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Plant Genetic Approaches to Symbiotic Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes

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A Genetic Approach to Plant Biochemistry

Part of the book series: Plant Gene Research ((GENE))

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We happily accepted the invitation to write this chapter because we have experienced the development of new approaches to research into the genetics, microbiology and biochemistry of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. We were confronted with a broad range of advances in the biochemical genetics of Rhizobium, especially relating to the genetic elements controlling the key symbiotic phenotypes: nitrogen fixation (the nif and fix genes) and nodulation (controlled by the nod genes). Likewise there has been a major application of plant molecular biology to the analysis of nodule-specific or nodule-enhanced plant gene products (Lee et al., 1983; Fuller et al., 1983; Govers et al., 1985; and Kaninakis and Verma, 1985). This major class of proteins or nodulins allows the molecular visualisation of the plant genome’s contribution to the symbiosis (Verma et al., 1985).

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