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The Nod factor, NodRm-IV(C16:2,S), was used to trigger the symbiotic signal and (GlcNAc)8 was selected from (GlcNAc)4-8, to elicit defense-related reactions. To both compounds, root hairs responded with initial transient depolarizations and alkalinizations, which were followed by a hyperpolarization and external acidification in the presence of (GlcNAc)8. We propose that alfalfa recognizes tetrameric Nod factors and N-acetylchitooligosaccharides (n = 4\u20138) with separate perception sites: (a) (GlcNAc)4 and (GlcNAc)6 reduced the depolarization response to (GlcNAc)8, but not to NodRm-IV(C16:2,S); and (b) depolarization and external alkalization were enhanced when NodRm-IV(C16:2,S) and (GlcNAc)8 were added jointly without preincubation. We suggest further that changes in cytosolic pH and Ca2+ are key events in the transduction, as well as in the discrimination of signals leading to symbiotic responses or defense-related reactions. To (GlcNAc)8, cells responded with a cytosolic acidification, and they responded to NodRm-IV(C16:2,S) with a sustained alkalinization. When both agents were added jointly, the cytosol first alkalized and then acidified. (GlcNAc)8 and NodRm-IV(C16:2,S) transiently increased cytosolic Ca2+ activity, whereby the response to (GlcNAc)8 exceeded the one to NodRm-IV(C16:2,S) by at least a factor of two.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1104\/pp.124.3.1373","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,27]],"date-time":"2002-07-27T05:01:20Z","timestamp":1027746080000},"page":"1373-1380","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":59,"title":["How Alfalfa Root Hairs Discriminate between Nod Factors and Oligochitin Elicitors"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"124","author":[{"given":"Hubert H.","family":"Felle","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Botanisches Institut I, Justus-Liebig-Universita\u0308t, Senckenbergstrasse 17, D\u201335390 Giessen, Germany 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