Molecular genetics of plant-microbe interactions: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Associations, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 27–31, 1986

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ecology of Agrobacterium: Plasmids and Biovars....Pages 3-5
The Agrobacterium Rhizogenes Root-Inducing System....Pages 6-10
Effect of the Presence of the Plasmid pSA and of Auxin on the Attachment of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to Plant Host Cells....Pages 11-13
Dual Regulation of Virulence Genes of Agrobacterium Plasmid pTiC58....Pages 14-19
 Overdrive , A T-DNA Transmission Enhancer on the A. Tumefaciens Tumor-Inducing Plasmid....Pages 20-26
Physical Structure and Genetics of the T-DNA in Plants Transformed by Agrobacterium tumefaciens ....Pages 27-31
Mammalian Metallothionein Functions in Plants....Pages 32-34
Tumorigenesis and root nodulation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens carrying Rhizobium sym plasmids....Pages 35-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Cutinase and Pectinase in Host-Pathogen and Plant-Bacterial Interaction....Pages 43-50
Siderophore Biosynthesis, Uptake and Effect on Potato Growth of Rhizosphere Strains....Pages 51-53
A Gene Cluster in Xanthomonas campestris pv campestris Required for Pathogenicity Controls the Excretion of Enzymes....Pages 54-56
Direct Analysis of the Invasiveness of Xanthomonas Campestris Mutants Generated by Tn4431, A Transposon Containing A Promoterless Luciferase Cassette for Monitoring Gene Expression....Pages 57-60
Analysis of the Spontaneous Mutation to Avirulence by Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 61-66
Characterization of Pathogenicity Genes of Erwinia Carotovora ....Pages 67-72
Characterization of a Novel Esterase Produced by Plant Pathogenic Streptomyces ....Pages 73-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Induced Symbiosis Mutants of Pisum Sativum....Pages 79-84
Plant Host Genetics of Nodulation Initiation in Soybean....Pages 85-90
A Mutant of Pea (Pisum sativum) Possibly Disturbed in the Production of a Compound Required for the Induction of Nitrogenase Activity in Bacteroids....Pages 91-93
Non-Nodulation Mutants of Soybean....Pages 94-95
Early Nodulins in Root Nodule Development....Pages 96-101
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Peribacteroid Membrane Nodulins of Soybean....Pages 102-107
Isolation of Nodule Specific c-DNA Clones from Medicago sativa....Pages 108-111
Analysis of Nodule-Specific Gene Expression in Ineffective Alfalfa Root Nodules and Callus Cultures Derived from Ineffective Root Nodules....Pages 112-114
Nodule Specific Genes in Phaseolus Vulgaris ....Pages 115-117
Investigation of Plant Genes Expressed During Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation....Pages 118-119
 Rhizobium Induced Plant Proteins in Target Root Epidermal Cells of Vigna Unguiculata ....Pages 120-122
Four Soybean Nodulin Genes Evolved from a Common Ancestor....Pages 123-126
Coordinated Expression of Nodule-Specific and Root Genes in Yellow Lupin....Pages 127-129
Plant Gene Expression During Effective and Ineffective Nodule Development of the Tropical Stem-Nodulated Legume Sesbania Rostrata ....Pages 130-132
Expression of Two Enzymes Involved in Ureide Formation in Soybean Regulated by Oxygen....Pages 133-137
Probing Cell Wall Structure in the Soybean Root Nodule....Pages 138-140
Monoclonal Antibodies to Components of Rhizobium -Induced Pea Nodules....Pages 141-141
Localization of the Glutamine Synthetase Polypeptides in Phaseolus Root Nodules....Pages 142-144
Changes in Protein and mRNA Accumulation in Potato Tubers Treated with an Elicitor....Pages 145-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Organization of the Rhizobium Phaseoli Genome....Pages 151-156
Rifampin Resistance and Nodulating Competitiveness in Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 157-158
A Method for Isolating Competition Defective Mutants in Rhizobium ....Pages 159-161
Genetic Determinants of Nodulation in pRIe 1001 a: nodD ....Pages 162-164
Symbiotic Mutants of Rhizobium Meliloti Which Produce Non-Succinylated Exopolysaccharide....Pages 165-166
 Rhizobium Mutants Defective in Lipopolysaccharide and Infection....Pages 167-168
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Analysis of Three Rhizobium phaseoli Genes, psi , psr and pss , Which Affect Exopolysaccharide Synthesis and Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and/or Nodulat Ion....Pages 169-170
