Researchers at University of Tsukuba have uncovered a master transcriptional regulator that controls rhizobial symbiosis between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By identifying an amino acid motif ...
When NIN forms a dimer and binds to DNA, the FR (yellow region) enhances dimer stability (upper). Lotus japonicus roots infected with rhizobia expressing GFP (lower). Tsukuba, Japan—Some plants, such ...