An STE12 gene identified in the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices restores infectivity of a hemibiotrophic plant pathogen

New Phytologist

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 693-707

  Tollot, Marie ^a   Wong Sak Hoi, Joanne ^b   Van Tuinen, Diederik ^a   Arnould, Christine ^a,c   Chatagnier, Odile ^a   Dumas, Bernard ^b   Gianinazzi Pearson, Vivienne ^a   Seddas, Pascale M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c Centre de Microscopie   (France)

Author keywords

Glomeromycota; Hemibiotrophic pathogen; Host penetration; Mycorrhiza; STE12; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN; REAL TIME; ROOT COLONIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; BEAN; CHEMISTRY; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GLOMEROMYCOTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCORRHIZAE; PHASEOLUS; PLANT ROOTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ARBUSCULAR; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA LINDEMUTHIANA; GLOMEROMYCOTA; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 58249114989     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02696.x     Document Type: Article

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