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Rhizobium nod factors reactivate the cell cycle during infection and nodule primordium formation, but the cycle is only completed in primordium formation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7994175     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Rhizobia induce the formation of root nodules on the roots of leguminous plants. In temperate legumes, nodule organogenesis starts with the induction of cell divisions in regions of the root inner cortex opposite protoxylem poles, resulting in the formation of nodule primordia. It has been postulated that the susceptibility of these inner cortical cells to Rhizobium nodulation (Nod) factors is conferred by an arrest at a specific stage of the cell cycle. Concomitantly with the formation of nodule primordia, cytoplasmic rearrangement occurs in the outer cortex. Radially aligned cytoplasmic strands form bridges, and these have been called preinfection threads. It has been proposed that the cytoplasmic bridges are related to phragmosomes. By studying the in situ expression of the cell cycle genes cyc2, H4, and cdc2 in pea and alfalfa root cortical cells after inoculation with Rhizobium or purified Nod factors, we show that the susceptibility of inner cortical cells to Rhizobium is not conferred by an arrest at the G2 phase and that the majority of the dividing cells are arrested at the G0/G1 phase. Furthermore, the outer cortical cells forming a preinfection thread enter the cell cycle although they do not divide.
Authors:
W C Yang; C de Blank; I Meskiene; H Hirt; J Bakker; A van Kammen; H Franssen; T Bisseling
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Plant cell     Volume:  6     ISSN:  1040-4651     ISO Abbreviation:  Plant Cell     Publication Date:  1994 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-01-17     Completed Date:  1995-01-17     Revised Date:  2010-09-10    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9208688     Medline TA:  Plant Cell     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1415-26     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acid Sequence
Bacterial Proteins / pharmacology*
Base Sequence
CDC2 Protein Kinase / biosynthesis,  genetics
Cell Cycle / drug effects*
Cyclins / biosynthesis,  genetics
Fabaceae / cytology,  drug effects*,  microbiology
Histones / biosynthesis,  genetics
Molecular Sequence Data
Plant Roots / cytology,  drug effects*,  microbiology
Plants, Medicinal*
RNA, Messenger / analysis
Rhizobium / chemistry*
Symbiosis / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Bacterial Proteins; 0/Cyclins; 0/Histones; 0/RNA, Messenger; EC 2.7.11.22/CDC2 Protein Kinase
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