@article{fdi:010040783, title = {{A}uxin influx activity is associated with {F}rankia infection during actinorhizal nodule formation in {C}asuarina glauca}, author = {{P}{\'e}ret, {B}enjamin and {S}warup, {R}. and {J}ansen, {L}een and {D}evos, {G}a{\¨e}lle and {A}uguy, {F}lorence and {C}ollin, {M}. and {S}anti, {C}arole and {H}ocher, {V}al{\'e}rie and {F}ranche, {C}laudine and {B}ogusz, {D}idier and {B}ennett, {M}. and {L}aplaze, {L}aurent}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{P}lants from the {C}asuarinaceae family enter symbiosis with the actinomycete {F}rankia leading to the formation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules. {W}e observed that application of the auxin influx inhibitor 1-naphtoxyacetic acid perturbs actinorhizal nodule formation. {T}his suggests a potential role for auxin influx carriers in the infection process. {W}e therefore isolated and characterized homologs of the auxin influx carrier ({AUX}1-{LAX}) genes in {C}asuarina glauca. {T}wo members of this family were found to share high levels of deduced protein sequence identity with {A}rabidopsis ({A}rabidopsis thaliana) {AUX}-{LAX} proteins. {C}omplementation of the {A}rabidopsis aux1 mutant revealed that one of them is functionally equivalent to {AUX}1 and was named {C}g{AUX}1. {T}he spatial and temporal expression pattern of {C}g{AUX}1 promoter:beta-glucuronidase reporter was analyzed in {C}asuarinaceae. {W}e observed that {C}g{AUX}1 was expressed in plant cells infected by {F}rankia throughout the course of actinorhizal nodule formation. {O}ur data suggest that auxin plays an important role during plant cell infection in actinorhizal symbioses.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}lant {P}hysiology}, volume = {144}, numero = {4}, pages = {1852--1862}, ISSN = {0032-0889}, year = {2007}, DOI = {10.1104/pp.107.101337}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040783}, }