Rhizobial Lipo-oligosaccharide Signals and Their Role in Plant Morphogenesis; Are Analogous Lipophilic ChitinDerivatives Produced by the Plant?
HP Spaink, AHM Wijfjes, Vliet TB van, JW Kijne and BJJ Lugtenberg
Australian Journal of Plant Physiology
20(5) 381 - 392
Published: 1993
Abstract
Rhizobia, bacterial symbionts of leguminous plants, produce lipo-oligosaccharide signal molecules after induction of their nod genes by the plant host. The effects of these signals on plant developmental processes are discussed. Considering the similarity of the lipo-oligosaccharides with chitin, we discuss the possible basis of these effects and show some preliminary results which indicate that analogous molecules could occur in uninfected plants.
https://doi.org/10.1071/PP9930381
© CSIRO 1993