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Expression profiling of up-regulated plant and fungal genes in early and late stages of Medicago truncatula-Glomus mosseae interactions

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Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), expression profiling and EST sequencing identified 12 plant genes and six fungal genes that are expressed in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis between Medicago truncatula and Glomus mosseae. All the plant genes and three of the fungal genes were up-regulated in symbiotic tissues. Expression of 15 of the genes is described for the first time in mycorrhizal roots and two are novel sequences. Six M. truncatula genes were also activated during appressorium formation at the root surface, suggesting a role in this early stage of mycorrhiza establishment, whilst the other six plant genes were only induced in the late stages of mycorrhization and could be involved in the development or functioning of the symbiosis. Phosphate fertilization had no significant influence on expression of any of the plant genes. Expression profiling of G. mosseae genes indicated that two of them may be associated with appressorium development on roots and one with arbuscule formation or function. The other three fungal genes were expressed throughout the life-cycle of G. mosseae.

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We thank G. Duc (INRA, Dijon, France) for providing seeds of Medicago truncatula and P. Mann and V. Monfort for technical assistance. L.B. was supported by an INRA/Conseil de Bourgogne grant. The research was performed within the framework of the EU-QoL project MEDICAGO (QLG2-CT-2000-00676), an INRA Action Transversale Structurante (Project no.°65) and a Max Planck Institute visiting professorship to V.G.-P.

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    L. Brechenmacher, S. Weidmann, D. van Tuinen, O. Chatagnier, S. Gianinazzi & V. Gianinazzi-Pearson

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Brechenmacher, L., Weidmann, S., van Tuinen, D. et al. Expression profiling of up-regulated plant and fungal genes in early and late stages of Medicago truncatula-Glomus mosseae interactions. Mycorrhiza 14, 253–262 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-003-0263-4

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