Functional Implication of b-Carotene Hydroxylases in Soybean Nodulation1[C][W][OA]

Department of Biological Science (Y.-K.K., S.K., J.-H.U., K.H.N. C.-I.C.) and Department of Statistics (K.K.), Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 140–742, Korea; Gangneung Science Industry Foundation, Gangneung 210-340, Korea (S.-K.C.); Natural Products Research Center, KIST Gangneung Institute, Gangneung 210-340, Korea (B.-H.U., S.-W.K.); Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Dental Research Institute (J.-W.K.), and School of Plant Science (S.-H.L.), Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea; Department of Biology, Nippon Medical School, Nakahara, Kawasaki 113-8602, Japan (S.T.); Department of Functional Crops, National Institute of Crop Science, Milyang 441-857, Korea (S.-B.S.); Department of Molecular Biology, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea (C.-H.L., H.-S.K.); School of Ecological and Environmental Systems, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 702-701, Korea (K.W.K.); National Institute of Crop Science, Suwon 441-857, Korea (Y.-H.K., H.-M.P.); Graduate School of Biotechnology and Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446701, Korea (S.-H.H.); and Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (D.P.S.V.)