Isoprenoid metabolism and plastid reorganization in arbuscular mycorrhizal roots

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-34

  Strack, Dieter ^a   Fester, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apocarotenoids; Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM); Carotenoid biosynthesis; Isoprenoids; Methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Root plastids; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

TERPENE;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOPRENE; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLASTID; ROOT SYSTEM;

METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLASTID; REVIEW;

MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; TERPENES;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 33747605292     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01837.x     Document Type: Review

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