PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hines, Pamela TI - Stealth Nod Factor Recognition AID - 10.1126/scisignal.2004743 DP - 2013 Sep 24 TA - Science Signaling PG - ec233--ec233 VI - 6 IP - 294 4099 - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/6/294/ec233.short 4100 - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/6/294/ec233.full SO - Sci. Signal.2013 Sep 24; 6 AB - Legumes’ symbiotic interaction with nitrogen-fixing bacteria supplies the plant with nitrogen. Many important crop plants, however, cannot establish these symbioses and, thus, agriculture depends on externally applied fertilizers. It was surprising, then, that Liang et al. found that several nonleguminous plants—including Arabidopsis, tomato, and corn—were able to respond to the same Nod factors that initiate the microbial symbiosis in soybean. Y. Liang, Y. Cao, K. Tanaka, S. Thibivilliers, J. Wan, J. Choi, C. h. Kang, J. Qiu, G. Stacey, Nonlegumes respond to rhizobial Nod factors by suppressing the innate immune response. Science 341, 1384–1387 (2013). [Abstract] [Full Text]