Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses

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Summary

During evolution, the genetic programme for AM has been recruited for other plant root symbioses: functional adaptation of a plant receptor kinase that is essential for AM symbiosis paved the way for nitrogen-fixing bacteria to form intracellular symbiosis with plant cells.

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2008-10-01
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Keywords

Biology, Symbiosis, Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Glomeromycota, Rhizophagus irregularis

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