- Host-secreted antimicrobial peptide enforces symbiotic selectivity in
Host-secreted antimicrobial peptide enforces symbiotic selectivity in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2017-06-14)
Qi Wang, Shengming Yang, Jinge Liu, Kata Terecskei, Edit Ábrahám, Anikó Gombár, Ágota Domonkos, Attila Szűcs, Péter Körmöczi, Ting Wang, Lili Fodor, Linyong Mao, Zhangjun Fei, Éva Kondorosi, Péter Kaló, Attila Kereszt, Hongyan Zhu
PMID28607058
ABSTRACT
Legumes engage in root nodule symbioses with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria known as rhizobia. In nodule cells, bacteria are enclosed in membrane-bound vesicles called symbiosomes and differentiate into bacteroids that are capable of converting atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia. Bacteroid differentiation and prolonged intracellular survival are essential for development of functional nodules. However, in the
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