The ex planta signal activity of a Medicago ribosomal uL2 protein suggests a moonlighting role in controlling secondary rhizobial infection.

We recently described a regulatory loop, which we termed autoregulation of infection (AOI), by which Sinorhizobium meliloti, a Medicago endosymbiont, downregulates the root susceptibility to secondary infection events via ethylene. AOI is initially triggered by so-far unidentified Medicago nodule si...

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Main Authors: Fernando Sorroche, Violette Morales, Saïda Mouffok, Carole Pichereaux, A Marie Garnerone, Lan Zou, Badrish Soni, Marie-Anne Carpéné, Audrey Gargaros, Fabienne Maillet, Odile Burlet-Schiltz, Verena Poinsot, Patrice Polard, Clare Gough, Jacques Batut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235446