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The symbiotic relationship between a legume plant and Rhizobium requires the expression of new sets of genes from both the host and microsymbiont. The products of these genes are neccessary for the formation of the nodule structure and nitrogen reduction and assimilation. One of the essential events in this interaction is the segregation of Rhizobium inside the host cell as an organelle-like structure delimited by the peribacteroid membrane (pbm) (1). The pbm plays a crucial role in the symbiosis, since it mediates all the molecular exchanges between the two organisms.
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Fortin, M.G., Verma, D.P.S. (1987). Peribacteroid Membrane Nodulins of Soybean. In: Verma, D.P.S., Brisson, N. (eds) Molecular genetics of plant-microbe interactions. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4482-4_21
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