Identification of a cDNA from the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Glomus intraradices that is Expressed During Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Up-Regulated by N Fertilization
| Autor: | Juan M. Ruiz-Lozano, Carlos Collados, Rosa Porcel, Rosario Azcón, JoséM. Barea |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 360-367 (2002) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1943-7706 0894-0282 |
| DOI: | 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.4.360 |
| Popis: | A cDNA library was constructed with RNA from Glomus intraradices-colonized lettuce roots and used for differential screening. This allowed the identification of a cDNA (Gi-1) that was expressed only in mycorrhizal roots and was of fungal origin. The function of the gene product is unknown, because Gi-1 contained a complete open reading frame that was predicted to encode a protein of 157 amino acids which only showed little homology with glutamine synthetase from Helicobacter pylori. The time-course analysis of gene expression during the fungal life cycle showed that Gi-1 was expressed only during the mycorrhizal symbiosis and was not detected in dormant or germinating spores of G. intraradices. P fertilization did not significantly change the pattern of Gi-1 expression compared with that in the unfertilized treatment, whereas N fertilization (alone or in combination with P) considerably enhanced the Gi-1 transcript accumulation. This increase in gene expression correlated with plant N status and growth under such conditions. The possible role of the Gi-1 gene product in intermediary N metabolism of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis is further discussed. |
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