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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 5, 566-576 (July 2004) | doi:10.1038/nrm1424

Article series: Plant Biology

Calcium, kinases and nodulation signalling in legumes

Giles E. D. Oldroyd1 & J. Allan Downie1  About the authors

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Several genes have recently been identified using legume mutants that are defective for nodulation signalling. The proteins they encode include novel types of receptor-like kinase that are predicted to recognize bacterial nodulation (Nod) factors, a leucine-rich-repeat receptor kinase, a putative ion channel and a predicted Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase. The identification of these gene products provides new insights into the legume signalling responses to rhizobial signals.

Author affiliations

  1. John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
    Email: giles.oldroyd@bbsrc.ac.uk;
    Email: allan.downie@bbsrc.ac.uk.

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