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Rhizobium–plant signal exchange

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Initial stages in the Rhizobium–legume symbiosis can be thought of as a reciprocal molecular conversation: transmission of a gene inducer from legume host to bacterium, with ensuing bacterial synthesis of a morphogen that is transmitted to the plant, switching the developmental fate of the legume root. These signal molecules have a key role in determining bacterium–host specificity and the purified Nod factor compounds provide useful new tools to probe plant cell function.

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