Scientific Commons: Marc G. Fortin

Written for the Dept. of Biology.

Several nodulins of soybean share structural domains but differ in their subcellular locations (1987)

Jacobs, Fred A., Zhang, Mingda, Fortin, Marc G., Verma, Desh Pal S.

Four soybean cDNA nodule-specific clones encoding nodulin-23, -26b, -27 and -44 were observed to cross-hybridize under low stringency conditions. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that the cDNAs...

Nodulin-26, a peribacteroid membrane nodulin is expressed independently of the development of the peribacteroid compartment (1987)

Fortin, Marc G., Morrison, Nigel A., Verma, Desh Pal S.

The peribacteroid membrane (pbm) of root nodules is derived from the plant cell plasma membrane but contains in addition several nodule-specific host proteins (nodulins). Antibodies raised against...

Complex Formation between Potyvirus VPg and Translation Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4E Correlates with Virus Infectivity

Léonard, Simon, Plante, Daniel, Wittmann, Sylvie, Daigneault, Nicole, Fortin, Marc G., Laliberté, Jean-François

The interaction between the viral protein linked to the genome (VPg) of turnip mosaic potyvirus (TuMV) and the translation eukaryotic initiation factor eIF(iso)4E of Arabidopsis thaliana has...

Specific targeting of membrane nodulins to the bacteroid-enclosing compartment in soybean nodules

Fortin, Marc G., Zelechowska, Maria, Verma, Desh Pal S.

Rhizobium bacteroids in nodule cells are surrounded by the peribacteroid membrane (pbm), which is derived from the host plasma membrane during infection. The pbm was purified from R. japonicum...

Presence of Host-Plasma Membrane Type H+-ATPase in the Membrane Envelope Enclosing the Bacteroids in Soybean Root Nodules 1

Blumwald, Eduardo, Fortin, Marc G., Rea, Philip A., Verma, Desh Pal S., Poole, Ronald J.

An improved method is described for the isolation of membrane envelope enclosing the bacteroids (peribacteroid membrane) from soybean (Glycine max L.) root nodules. The ATPase activity of the...

Plant Virus RNAs. Coordinated Recruitment of Conserved Host Functions by (+) ssRNA Viruses during Early Infection Events1

Thivierge, Karine, Nicaise, Valérie, Dufresne, Philippe J., Cotton, Sophie, Laliberté, Jean-François, Le Gall, Olivier, ...

Positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses have developed strategies to exploit cellular resources at the expense of host mRNAs. The genomes of these viruses display a variety of structures at their...