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				S. Svistoonoff, L. Laplaze, J. Liang, A. Ribeiro, M. C. Gouveia, F. Auguy, P. Fevereiro, C. Franche, and D. Bogusz Infection-Related Activation of the cg12 Promoter Is Conserved between Actinorhizal and Legume-Rhizobia Root Nodule Symbiosis Plant Physiology, October 1, 2004; 136(2): 3191 - 3197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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				R. M. Mitra, S. L. Shaw, and S. R. Long Six nonnodulating plant mutants defective for Nod factor-induced transcriptional changes associated with the legume-rhizobia symbiosis PNAS, July 6, 2004; 101(27): 10217 - 10222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. J. Gage Infection and Invasion of Roots by Symbiotic, Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobia during Nodulation of Temperate Legumes Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev., June 1, 2004; 68(2): 280 - 300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. L. Tansengco, H. Imaizumi-Anraku, M. Yoshikawa, S. Takagi, M. Kawaguchi, M. Hayashi, and Y. Murooka Pollen Development and Tube Growth are Affected in the Symbiotic Mutant of Lotus japonicus, crinkle Plant Cell Physiol., May 15, 2004; 45(5): 511 - 520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. J. Esseling, F. G.P. Lhuissier, and A. M. C. Emons A Nonsymbiotic Root Hair Tip Growth Phenotype in NORK-Mutated Legumes: Implications for Nodulation Factor-Induced Signaling and Formation of a Multifaceted Root Hair Pocket for Bacteria PLANT CELL, April 1, 2004; 16(4): 933 - 944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Complainville, L. Brocard, I. Roberts, E. Dax, N. Sever, N. Sauer, A. Kondorosi, S. Wolf, K. Oparka, and M. Crespi Nodule Initiation Involves the Creation of a New Symplasmic Field in Specific Root Cells of Medicago Species PLANT CELL, December 1, 2003; 15(12): 2778 - 2791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. Nishimura, M. Ohmori, H. Fujita, and M. Kawaguchi From the Cover: A Lotus basic leucine zipper protein with a RING-finger motif negatively regulates the developmental program of nodulation PNAS, November 12, 2002; 99(23): 15206 - 15210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. Geurts and T. Bisseling Rhizobium Nod Factor Perception and Signalling PLANT CELL, May 1, 2002; 14(90001): S239 - 249. [Full Text] [PDF]

				V. E. TSYGANOV, V. A. VOROSHILOVA, U. B. PRIEFER, A. Y. BORISOV, and I. A. TIKHONOVICH Genetic Dissection of the Initiation of the Infection Process and Nodule Tissue Development in the Rhizobium-Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Symbiosis Ann. Bot., April 1, 2002; 89(4): 357 - 366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				H. B. Krishnan NolX of Sinorhizobium fredii USDA257, a Type III-Secreted Protein Involved in Host Range Determination, Is Localized in the Infection Threads of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp) and Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) Nodules J. Bacteriol., February 1, 2002; 184(3): 831 - 839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R Catoira, A. Timmers, F Maillet, C Galera, R. Penmetsa, D Cook, J Denarie, and C Gough The HCL gene of Medicago truncatula controls Rhizobium-induced root hair curling Development, January 5, 2001; 128(9): 1507 - 1518. [Abstract] [PDF]