A cell wall extract from the endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica promotes growth of Arabidopsis seedlings and induces intracellular calcium elevation in roots

Plant Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-206

  Vadassery, Jyothilakshmi ^a   Ranf, Stefanie ^b   Drzewiecki, Corinna ^a   Mithöfer, Axel ^c   Mazars, Christian ^d   Scheel, Dierk ^b   Lee, Justin ^b   Oelmüller, Ralf ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Aequorin; Arabidopsis; Calcium; Piriformospora indica; Plant microbe interaction

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL LINE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AEQUORIN; ARABIDOPSIS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SEEDLING; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUNGI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA;

EID: 67649696023     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03867.x     Document Type: Article

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