Phylogenetic analysis of fungal aquaporins provides insight into their possible role in water transport of mycorrhizal associations

Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 495-504

  Xu, Hao ^a   Cooke, Janice E K ^a   Zwiazek, Janusz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional characterization; Fungal mip clusters; Hyphal water transport; Mycorrhizal fungal aquaporin; Plant water relations; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOST PLANT; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PROTEIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84880931409     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2013-0041     Document Type: Article

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