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Control of gene expression by compounds present in root exudates is an important aspect for the ecology of rizospheric bacteria. Flavonoid compounds are particularly relevant for interactions between bacteria of the genus Rhizobium and leguminous plants. Data from different laboratories indicate that flavonoids are responsible for the induction of genes involved in the nodulation process (reviewed in ref. 1). Flavonoids also influence a variety of processes including the determination of efficiency of nodulation (2), competitivity (3), chemotaxis (4) and resistance to plant phytoalexins (5). Thus, the identification and analysis of bacterial genomic regions controlled by root flavonoids is an important step for the understanding of the molecular aspects that culminate in the establishment of a nitrogen -fixing symbiosis.
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Girard, L., Corvera, A., Savagnac, A., Promé, JC., Martínez-Romero, E., Romero, D. (1997). Flavonoid-inducible regions in the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium etli . In: Legocki, A., Bothe, H., Pühler, A. (eds) Biological Fixation of Nitrogen for Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture. NATO ASI Series, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59112-9_24
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