Gene expression profiling of the nitrogen starvation stress response in the mycorrhizal ascomycete Tuber borchii

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 630-641

  Montanini, Barbara ^a   Gabella, Silvia ^b   Abbà, Simona ^b   Peter, Martina ^c   Kohler, Annegret ^c   Bonfante, Paola ^b   Chalot, Michel ^c   Martin, Francis ^c   Ottonello, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Microarrays; Nitrogen deficiency; Starvation stress; Truffles

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITROGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TUBER BORCHII; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

FUNGI; TUBER BORCHII;

EID: 33746800145     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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