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This review examines how trifoliin A and carbohydrate receptors facilitate root hair infection in clover, suggesting new insights into host specificity.
The specific infection of clover root hairs by the bacterial symbiont, Rhizobium trifolii , involves many steps of cellular recognition which culminate in the formation of a root nodule that fixes nitrogen into ammonia. This article reviews the interaction of trifoliin A (a clover lectin) and saccharide receptors from the bacterial symbiont, their involvement in specific bacterial attachment to root hairs, their regulation, and a critical evaluation of the limitations of the present work relative to understanding the biochemical basis of host specificity.
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