The Scientist : Transcription factors link rhizobia, legumes [20/6/2005]

Transcription factors link rhizobia, legumes

Email: Ishani Ganguli - iganguli@the-scientist.com
News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20050620-02

20 June 2005

Scientists have identified two putative plant transcription factors that are essential links in the symbiosis of rhizobial bacteria and legumes, according to two reports in this week's Science. The transcription factors–GRAS family proteins NSP1 and NSP2–may play distinct yet cooperative roles in regulating the development of nodules on the plant roots where the nitrogen-fixing bacteria reside.

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