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Published online 27 June 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020624-7
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Symbiosis has deep roots
Protein password found for plant-microbe symbiosis.
Two studies have identified the protein that enables some plant roots to exchange nutrients with microbes1,2. The discovery could help researchers alter other plants so that they can do the same.
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