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Science 302 (5645): 575-578

Copyright © 2003 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

PLANT SCIENCES:
How Legumes Select Their Sweet Talking Symbionts

Julie Cullimore and Jean Dénarié

Legumes form a symbiotic relationship with rhizobial bacteria, which live in root nodules and fix nitrogen to form ammonia. A key event in the initiation of this symbiotic relationship is the release of Nod factor signals by bacteria. In his Perspective, Cullimore and Dénarié discuss new work published here (Limpens et al.) and elsewhere that identifies the plant receptors recognizing Nod factors.

The authors are at the Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, CNRS-INRA, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France. E-mail: denarie{at}toulouse.inra.fr

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