Genetic and genomic glimpses of the elusive arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 454-461

  Lanfranco, Luisa ^a   Young, J Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 84864503386     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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