Sugar transporters in the black truffle Tuber melanosporum: From gene prediction to functional characterization

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-61

  Ceccaroli, Paola ^a   Saltarelli, Roberta ^a   Polidori, Emanuela ^a   Barbieri, Elena ^a   Guescini, Michele ^a   Ciacci, Caterina ^a   Stocchi, Vilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; Ectomycorrhiza; Fungi; Sugar transporters; Tuber melanosporum

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SUGAR TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOST; NONHUMAN; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAPROTROPH; SYMBIOSIS; TUBER (GENUS); TUBER MELANOSPORUM; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TUBER MELANOSPORUM;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84931282072     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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