@article{fdi:010053764, title = {{P}rogress on research on actinorhizal plants}, author = {{P}awlowski, {K}. and {B}ogusz, {D}idier and {R}ibeiro, {A}. and {B}erry, {A}. {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n recent years, our understanding of the plant side of actinorhizal symbioses has evolved rapidly. {N}o homologues of the common nod genes from rhizobia were found in the three {F}rankia genomes published so far, which suggested that {N}od factor-like molecules would not be used in the infection of actinorhizal plants by {F}rankia. {H}owever, work on chimeric transgenic plants indicated that {F}rankia {N}od factor equivalents signal via the same transduction pathway as rhizobial {N}od factors. {T}he role of auxin in actinorhizal nodule formation differs from that in legume nodulation. {G}reat progress has been made in the analysis of pathogenesis-related and stress-related gene expression in nodules. {R}esearch on nodule physiology has shown the structural and metabolic diversity of actinorhizal nodules from different phylogenetic branches. {T}he onset of large-scale nodule transcriptome analysis in different actinorhizal systems will provide access to more information on the symbiosis and its evolution.}, keywords = {{A}lnus ; {C}asuarina ; {D}atisca ; {D}iscaria ; {E}laeagnus ; {F}rankia ; infected cells}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}unctional {P}lant {B}iology}, volume = {38}, numero = {8-9}, pages = {633--638}, ISSN = {1445-4408}, year = {2011}, DOI = {10.1071/fp11066}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053764}, }