-
Nat. Rev. Microbiol. · Apr 2009
Symbiotic use of pathogenic strategies: rhizobial protein secretion systems.
- William J Deakin and William J Broughton.
- LBMPS, University of Geneva, 30, quai Ernest-Ansermet - Sciences III, CH-1211 Genève 4, Geneva, Switzerland. william.deakin@unige.ch
- Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 2009 Apr 1;7(4):312-20.
AbstractRhizobia - a diverse group of soil bacteria - induce the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots of legumes. Nodulation begins when the roots initiate a molecular dialogue with compatible rhizobia in the soil. Most rhizobia reply by secreting lipochitooligosaccharidic nodulation factors that enable entry into the legume. A molecular exchange continues, which, in compatible interactions, permits rhizobia to invade root cortical cells, differentiate into bacteroids and fix nitrogen. Rhizobia also use additional molecular signals, such as secreted proteins or surface polysaccharides. One group of proteins secreted by rhizobia have homologues in bacterial pathogens and may have been co-opted by rhizobia for symbiotic purposes.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..