Differential expression of eight chitinase genes in Medicago truncatula roots during mycorrhiza formation, nodulation, and pathogen infection

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 763-777

  Salzer, Peter ^a   Bonanomi, Athos ^a   Beyer, Katinka ^a   Vögeli Lange, Regina ^a   Aeschbacher, Roger A ^a   Lange, Jürg ^a   Wiemken, Andres ^a   Kim, Dongjin ^b   Cook, Douglas R ^b   Boller, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalcone synthase; Trehalase

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CHITINASE GENE; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; FUNGAL GROWTH; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NODULATION; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; ASCOCHYTA PISI; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUSARIUM PHASEOLI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; FUSARIUM SP.; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYTOPHTHORA MEDICAGINIS; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGASPERMA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0034121204     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.7.763     Document Type: Article

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