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Wheat Lectin Possibly Serves as a Signal Molecule in the Azospirillum - Wheat Association

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Azospirillum VI and Related Microorganisms

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Addition of a wheat lectin (wheat germ agglutinin, WGA) to the Azospirillum brasilense Sp 245 culture was shown to induce not only the previously reported enhancement of N2-fixation, ammonia excretion, and indole-3-acetic acid production, but also protein biosynthesis in the cell. Also, variation in the acidic phospholipid proportion in the membrane was noted. The proposals that the observed effects could occur naturally and that WGA might serve as a signal molecule in the Azospirillum-wheat association are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Entuziastov 13, Saratov, 410015, Russia

    Lyudmila Antonyuk, Oksana Fomina, Alla Kalinina, Sergey Semenov & Vladimir Ignatov

  2. Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Entuziastov 13, Saratov, 410015, Russia

    Marina Nesmeyanova

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  1. Institute of Biophysics, University of Hannover, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, D-30419, Hannover, Germany

    Istvàn Fendrik

  2. Department of Food Technology, Environmental and Microbiological Sciences, University of Molise, Via Tiberio 21, I-86100, Campobasso, Italy

    Maddalena del Gallo

  3. F. A. Janssens Laboratory of Genetics Department of Applied Plant Sciences, K. U. Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium

    Jos Vanderleyden

  4. Département des Biotechnologies, Institut Pasteur, Unité de Physiologie Cellulaire, CNRS URA 1300, F-75724, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Miklos de Zamaroczy

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Antonyuk, L., Fomina, O., Kalinina, A., Semenov, S., Nesmeyanova, M., Ignatov, V. (1995). Wheat Lectin Possibly Serves as a Signal Molecule in the Azospirillum - Wheat Association. In: Fendrik, I., del Gallo, M., Vanderleyden, J., de Zamaroczy, M. (eds) Azospirillum VI and Related Microorganisms. NATO ASI Series, vol 37. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79906-8_35

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