NFs are diversely modified derivatives of chitin …

Soil‐living rhizobia secrete lipochitin oligosaccharides known as Nod factors, which in Lotus
japonicus are perceived by at least two Nod‐factor receptors, NFR1 and NFR5. Despite …

Root–nodule symbiosis between leguminous plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria (rhizobia)
involves molecular communication between the two partners. Key components for the …

The establishment of the symbiosis between legume plants and rhizobial bacteria depends
on the production of rhizobial lipo-chitooligosaccharidic signals (the Nod factors) that are …

The lectin recognition hypothesis proposes that plant lectins mediate specificity in the
Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Although the hypothesis was developed eight years before …

Symbiotic interactions between rhizobia and legumes are largely controlled by reciprocal
signal exchange. Legume roots excrete flavonoids which induce rhizobial nodulation genes …