The aquaporin gene family of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor: Lessons for symbiotic functions

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 927-940

  Dietz, Sandra ^a   von Bülow, Julia ^b   Beitz, Eric ^b   Nehls, Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Basidiomycete; Ectomycorrhiza; Fungi; Nitrogen nutrition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUAPORIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; WATER;

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; MEMBRANE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN; TRANSPIRATION; WATER FLOW;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACCARIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XENOPUS LAEVIS; YEAST;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; LACCARIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; XENOPUS LAEVIS; YEASTS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; LACCARIA; LACCARIA BICOLOR; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79955784890     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03651.x     Document Type: Article

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