Grass-endophyte interactions: A note on the role of monosaccharide transport in the Neotyphodium lolii-Lolium perenne symbiosis

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-12

  Rasmussen, Susanne ^a   Liu, Qianhe ^a   Parsons, Anthony J ^b   Xue, Hong ^a   Sinclair, Bruce ^a   Newman, Jonathan A ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endophytic fungi; Epichlo spp.; High sugar grass; Lolium perenne; Neotyphodium lolii; Plant fungal interactions; Sugar transport

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HYDROLASE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOSACCHARIDE;

DRUG EFFECT; ENDOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LETTER; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROLASES; LOLIUM; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MONOSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; NEOTYPHODIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; SYMBIOSIS;

EPICHLOE; FUNGI; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII;

EID: 84865555196     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04250.x     Document Type: Letter

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