From root to fruit: RNA-Seq analysis shows that arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis may affect tomato fruit metabolism

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zouari, Inès ^a   Salvioli, Alessandra ^a   Chialva, Matteo ^a   Novero, Mara ^a   Miozzi, Laura ^b   Tenore, Gian C ^c   Bagnaresi, Paolo ^d   Bonfante, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Fruit gene expression; RNA sequencing; Systemic effects; Tomato

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; MINERAL; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER; RNA; SULFATE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNNELIFORMIS MOSSEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHOTORESPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT STRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLOMEROMYCOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84899114361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-221     Document Type: Article

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