Understanding Nod factor signalling paves the way for targeted engineering in legumes and non-legumes

The Medicago truncatula DREPP Protein Triggers Microtubule Fragmentation in Membrane Nanodomains during Symbiotic Infections

(2020) Chao Su et al.   PLANT CELL

Duplication of symbiotic Lysin Motif-receptors predates the evolution of nitrogen-fixing nodule symbiosis

(2020) Luuk Rutten et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Auxin-induced signaling protein nanoclustering contributes to cell polarity formation

(2020) Xue Pan et al.   Nature Communications

Lotus japonicus Nuclear Factor YA1, a nodule emergence stage‐specific regulator of auxin signalling

(2020) Arina Shrestha et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Cytoplasmic interaction of LysM receptors contributes to the formation of symbiotic receptor complex

(2020) Maruya Suzuki et al.   Plant Biotechnology

SPIKE1 Activates the GTPase ROP6 to Guide the Polarized Growth of Infection Threads in Lotus japonicus

(2020) Jing Liu et al.   PLANT CELL

Ligand-recognizing motifs in plant LysM receptors are major determinants of specificity

(2020) Zoltan Bozsoki et al.   SCIENCE

An SHR–SCR module specifies legume cortical cell fate to enable nodulation

(2020) Wentao Dong et al.   NATURE

NIN acts as a Network Hub Controlling a Growth Module Required for Rhizobial Infection

(2019) Cheng-Wu Liu et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Unraveling new molecular players involved in the autoregulation of nodulation in Medicago truncatula

(2019) Pierre Gautrat et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Gatekeeper–Activation Loop Cross-Talk Determines Distinct Autoactivation States of Symbiosis Receptor Kinase

(2019) Avisek Bhattacharya et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

ALotus japonicuscytoplasmic kinase connects Nod factor perception by the NFR5 LysM receptor to nodulation

(2019) Jaslyn E. M. M. Wong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NODULE INCEPTION Recruits the Lateral Root Developmental Program for Symbiotic Nodule Organogenesis in Medicago truncatula

(2019) Katharina Schiessl et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Atypical Receptor Kinase RINRK1 Required for Rhizobial Infection But Not Nodule Development in Lotus japonicus

(2019) Xiaolin Li et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Celebrating 20 years of genetic discoveries in legume nodulation and symbiotic nitrogen fixation

(2019) Sonali Roy et al.   PLANT CELL

A shared gene drives lateral root development and root nodule symbiosis pathways in Lotus

(2019) Takashi Soyano et al.   SCIENCE

A combination of chitooligosaccharide and lipochitooligosaccharide recognition promotes arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in Medicago truncatula

(2019) Feng Feng et al.   Nature Communications

LCO Receptors Involved in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Are Functional for Rhizobia Perception in Legumes

(2019) Ariane Girardin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A LysM Receptor Heteromer Mediates Perception of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiotic Signal in Rice

(2019) Jiangman He et al.   Molecular Plant

The Chara Genome: Secondary Complexity and Implications for Plant Terrestrialization

(2018) Tomoaki Nishiyama et al.   CELL

Regulation of Nod factor biosynthesis by alternative NodD proteins at distinct stages of symbiosis provides additional compatibility scrutiny

(2018) Simon Kelly et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Epidermal auxin biosynthesis facilitates rhizobial infection in Lotus japonicus

(2018) Marcin Nadzieja et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Symbiotic root infections inMedicago truncatularequire remorin-mediated receptor stabilization in membrane nanodomains

(2018) Pengbo Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative genomics of the nonlegumeParasponiareveals insights into evolution of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium symbioses

(2018) Robin van Velzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters

(2018) Denise Breitburg et al.   SCIENCE

Epidermal LysM receptor ensures robust symbiotic signalling in Lotus japonicus

(2018) Eiichi Murakami et al.   eLife

Systemic control of legume susceptibility to rhizobial infection by a mobile microRNA

(2018) Daniela Tsikou et al.   SCIENCE

Callose-Regulated Symplastic Communication Coordinates Symbiotic Root Nodule Development

(2018) Rocio Gaudioso-Pedraza et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A plant chitinase controls cortical infection thread progression and nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

(2018) Anna Malolepszy et al.   eLife

Plant signalling in symbiosis and immunity

(2017) Cyril Zipfel et al.   NATURE

The rice LysM receptor-like kinase Os CERK1 is required for the perception of short-chain chitin oligomers in arbuscular mycorrhizal signaling

(2017) Gennaro Carotenuto et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Receptor-mediated chitin perception in legume roots is functionally separable from Nod factor perception

(2017) Zoltan Bozsoki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential regulation of the Epr3 receptor coordinates membrane-restricted rhizobial colonization of root nodule primordia

(2017) Yasuyuki Kawaharada et al.   Nature Communications

An Innate Immunity Pathway in the MossPhyscomitrella patens

(2016) Simon Bressendorff et al.   PLANT CELL

CYCLOPS, A DNA-Binding Transcriptional Activator, Orchestrates Symbiotic Root Nodule Development

(2014) Sylvia Singh et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Cleavage of the SYMBIOSIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE Ectodomain Promotes Complex Formation with Nod Factor Receptor 5

(2014) Meritxell Antolín-Llovera et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Synthetic biology approaches to engineering the nitrogen symbiosis in cereals

(2014) C. Rogers et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Root Hair “Infectome” ofMedicago truncatulaUncovers Changes in Cell Cycle Genes and Reveals a Requirement for Auxin Signaling in Rhizobial Infection

(2014) Andrew Breakspear et al.   PLANT CELL

NODULE INCEPTION creates a long-distance negative feedback loop involved in homeostatic regulation of nodule organ production

(2014) Takashi Soyano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chitin-induced activation of immune signaling by the rice receptor CEBiP relies on a unique sandwich-type dimerization

(2014) M. Hayafune et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spontaneous symbiotic reprogramming of plant roots triggered by receptor-like kinases

(2014) Martina Katharina Ried et al.   eLife

TOO MUCH LOVE, a Novel Kelch Repeat-Containing F-box Protein, Functions in the Long-Distance Regulation of the Legume–Rhizobium Symbiosis

(2013) Masahiro Takahara et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Functional Domain Analysis of the Remorin Protein LjSYMREM1 in Lotus japonicus

(2012) Katalin Tóth et al.   PLoS One

Chitin-Induced Dimerization Activates a Plant Immune Receptor

(2012) T. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Symbiotic Rhizobia Bacteria Trigger a Change in Localization and Dynamics of the Medicago truncatula Receptor Kinase LYK3

(2011) C. H. Haney et al.   PLANT CELL

Contribution of NFP LysM Domains to the Recognition of Nod Factors during the Medicago truncatula/Sinorhizobium meliloti Symbiosis

(2011) Sandra Bensmihen et al.   PLoS One

Fungal lipochitooligosaccharide symbiotic signals in arbuscular mycorrhiza

(2010) Fabienne Maillet et al.   NATURE

From defense to symbiosis: limited alterations in the kinase domain of LysM receptor-like kinases are crucial for evolution of legume-Rhizobium symbiosis

(2010) Tomomi Nakagawa et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Autophosphorylation is essential for the in vivo function of the Lotus japonicus Nod factor receptor 1 and receptor-mediated signalling in cooperation with Nod factor receptor 5

(2010) Esben B. Madsen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Nodulation factor receptor kinase 1α controls nodule organ number in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr)

(2010) Arief Indrasumunar et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The PeaSym37Receptor Kinase Gene Controls Infection-Thread Initiation and Nodule Development

(2008) Vladimir Zhukov et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS