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Stimulation of indole-3-acetic acid production in Rhizobium by flavonoids
E Prinsen1, N Chauvaux, J Schmidt
1University of Antwerp, Dept. of Biology, Wilrijk, Belgium.
FEBS Letters
|April 22, 1991
Abstract:
Flavonoids activate nod gene expression in Rhizobium resulting in the synthesis of Nod signals which trigger organogenesis in the host plant. This paper shows that nod-inducers also stimulate the production of the phytohormone IAA (indole-3-acetic acid).