title: A salt stress-responsive cytokinin receptor homologue isolated from Medicago sativa nodules.
abstract: A new cytokinin receptor homologue, MsHK1, was isolated from Medicago sativa root nodules. MsHK1 expression was induced in alfalfa seedlings by exogenous application of the cytokinin trans-zeatin. Transcript accumulation was detected in different plant organs. MsHK1 expression was induced by salt stress in alfalfa roots, leaves and nodules, and transcript accumulation in the vascular bundles pointed to a putative role in osmosensing for MsHK1 and/or other close cytokinin receptor homologues. Expression in the meristem and the invasion zone of the nodule suggest a role for cytokinin receptors in cytokinin sensing during nodule cell division and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, CSIC, Serrano 115-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Teodoro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coba de la Peña
authors.forename: Claudia B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Cárcamo
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Almonacid
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaballos
authors.forename: M Mercedes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balomenos
authors.forename: José J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pueyo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D000455:Medicago sativa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D053204:Root Nodules, Plant / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D036226:Seedlings / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015026:Zeatin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D015026:Zeatin