The role of carbon in fungal nutrient uptake and transport: Implications for resource exchange in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1509-1512

  Fellbaum, Carl R ^a   Mensah, Jerry A ^a   Pfeffer, Philip E ^b   Toby Kiers, E ^c   Bücking, Heike ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Arginase; Arginine; Carbon; Common mycelial network; Interface; Mutualism; Nitrogen transport; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

METABOLISM; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84868575973     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.22015     Document Type: Article

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