PUBLICATIONS 1999-2002 - Frendo P., Gallesi D., Turnbull R., Van De Sype G., Herouart D. and Puppo A., 1999.- Localisation of glutathione and homoglutathione in Medicago truncatula is correlated to a differential expression of genes involved in their synthesis. Plant J., 17, 215-219. - Davies M. J., Mathieu C. and Puppo A., 1999.- Leghemoglobin : properties and reactions. Adv. Inorg. Chem., 46, 495-542. - Sigaud S., Becquet V., Frendo P., Puppo A. and Hérouart D., 1999.- Differential regulation of two divergent Sinorhizobium meliloti genes for HPII-like catalases during free-living growth and protective role of both catalases during symbiosis. J. Bacteriol., 181, 2634-2639. - Evans P. J., Gallesi D., Mathieu C., Hernandez M. J., De Felipe M., Halliwell B. and Puppo A., 1999.- Oxidative stress occurs during soybean nodule senescence. Planta, 208, 73-79. - Boncompagni E., Osteras M., Poggi M. C. and Le Rudulier D., 1999.- Occurrence of choline and glycine betaine uptake and metabolism in the family Rhizobiaceae and their roles in osmoprotection. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 65, 2072-2077. - Frendo P., Mathieu C., Van De Sype G., Hérouart D. and Puppo A., 1999.- Characterisation of a cDNA encoding gamma -glutamylcysteine synthetase in Medicago truncatula. Free Radical Res., 31, 213-218. - Santos R., Bocquet S., Puppo A. and Touati D., 1999.- Characterization of an atypical superoxide dismutase from Sinorhizobium meliloti. J. Bacteriol., 181, 4509-4516. - Boncompagni E., Dupont L., Mignot T., Osteras M., Lambert A., Poggi M. C. and Le Rudulier D., 2000.- Characterization of a Sinorhizobium meliloti ATP-binding cassette histidine transporter also involved in betaine and proline uptake. J. Bacteriol., 182, 3717-3725. - Santos R., Hérouart D., Puppo A. and Touati D., 2000.- Critical protective role of bacterial superoxide dismutase in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Mol. Microbiol., 38, 750-759. - Santos R., Hérouart D., Sigaud S., Touati D. and Puppo A., 2001.- Oxidative burst in alfalfa-Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiotic interaction. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact., 14, 86-89. - Lambert A., Osteras M., Mandon K., Poggi M. C. and Le Rudulier D., 2001.- Fructose uptake in Sinorhizobium meliloti is mediated by a high-affinity ATP-binding cassette transport system. J. Bacteriol., 183, 4709-4717. - Brhada F., Poggi M. C., Van De Sype G. and Le Rudulier D., 2001.- Osmoprotection mechanisms in rhizobia isolated from Vicia faba var. major and Cicer arietinum. Agronomie, 21, 583-590. - Frendo P., Hernandez Jimenez M. J., Mathieu C., Duret L., Gallesi D., Van De Sype G., Hérouart D. and Puppo A., 2001.- A Medicago truncatula homoglutathione synthetase is derived from glutathione synthetase by gene duplication. Plant Physiol., 126, 1706-1715. - Day D. A., Kaiser B. N., Thomson R., Udvardi M. K., Moreau S. and Puppo A., 2001.- Nutrient transport across symbiotic membranes from legume nodules. Aust. J. Plant Physiol., 28, 667-674. - Boscari A., Mandon K., Dupont L., Poggi M. C. and Le Rudulier D., 2002.- BetS is a major glycine betaine/proline betaine transporter required for early osmotic adjustment in Sinorhizobium meliloti. J. Bacteriol., 184, 2654-2663. - Tripathi A. K., Nagarajan T., Verma S. C. and Le Rudulier D., 2002.- Inhibition of biosynthesis and activity of nitrogenase in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 under salinity stress. Curr. Microbiol., 44, 363-367. - Moreau S., Thomson R. M., Kaiser B. N., Trevaskis B., Guerinot M. L., Udvardi M. K., Puppo A. and Day D. A., 2002.- GmZIP1 encodes a symbiosis-specific zinc transporter in soybean. J. Biol. Chem., 277, 4738-4746. - Hérouart D., Baudouin E., Frendo P., Harrison J., Santos R., Jamet A., Van De Sype G., Touati D. and Puppo A., 2002.- Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and glutathione : a key role in the establishment of the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis ? Plant Physiol. Biochem., 40, 619-624.