@article{fdi:010074164, title = {{A}ctinorhizal signaling molecules : {F}rankia root hair deforming factor shares properties with {NIN} inducing factor}, author = {{C}issoko, {M}. and {H}ocher, {V}al{\'e}rie and {G}herbi, {H}assen and {G}ully, {D}jamel and {C}arre-{M}louka, {A}. and {S}ane, {S}. and {P}ignoly, {S}arah and {C}hampion, {A}ntony and {N}gom, {M}. and {P}ujic, {P}. and {F}ournier, {P}. and {G}tari, {M}. and {S}wanson, {E}. and {P}esce, {C}. and {T}isa, {L}. {S}. and {S}y, {M}. {O}. and {S}vistoonoff, {S}ergio}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}ctinorhizal plants are able to establish a symbiotic relationship with {F}rankia bacteria leading to the formation of root nodules. {T}he symbiotic interaction starts with the exchange of symbiotic signals in the soil between the plant and the bacteria. {T}his molecular dialog involves signaling molecules that are responsible for the specific recognition of the plant host and its endosymbiont. {H}ere we studied two factors potentially involved in signaling between {F}rankia casuarinae and its actinorhizal host {C}asuarina glauca: (1) the {R}oot {H}air {D}eforming {F}actor ({C}g{RHDF}) detected using a test based on the characteristic deformation of {C}. glauca root hairs inoculated with {F}. casuarinae and (2) a {NIN} activating factor ({C}g{NINA}) which is able to activate the expression of {C}g{NIN}, a symbiotic gene expressed during preinfection stages of root hair development. {W}e showed that {C}g{RHDF} and {C}g{NINA} corresponded to small thermoresistant molecules. {B}oth factors were also hydrophilic and resistant to a chitinase digestion indicating structural differences from rhizobial {N}od factors ({NF}s) or mycorrhizal {M}yc-{LCO}s. {W}e also investigated the presence of {C}g{NINA} and {C}g{RHDF} in 16 {F}rankia strains representative of {F}rankia diversity. {H}igh levels of root hair deformation ({RHD}) and activation of {P}ro{C}g{NIN} were detected for {C}asuarina-infective strains from clade {I}c and closely related strains from clade {I}a unable to nodulate {C}. glauca. {L}ower levels were present for distantly related strains belonging to clade {III}. {N}o {C}g{RHDF} or {C}g{NINA} could be detected for {F}rankia coriariae ({C}lade {II}) or for uninfective strains from clade {IV}.}, keywords = {symbioses ; nodulation factors ; nodule inception ; {C}asuarina ; {A}lnus ; {D}iscaria}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}rontiers in {P}lant {S}cience}, volume = {9}, numero = {}, pages = {art. 1494 [12 p.]}, ISSN = {1664-462{X}}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.3389/fpls.2018.01494}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074164}, }