GintAMT2, a new member of the ammonium transporter family in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1044-1055

  Pérez Tienda, Jacob ^a   Testillano, Pilar S ^b   Balestrini, Raffaella ^c   Fiorilli, Valentina ^c   Azcón Aguilar, Concepción ^a   Ferrol, Nuria ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Gene expression; Glomus intraradices; Immunolocalization; Laser microdissection; NH 4 + transporter

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM UPTAKE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GINTAMT1 GENE; GINTAMT2 GENE; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS INTRARADICES;

EID: 80053253568     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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