A protease and a lipoprotein jointly modulate the conserved ExoR-ExoS-ChvI signaling pathway critical in Sinorhizobium meliloti for symbiosis with legume hosts.

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"Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Number SC3-GM096943 to J.C.C. and National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, under Rules of Life Award Number 2015870 to S.R.L. NIH Award Number T34-GM008574 (MARC) provided support for J.A.B., J.S.C., R.A.C., R.L.-M., and J.N.; R25-GM048972 (Bridge to the Doctorate) supported H.A.R.; R25-GM059298 (MBRS-RISE) supported J.S.-M.; R25-GM050078 (Bridges to the Baccalaureate) supported J.S.C. and R.A.C.; T34-GM145400 (U-RISE) supported R.A.C.; and UL1-GM118985, TL4-GM118986, RL5-GM118984 (SF BUILD) supported B.K.R.M. NSF REU DBI Award Number 1156452 provided summer funding for R.L.-M. and R.B., and NSF DBI Award Number 1548297 provided summer funding for H.A.R. R.R.M. was supported by the Beckman Scholars Program. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."