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The symbiotic association of rhizobia and leguminous plants leads to the formation of specialized root nodules in which both the plant and bacterial cells are highly differentiated. Compared with other plant differentiation processes root nodule formation does not appear a very complex process. Goldberg et al. (Kamalay, Goldberg, 1980, 1984; Goldberg et al., 1981) using hybridization techniques for analyzing messenger RNA populations arrived at the conclusion that 15-25 thousand genes are involved in the formation of a leaf, a stem or a root. 15-40% of which are organ-specific. Verma et al. (Auger, Verma, 1981; Verma, 1982) at the other hand showed by similar hybridization experiments that less than 100 different genes are specifically involved in root nodule formation and maintenance.
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Bisseling, T. et al. (1985). Nodulin Gene Expression in Pisum Sativum. In: Evans, H.J., Bottomley, P.J., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen fixation research progress. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5175-4_7
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