The expression profile of the Tuber borchii nitrite reductase suggests its positive contribution to host plant nitrogen nutrition

Current Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-41

  Guescini, M ^a   Zeppa, S ^a   Pierleoni, R ^a   Sisti, D ^a   Stocchi, L ^a   Stocchi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhizae; Expression regulation; Nitrate assimilation; Nitrogen limitation; Tuber borchii

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEME DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITROGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SIROHEME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NITRATE UPTAKE; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUBER BORCHII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ASCOMYCOTA; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; TUBER BORCHII;

EID: 33845287577     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-006-0105-y     Document Type: Review

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