An experimental system to study responses of Medicago truncatula roots to chitin oligomers of high degree of polymerization and other microbial elicitors.
13/01/2013 00:00
A. Nars, T. Rey, C. Lafitte, S. Vergnes, S. Amatya, Christophe Jacquet, B. Dumas, C. Thibaudeau, L. Heux, A. Bottin, J. Fliegmann
Résumé:
The root system of legume plants interacts with a large variety of microorganisms, either pathogenic or symbiotic. Understanding how legumes recognize and respond specifically to pathogen-associated or symbiotic signals requires the development of standardized bioassays using well-defined preparations of the corresponding signals. Here we describe the...