Arbuscular mycorrhiza: The challenge to understand the genetics of the fungal partner

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2010, Pages 271-292

  Sanders, Ian R ^a   Croll, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

gene expression; genetic exchange; pplants; recombination; Symbiosis genes; transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

MYC PROTEIN;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BARREL MEDIC; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; RICE; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 78149457992     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102108-134239     Document Type: Review

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