Harnessing ectomycorrhizal genomics for ecological insights

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-515

  Martin, Francis ^a   Nehls, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LACCARIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LACCARIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; SYMBIOSIS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; LACCARIA; LACCARIA BICOLOR;

EID: 68149153072     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.05.007     Document Type: Review

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