Molecular Cloning and Characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">nodD</Emphasis> Genes from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizobium</Emphasis> sp. SIN-1, a Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiont of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sesbania</Emphasis> and Other Tropical Legumes |
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Authors: | Debashis Rana Hari B Krishnan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Plant Microbiology and Pathology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA, US;(2) Plant Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS and Department of Agronomy, 108W Curtis Hall, University of Missouri,, Columbia, MO 65211, USA, US |
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Abstract: | Rhizobium sp. SIN-1, a nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Sesbania aculeata and other tropical legumes, carries two copies of nodD, both on a sym plasmid. We have isolated these two nodD genes by screening a genomic library of Rhizobium sp. SIN-1 with a nodD probe from Sinorhizobium meliloti. Nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence analysis indicated that the nodD genes of Rhizobium sp. SIN-1 are most closely related to those of R. tropici and Azorhziobium caulinodans. Rhizobium sp. SIN-1 nodD1 complemented a S. meliloti nodD1D2D3 negative mutant for nodulation on alfalfa, but failed to complement a nodD1 mutant of S. fredii USDA191 for soybean nodulation. A hybrid nodD gene, containing the N-terminus of S. fredii USDA191 nodD1 and the C-terminus of Rhizobium sp. SIN-1 nodD1, complemented the nodD1 negative mutant of USDA191 for nodulation on soybean.
Received: 17 January 2002 / Accepted: 18 February 2002 |
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