Involvement of pSYM Nodulation Genes in Production of Surface and Extracellular Components of Rhizobium trifolii Which Interact With White Clover Root Hairs....Pages 171-172
Rhizobium Exopolysaccharides are Essential for the Formation of Nitrogen Fixing Nodules in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis....Pages 173-178
Coinoculation with Symbiotically Defective Mutants of Rhizobium meliloti ....Pages 179-181
Surface Properties of Rhizobium meliloti Associated with Symbiosis....Pages 182-184
Degradative Enzymes in Rhizobium meliloti ....Pages 185-187
Identification of Host Specificity DNA Regions Determining the Broad Host Range Nodulation of Rhizobium Strain NGR234....Pages 188-190
 NIF , FIX and NOD Gene Clusters in Bradyrhizobium Japonicum , and NifA -Mediated Control of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation....Pages 191-196
Molecular Genetics of Nodulation of Soybean by Bradyrhizobium Japonicum ....Pages 197-201
Characterization of Genes Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation From Bradyrhizobium japonicum Strain I110....Pages 202-207
Nodulation Genes of the Stem Nodulating Sesbania Rostrata Symbiont, Strain ORS571....Pages 208-210
NOD-Linked Host Specific Gene for Soybean (Peking) Nodulation in Rhizobium Fredii USDA193....Pages 211-213
Genomic Organization of Nodulation Genes in Rhizobium phaseoli ....Pages 214-216
Common and Host Specific Nodulation Genes in Rhizobium Meliloti and Their Conservation in Other Rhizobia....Pages 217-222
Host Specific Nodulation: Effects of Multiple nodD Genes of Rhizobium meliloti ....Pages 223-224
Nodulation Genes of Rhizobium Leguminosarum ....Pages 225-228
Interactions Between Rhizobium Meliloti and Rhizobium Trifolii Nodulation Genes: What is the Basis for Dominance by R. Meliloti ?....Pages 229-231
Multiple Host-Specificity Loci in the Broad Host-Range Rhizobium NGR234....Pages 232-237
Conserved Nodulation Genes are Obligatory for Nonlegume Nodulation....Pages 238-240
Characterization of Symbiotic Genes and Regulation of Their Expression in Rhizobium Leguminosarum PRE....Pages 241-243
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Regulation of the Promoters in the Nodulation Region of the Symbiosis Plasmid pRL1JI of Rhizobium Leguminosarum ....Pages 244-246
Naringenin Induces the nodABC Promotor of Rhizobium Leguminosarum as Well as Tsr Factor Production....Pages 247-249
An ntr C homologue in B. japonicum ....Pages 250-254
Glutamine Synthetases of Rhizobium Leguminosarum ....Pages 255-257
Molecular Analysis of a Fix Cluster From Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 258-263
Regulation of the Nitrogen Fixation ( nif ) Genes in Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 264-265
The Unusual Symbiosis Between the Nitrogen Fixing Bacterium ORS571 and Its Host Sesbania Rostrata : Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation and Assimilation Genes in the Free Living Versus Symbiotic State....Pages 266-271
Analysis of Azorhizobium Sesbaniae ORS571 N 2 Fixation Genes....Pages 272-275
Identification, Characterisation and Sequence Analysis of the Rhizobium Leguminosarum Nif A Gene....Pages 276-278
Analysis of hup DNA and Hup host range of Rhizobium leguminosarum BIO....Pages 279-281
Bioluminescence in Root Nodules of Soybean Controlled by Nitrogenase Promoters....Pages 282-287
In Vivo Cloning of Genes from Bradyrhizobium Japonicum ....Pages 288-291
Genes for the Catabolism and Synthesis of a Nodule-Specific, Opine-Like Compound are Closely Linked and on the Sym Plasmid of Rhizobium Meliloti....Pages 292-294
Molecular Biology of Genes Involved in Carbon Metabolism in Rhizobium Meliloti and Bradyrhizobium Japonicum ....Pages 295-297
 Azorhizobium Sesbaniae ORS571 Conducts Synergistic N 2 Fixation and Nicotinic Acid Oxidation....Pages 298-300
At Least Three Loci Encode the Leaf-Curl Phenotype in Rhizobium Strain IC3342 ....Pages 301-302
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Use of Heterologous Hybridization in Phylogenetic Studies of Symbiotic Anabaena Strains....Pages 305-306
 Chromobacterium Lividum NCTC 10590 is a Nitrogen-Fixing Agrobacterium Radiobacter ....Pages 307-308
Studies on the Diazotrophic Nature of Agrobacterium ....Pages 309-312
Developments in the Genetic Analysis of Azospirillum ....Pages 313-316
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Role of VIR Genes in the Excision of T-DNA from the Ti-Plasmid....Pages 319-324
Cloning Vectors for Coryneform Bacteria....Pages 325-327
Cloning of Serratia Liquefaciens Chitinase Gene(s)....Pages 328-330
Back Matter....Pages 331-338