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Cellular Interactions between Host and Endosymbiont in Dinitrogen-Fixing Root Nodules of Woody Plants

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Cell to Cell Signals in Plant, Animal and Microbial Symbiosis

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During the last decade increasing attention has been paid by plant scientists to temperate and tropical woody plants known to establish symbiotic relationships with soil microorganisms capable of generating and expressing the enzyme nitrogenase. In the appropriate biological context this enzyme catalyzes the reduction of molecular dinitrogen from the atmosphere into organic form assimilable by the eukaryotic partner in the association. Management of biological nitrogen fixation by tree species is viewed increasingly as an important approach to improvement of world agriculture and forestry.

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    John G. Torrey

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    Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson

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Torrey, J.G. (1988). Cellular Interactions between Host and Endosymbiont in Dinitrogen-Fixing Root Nodules of Woody Plants. In: Scannerini, S., Smith, D., Bonfante-Fasolo, P., Gianinazzi-Pearson, V. (eds) Cell to Cell Signals in Plant, Animal and Microbial Symbiosis. NATO ASI Series, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73154-9_1

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