The Scientist : Genes that mediate symbiosis [27/6/2002]

Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk
News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020627-02

27 June 2002

Plants adapted to grow in nutrient-poor soils do so in collaboration with microbes that trade nutrients for plant-produced sugars, but the precise nature of these relationships has been unclear. Two papers in 27 June Nature, describe the proteins that mediates a plant's ability to communicate to and engage in symbiotic relationships with bacteria.

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