title: Host-plant invasion by Rhizobium: the role of cell-surface components.
abstract: Rhizobia are soil bacteria that can become endosymbionts, reducing atmospheric nitrogen within nodules formed on the roots of legume plants. During tissue and cell invasion, bacterial cell-surface components adapt the bacterium to survive as an endophyte without eliciting host-defence responses. The structures of many of these components have been established recently, allowing their possible roles in invasion to be defined more clearly.
authors.affiliation: LB Mikrobiologie, Biologisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Kannenberg
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Brewin
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000502:physiology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial