Symbiosis-Specific Expression of Two Medicago truncatula Nodulin Genes, MtN1 and MtN13, Encoding Products Homologous to Plant Defense Proteins
| Autor: | Pascal Gamas, Truchet G, de Billy F |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Complementary Xanthomonas DNA Plant Physiology Molecular Sequence Data Genes Plant Homology (biology) Gene Expression Regulation Plant Pseudomonas Gene expression Pseudomonas syringae Plant defense against herbivory Amino Acid Sequence RNA Messenger Symbiosis Gene In Situ Hybridization Plant Proteins Pathogenesis-related protein Genetics Base Sequence Sequence Homology Amino Acid biology Membrane Proteins food and beverages RNA General Medicine biology.organism_classification Medicago truncatula RNA Plant Agronomy and Crop Science Medicago sativa Sinorhizobium meliloti |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®. 11:393-403 |
| ISSN: | 1943-7706 0894-0282 |
| DOI: | 10.1094/mpmi.1998.11.5.393 |
| Popis: | Two Medicago truncatula nodulin genes putatively encoding proteins structurally related to two classes of proteins commonly associated with plant defense reactions have been characterized. MtN1 is homologous to two small, cysteine-rich, pathogen-inducible proteins from pea (pI39 and pI230), whereas MtN13 is closely related to the PR10 family of pathogenesis-related proteins. We show that neither MtN1 nor MtN13 is induced in leaves in response to pathogenic bacteria, and that both are exclusively expressed during nodulation. In situ hybridization experiments as well as Northern (RNA) studies of interactions between M. truncatula and either wild-type Rhizobium meliloti or mutants deficient in infection establish that MtN1 is associated with the infection process, while MtN13 represents the first specific marker described for the nodule outer cortex. Possible roles for MtN1 and MtN13 are discussed. We also present the identification of another member of the PR10 family, designated as MtPR10-1, whose regulation is strikingly different from that observed for MtN13, being constitutively expressed in roots and pathogen-inducible in leaves. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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