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Biogenesis of the peribacteroid membrane in root nodules
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Biogenesis of the peribacteroid membrane in root nodules

D P Verma and Z Hong
Trends in microbiology (Regular ed.), Vol.4(9), pp.364-368
09/1996
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0966-842X(96)10053-6
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114968
PMID: 8885172

Abstract

Plant Roots - metabolism Membrane Fusion Cell Membrane - physiology Plant Roots - microbiology Rhizobium - physiology Plant Roots - ultrastructure Fabaceae - ultrastructure Biological Transport Models, Biological Fabaceae - metabolism Membrane Proteins - metabolism Plant Proteins - metabolism Plants, Medicinal Fabaceae - microbiology GTP-Binding Proteins - metabolism
An infected root nodule cell may contain several thousand rhizobial symbionts, each enclosed in a membrane envelope, the peribacteroid membrane (PBM). The PBM is derived from the host plasma membrane, but shares properties with the vacuolar membrane and contains several nodule-specific proteins (nodulins) that perform unique functions for symbiosis.

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