Functional Adaptation of a Plant Receptor- Kinase Paved the Way for the Evolution of Intracellular Root Symbioses with Bacteria

Katharina Markmann; Gábor Giczey; Martin Parniske

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060068

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Functional Adaptation of a Plant Receptor- Kinase Paved the Way for the Evolution of Intracellular Root Symbioses with Bacteria

Katharina Markmann,

Affiliations Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany , The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Gábor Giczey,

¤ Current address: Quintiles, Budapest, Hungary

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Martin Parniske

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: parniske@lmu.de

Affiliations Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany , The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Functional Adaptation of a Plant Receptor- Kinase Paved the Way for the Evolution of Intracellular Root Symbioses with Bacteria

Katharina Markmann,
Gábor Giczey,
Martin Parniske

Published: March 4, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060068

About the Authors

Katharina Markmann

Affiliations Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany , The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Gábor Giczey

¤ Current address: Quintiles, Budapest, Hungary

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Martin Parniske

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: parniske@lmu.de

Affiliations Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany , The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

KM, GG and MP conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, and analyzed the data. KM and MP wrote the paper.

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