Novel organization of the common nodulation genes in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli strains.
AUTOR(ES)
Vázquez, M
RESUMO
Nodulation by Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, and Azorhizobium species in the roots of legumes and nonlegumes requires the proper expression of plant genes and of both common and specific bacterial nodulation genes. The common nodABC genes form an operon or are physically mapped together in all species studied thus far. Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli strains are classified in two groups. The type I group has reiterated nifHDK genes and a narrow host range of nodulation. The type II group has a single copy of the nifHDK genes and a wide host range of nodulation. We have found by genetic and nucleotide sequence analysis that in type I strain CE-3, the functional common nodA gene is separated from the nodBC genes by 20 kb and thus is transcriptionally separated from the latter genes. This novel organization could be the result of a complex rearrangement, as we found zones of identity between the two separated nodA and nodBC regions. Moreover, this novel organization of the common nodABC genes seems to be a general characteristic of R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli type I strains. Despite the separation, the coordination of the expression of these genes seems not to be altered.
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