nodulin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nodule +‎ -in

Noun[edit]

nodulin (plural nodulins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of plant proteins formed or enhanced during symbiotic nitrogen fixation in root nodules
    • 2015 May 31, Sharat Kumar Pradhan et al., “Pyramiding of three bacterial blight resistance genes for broad-spectrum resistance in deepwater rice variety, Jalmagna”, in Rice[1], volume 8, →DOI:
      In rice lines containing the dominant (susceptibility) allele of the gene, the expression of the nodulin homolog is up regulated upon infection with Xoo .