fHANT-AC genes of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor are not repressed by L-glutamine allowing simultaneous utilization of nitrate and organic nitrogen sources

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-553

  Kemppainen, Minna J ^a,b   Alvarez Crespo, Maria C ^a,c   Pardo, Alejandro G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c ANPCyT   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; LACCARIA; LACCARIA BICOLOR; MYCELIUM (GENUS);

EID: 78649741122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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