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Sunergos1, A Lotus Japonicus Gene Required For Proper Accommodation Of Rhizobial Infection, Hwi Joong Yoon
Sunergos1, A Lotus Japonicus Gene Required For Proper Accommodation Of Rhizobial Infection, Hwi Joong Yoon
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Here, I characterize a symbiotic mutant of Lotus japonicus, called sunergos1 (suner1), which originated from a har1-1 suppressor screen. I have shown that suner1 supports epidermal infection by rhizobia and initiates nodule primordia organogenesis as in wild-type. However, the infection process is temporarily stalled, such that infection threads fail to ramify within the root cortex and timely release of bacteria inside the nodule primordia cells does not occur. This symbiotic defect is ephemeral and with additional time, functional nodules are formed. Using a combined approach involving map-based cloning and next-generation sequencing, I have shown that the suner1 …