Plant transcriptome analysis reveals specific molecular interactions between alfalfa and its rhizobial symbionts below the species level

Table 5 Thirty-five differentially expressed nodulin genes identified in alfalfa cultivars upon inoculation of two rhizobial strains in comparison

Gene name	Gene code in alfalfa	G3 LL2 vs. QL2	Q WLP2 vs. LL1	L G3L3 vs. LP3
Early nodulin-12B	Medsa039711		−6.0	−8.7
Early nodulin-16	Medsa050076			−5.4
Early nodulin-20	Medsa041425		−9.7	−11.4
Early nodulin-75	Medsa030522	1.5 ^a
Early nodulin-75	Medsa041869	1.4
Early nodulin-like protein	Medsa025394		−4.8
Early nodulin-NMS-8	Medsa039710		−5.7	−10.7
Nodulin MtN21/EamA-like transporter family protein	Medsa034197	−3.1
	Medsa063638	−2.0
	Medsa036754	2.6
	Medsa085504	2.3
	Medsa051201	−1.7
	Medsa039080	−1.7
	Medsa050637		−4.9	−9.6
	Medsa042406		−3.1
	Medsa078338		3.3
	Medsa034378			−2.0
	Medsa020000		−9.5	−7.0
	Medsa074298			1.3
	Medsa037266			−8.8
	Medsa085797			1.3
Nodulin-1	Medsa050303			−7.1
Nodulin-22	Medsa004209			1.3
Nodulin-25	Medsa026012		−8.6	−13.0
	Medsa026013		−9.7	−13.2
	Medsa026014			−7.3
	Medsa062064		−11.7	−14.7
	Medsa062065			−11.2
Nodulin-26	Medsa026111		−3.4	−5.1
Nodulin-6	Medsa076070			−2.6
Nodulin-like/MFS transporter	Medsa081077			−2.1
Nodulin-like/MFS transporter	Medsa024741			−1.9
Vacuolar iron transporter-like protein	Medsa028561		−5.3	−10.2
	Medsa028596		−6.1	−9.5
	Medsa059717			−2.1

^a Log₂ (fold change) value of differentially expressed genes. Nodulin genes were not found in DEGs of G9 (LL2 vs. WLP2)

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