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gene_symbols:
  - CPK3
gene_symbol_long: calcium dependent protein kinase 3
gene_model_pub_name: ABE72958.1
gene_model_full_id: medtr.A17_HM341.gnm4.ann2.Medtr3g051770
confidence: 5
curators:
  - Steven Cannon
phenotype_synopsis: Expression of MtCPK3 in Medicago truncatula is regulated during nodulation.  RNAi silenced CPK3 in transformed roots but no major phenotype was detected.  When infected with rhizobia the nodule number was twice as high as the controls.
traits:
  - entity_name: root nodule number
    entity: TO:0000900
  - entity_name: root system
    entity: PO:0025025
  - entity_name: root nodule
    entity: PO:0003023
references:
  - citation: Gargantini, Gonzalez-Rizzo et al., 2006
    doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02910.x
    pmid: 17132148
  - citation: Oellrich, Walls et al., 2015
    doi: 10.1186/s13007-015-0053-y
    pmid: 25774204