Medicago truncatula

Medicago truncatula
A model for legume research

UMN Medicago resources: Genome sequencing project ( MT3.0 assembly release); Medicago hapmap project

Medicago links: Medicago truncatula Handbook— Noble Foundation; Genome sequencing project — International; Medicago truncatula Gene Expression Atlas — Noble Foundation; DFCI Medicago Gene Index — DFCI; Medicago EST database — JCVI; European Medicago consortium — INRA, CNRS, Genoscope; MENS European Medicago EST Navigation System — Toulouse; Medicago functional genomics — Noble Foundation; Medicago functional genomics — VBI; Medicago TILLING — RevGenUK; Medicago Affymetrix GeneChip Annotations — USDA-ARS/Minnesota; Medicago RNAi Database — Minnesota

Legume links: LIN: The Legume Information Network — NCGR & UMN; LIS: Legume Information System — NCGR; Lotus japonicus genome — Kazusa; Legume phylogeny database — ASU; Soybase — IA State; BeanGenes — NDSU

Symbionts: Sinorhizobium meliloti genome project — Toulouse; Sinorhizobium meliloti genome project — Stanford; molecular plant-microbe interactions — CNRS-INRA; Rhizobium germplasm — USDA-ARS

Other resources, tools: Community resources; Medicago-community phonebook; Literature; Blast, align, HMM searches; Genome

Nitrogen-fixing Medicago truncatula nodule, showing distinct cell types and regions of nigrogenase activity.

Medicago sativa (alfalfa) flower.