mrs. Xi Wan: "Analyses of nodule meristem persistence and ENOD40 functioning in Medicago truncatula nodule formation"


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3 Dec 2007 11:00

Unit: Wageningen University

Location: Aula, building 362, Gen. Foulkesweg 1, Wageningen

Organisation: Wageningen University

Promotor: prof.dr. A.H.J. Bisseling (Molecular Biology (Development Biology of Plants))

Co Promotor: Dr. H.G.J.M. Franssen

In recent years genes crucial for Nod factor signaling (NFS) to establish the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis have been isolated from several legumes. From this it is clear now that the NFS pathway includes a limited number of genes. Most likely, these genes are used to regulate existing gene modules, among others, those for induction of cell divisions in the cortex of the root (e.g. Geurts et al., 2005). To further understanding how Rhizobium is using these existing modules to infect the plant and to form a nodule primordium, we focused on the characterization of the biological activity of ENOD40 one of the genes that is induced during the primary cortical cell divisions (Compaan et al., 2001). Further we examined the cellular organization of the nodule meristem that is formed from the nodule primordium.

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