Iron homeostasis in the legume-rhizobial symbiosis
All plants require iron to survive, but those that establish symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria have a particularly high demand. The bacterial nitrogenase enzyme is dependent on iron-sulphur cofactors, and the host plant expresses large amounts of leghaemoglobin in infected cells to protect nit...
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University of East Anglia
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.738668 |